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2020

When Teens Feel Loved, Conflicts With Parents Are Easier to Manage: Study

When Teens Feel Loved, Conflicts With Parents Are Easier to Manage: StudySUNDAY, July 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Parents can ease conflict with their teens by showing them warmth, researchers say. In their new study, they analyzed daily diary entries from parents and teens in 151 families. The teens were 13 to 16 years old, and 95% of the parents were women. "By using 21 consecutive days of daily diaries, we were able to disentangle the day-to-day ways that parents' behaviors are linked to how loved their teenagers were feeling," said lead author John Coffey, a visiting assistant professor at Yale University's Child Study Center in New Haven, Conn. No matter how close parents and teens were, teens said they felt more loved on days when parents reported showing more affection, understanding and praise, and less loved on days when parents reported more...

Know Your Burn Risks This Summer

18 July 2020
Know Your Burn Risks This SummerSATURDAY, July 18, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Grilling. Campfires. Fireworks. All are part of summer's pleasures -- but they also pose burn risks. A new survey of 1,000 U.S. adults found that 53% mistakenly think their burn risk is lower than it actually is. Only 11% knew that injuries from the flames of a fire pit or grill are the most common burn injuries, according to the Arizona Burn Center at Valleywise Health/Ipsos survey. "Burn injuries increase in the summer months, as more people are grilling outside, sitting around fire pits, and setting off fireworks," said Dr. Kevin Foster, director of burn services for the Arizona Burn Center at Valleywise Health in Phoenix. "It's important for people to be aware of not only their risk for suffering from a burn injury, but what to do if...

Loss of a Twin Linked to Risk for Mental Illness

17 July 2020
Loss of a Twin Linked to Risk for Mental IllnessFRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The death of a twin, especially earlier in life, leaves the surviving twin at risk for psychiatric problems, a new study finds. "Losing a co-twin by death may be a particularly devastating life stressor with considerable health implications for surviving twins, yet there have been few studies on this type of bereavement," said lead author Dr. Huan Song. She is a senior researcher at Sichuan University in China and Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Using Swedish data, Song's team found people who had experienced the death of a co-twin between 1973 and 2013. The investigators compared psychiatric diagnoses in these twins with their non-twin siblings and with more than 22,600 people whose twin was still alive. "We showed that the risk of being...

Check Early and Often for Glaucoma

17 July 2020
Check Early and Often for GlaucomaFRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Regular eye checks are crucial for people with early-stage glaucoma, a new study shows. Glaucoma is a condition in which the optic nerve that connects the eye to the brain becomes damaged. It develops slowly and affects peripheral vision first. Untreated glaucoma leads to permanent vision loss. Glaucoma makes it harder to see contrast -- the differences between shades of light and dark -- so the eyes are less able to detect low contrast objects. But it wasn't known if this loss of contrast sensitivity in people with early-stage glaucoma meant that they see objects in a different way than those without the eye disease. To find out, researchers at the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom assessed contrast sensitivity in 20 people with...

Lupus Drug Prevents Low Heartbeat in High-Risk Newborns: Study

17 July 2020
Lupus Drug Prevents Low Heartbeat in High-Risk Newborns: StudyFRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- A drug used to treat lupus and malaria -- hydroxychloroquine -- reduced by half the risk of a potentially fatal heart condition in newborns who were at high risk for it. The condition -- known as congenital heart block (CHB) -- results in a dangerously low heart rate. "Our study shows hydroxychloroquine as the first, safe, and highly effective drug for preventing pregnant women at risk from having another child with congenital heart block," said lead author and rheumatologist Dr. Peter Izmirly, associate professor of medicine at NYU Langone Health in New York City. Congenital heart block affects as many as 1 in 15,000 live births. About 75% of babies who survive it will require at least one pacemaker during their lifetime, and some may need...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Says Cancer Has Returned, But Won't Hamper Her Work

17 July 2020
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Says Cancer Has Returned, But Won`t Hamper Her WorkFRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced Friday that she is undergoing chemotherapy to help fight a recurrence of pancreatic cancer, CNN reported. The cancer has arisen once more, this time in her liver, according to a report from the court. Cutting-edge immunotherapy had been tried to shrink the tumor, but it wasn't effective. Standard chemotherapy does appear to be working, however. Standard chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer is a drug called gemcitabine, CNN said. Immunotherapy "proved unsuccessful," Ginsburg said in the court statement. "The chemotherapy course, however, is yielding positive results. Satisfied that my treatment course is now clear, I am providing this information." Ginsburg, 87, also said that she feels...

Will CPR Save Your Life? Study Offers a Surprising Answer

17 July 2020
Will CPR Save Your Life? Study Offers a Surprising AnswerFRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The success of CPR is vastly overrated by patients, a new study suggests. Not only does the general public consider CPR more effective than it really is, they tend to discount the negative effect it can have, the researchers said. Doctors should discuss CPR's success rate, benefits and risks with patients and their loved ones, the study authors suggested. CPR is an emergency procedure for someone whose heart has stopped or who is no longer breathing. Emergency doctors often talk to patients or their families about end-of-life care and the process of resuscitation. Patient and family expectations for CPR can affect the medical care that's given, according to Dr. Norkamari Shakira Bandolin, of the University of California, Davis, and...

Masks, Video Calls: Pandemic Is Hampering Communication for Those With Hearing Problems

17 July 2020
Masks, Video Calls: Pandemic Is Hampering Communication for Those With Hearing ProblemsFRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Face masks help prevent the spread of COVID-19, but they have a huge downside for people with hearing problems: They muffle sound and prevent lip-reading. But that's only one of several ways that pandemic-related safety precautions are making communication more challenging for those who are deaf or have hearing problems, researchers say. Limits on visitors in medical settings bar interpreters who help foster dialogue between doctors and patients, and the rise of telemedicine has added yet another hurdle with its lags in video transmission and poor image quality. "Sometimes, we just forget how some of these additional safety guidelines can create problems," said Dr. Michael McKee, an associate professor at the University of Michigan...

'Jeopardy' Host Alex Trebek Tells Fans Cancer Treatments...

FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Fans of "Jeopardy" host Alex Trebek got a health update for the first time in months on Thursday when he told followers that his treatments for...

Even People With Lung Disease Should Wear Masks: Experts

FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- People with chronic lung disease may worry about being able to breathe freely with face masks, but they should wear the coverings if possible, four...
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