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2020

A New Hip or Knee Can Do a Marriage Good, Study Finds

A New Hip or Knee Can Do a Marriage Good, Study FindsWEDNESDAY, May 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- After people have a hip or knee replacement surgery, doctors expect these patients will get relief from joint pain, get around easier and once again enjoy the activities they love. Now, a new study shows that patients' partners -- and thereby their marriage -- also reaped the benefits of the surgery. "It was obvious that [patients] have less suffering and they can be more active and they can travel more," said study author Dr. Michael Tanzer, Jo Miller chair of orthopaedic research at McGill University Health Center in Montreal. "But that it actually improved their marital life and their relationship and their family life is not something I could have predicted beforehand." Tanzer did have reason to suspect this could be true for some...

Scientists Spot More Genes Linked to Problem Drinking

27 May 2020
Scientists Spot More Genes Linked to Problem DrinkingWEDNESDAY, May 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- It was already known that genetics can play a role in drinking problems, but now researchers have identified additional gene variants that could help identify many more at-risk people. The team conducted a genome-wide analysis of more than 435,000 people of European ancestry to look for shared gene variants among people with problem drinking. The researchers pinpointed 19 new gene variants, along with 10 previously known ones, according to the study published May 25 in the journal Nature Neuroscience. "The new data triple the number of known genetic risk loci associated with problematic alcohol use," said study senior author Joel Gelernter, a professor of psychiatry, genetics and neuroscience at Yale University School of Medicine. For the...

Uncles, Aunts May Influence a Child's Odds for Autism

27 May 2020
Uncles, Aunts May Influence a Child`s Odds for AutismWEDNESDAY, May 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- A child with an uncle or aunt with autism appears to have a more than doubled risk of being diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder themselves, a new U.S. government-funded study reports. Roughly 3% to 5% of children with an aunt or uncle with autism can also be expected to have some form of autism, compared with just 1.5% of children overall, according to the study funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health. However, researchers portray this as reassuring news for a person with a brother or sister with autism who is thinking about starting a family. A couple who've had one child with autism have a 20% to 50% chance that later siblings also will be diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), said study co-author Dr. John...

Drug Combos May Be Advance Against Heart Failure

27 May 2020
Drug Combos May Be Advance Against Heart FailureWEDNESDAY, May 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Many patients with heart failure might live years longer if they were on a combination of newer medications, a study suggests. Researchers estimate that if certain heart failure patients were prescribed a four-pill regimen -- including three recently proven therapies -- they could live up to six years longer, compared with the regimen patients commonly use. The findings, published online recently in the medical journal The Lancet, are projections, not guarantees. But they do make a strong case for the medication cocktail, said lead author Dr. Muthiah Vaduganathan, a cardiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. "Combined use of these four pills would be anticipated to keep patients out of the hospital and alive for more years,"...

AHA News: For Kids, a Pandemic of Stress Could Have Long-Term Consequences

27 May 2020
AHA News: For Kids, a Pandemic of Stress Could Have Long-Term ConsequencesWEDNESDAY, May 27, 2020 (American Heart Association News) -- Chris Dier understands how trauma can follow you for a lifetime. In 2005, he was entering his senior year of high school, looking forward to a year of making memories at Andrew Jackson High in Chalmette, Louisiana. Then, disaster struck. Twice. First, a car crash killed three friends. Two weeks later, Hurricane Katrina hit. He and his family got out in time. But the storm drowned his home in 13 feet of water, leaving his neighborhood a mess of toppled trees and abandoned cars, and severing him from the life he'd known. "I remember feeling a deep sadness, and a deep sense of loss," he said. "Losing people in your community. Losing the community feeling. Losing your senior year. Losing connection with so many people." Dier, now...

AHA News: Altitude? Exhaustion? Then, She Remembered the Elizabeth Banks Video

27 May 2020
AHA News: Altitude? Exhaustion? Then, She Remembered the Elizabeth Banks VideoWEDNESDAY, May 27, 2020 (American Heart Association News) -- On the final morning of a family camping trip, Stacey Bailey woke up and started cleaning. After a difficult night caring for her sick granddaughter, Bailey hauled a pile of vomit-soiled sheets and towels to the campground showers. Along the way, she felt nauseous and unusually exhausted. "Maybe it's the altitude or I'm out of shape," she thought. As she hung the wet linens from branches to dry, Bailey experienced a severe burning in her chest. Figuring the previous night's barbecued ribs were to blame, she chewed a few antacids. They didn't help. Soon, her jaw and neck began to ache. Bailey sat down, her head in a fog, unable to muster a response when a passerby commented on her Arizona license plate. That's when it hit her....

Mindfulness May Ease the Emotional Burden of MS

27 May 2020
Mindfulness May Ease the Emotional Burden of MSWEDNESDAY, May 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Mindfulness training may help counter the thinking and emotional difficulties caused by multiple sclerosis. In a small test study, people with multiple sclerosis (MS) who had four weeks of mindfulness training emerged with better emotional control and faster thinking. Multiple sclerosis is a disease in which the immune system attacks the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves. This interferes with communication in the brain and between the brain and body, leading to worsening mental and physical problems. An estimated one million people in the United States are affected. "Emotional upheaval is part and parcel of living with multiple sclerosis -- there's no cure, per se," said Nicholas Larocca, a National Multiple Sclerosis Society...

Alzheimer's Gene Linked to Severe COVID-19 Risk

27 May 2020
Alzheimer`s Gene Linked to Severe COVID-19 RiskWEDNESDAY, May 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- People who have a flawed gene linked to Alzheimer's disease may face a higher risk of COVID-19, an international team of researchers reports. Part of the increased risk among people with dementia may owe to high rates of new coronavirus infections in nursing homes. But this study suggests genetics may also be a factor. The APOE e4e4 gene variant is known to increase Alzheimer's risk up to 14 times. It also increases heart disease risk. Medical school researchers at the University of Exeter in England and the University of Connecticut analyzed data from more than 382,000 people of European ancestry. Of those, about 2.4% had the ApoE e4e4 gene variant. Meanwhile, 5.1% of those who tested positive for COVID-19 had the gene variant. While...

White House Announces Plan for Medicare Recipients to...

WEDNESDAY, May 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Beginning next year, people on some Medicare Part D or Medicare Advantage Plans who need insulin will be able to access the lifesaving medication for...

Coronavirus Cases Ticking Upwards in Nearly a Dozen U.S....

WEDNESDAY, May 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- A jump in coronavirus cases is being seen in nearly a dozen U.S. states, at least half of which reopened early, as the country's coronavirus case...
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