Cigars & Pipes Increase Risk for Stroke, Other Adverse Outcomes
TOPLINE:Smoking cigars was linked to an increased risk for stroke, atrial fibrillation, and heart failure, while smokeless tobacco raised the ...
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Loneliness During Adolescence May Affect Health in Adulthood
TOPLINE:Increased loneliness during adolescence is associated with various health and well-being outcomes, including an increased risk for asthma and depression, ...
Patients, Outcomes Similar at Academic, Community Hospitals
Patient demographics and outcomes are similar at academic and community hospitals in Ontario, new research indicates.A retrospective cohort study included ...
Home Cannabis Smoke Leaves Traces in Children’s Urine Tests
TOPLINE:Children living in households with reported in-home cannabis smoking show five times higher odds of having detectable tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) equivalents ...
Dapagliflozin and Calorie Restriction Achieves T2D Remission
TOPLINE:Combining dapagliflozin with calorie restriction achieved a greater type 2 diabetes (T2D) remission rate and significant changes in body fat ...
Birch Bark Gel Shows Sustained Benefits for EB
TOPLINE:Long-term treatment with Oleogel-S10 (birch bark extract, Filsuvez) gel significantly reduced wound burden and disease activity in individuals with epidermolysis ...
Can Breast Cancer Screening Be Better Tailored to Risk?
SAN ANTONIO — Can breast cancer screening be better tailored to a person’s individual risk of cancer?Guidelines advise heightened surveillance ...
More Research Backs Migraine Meds as Heart Safe
TOPLINE:The use of anti–calcitonin gene-related peptide monoclonal antibodies (anti-CGRP mAbs) was not linked to increased risk for a cardiovascular disease ...
Multiagent Adjuvant Therapy Ups Pancreatic Cancer Survival
TOPLINE:Adjuvant combination leucovorin calcium, fluorouracil, irinotecan hydrochloride, and oxaliplatin (FOLFIRINOX) and other multiagent chemotherapy regimens boost overall survival (OS) in ...
Huntington’s Disease: Can Beta Blockers Help?
In a recent study, beta blockers appeared to significantly lower both the annualized risk for conversion from presymptomatic to symptomatic ...
IFSH Guides Surgical Decisions in OPSCC but Has Limitations
Intraoperative frozen section histology (IFSH) demonstrates high diagnostic accuracy for individual surgical margins in human papillomavirus (HPV)-related oropharyngeal squamous cell ...
Parental Divorce in Childhood Linked With Adult Stroke Risk
Experiencing one’s parents’ divorce in childhood is associated with increased risk for stroke in older adults, according to a recent ...
Promising New Blood Test for Colorectal Cancer Screening
An investigational blood test for early detection of colorectal cancer (CRC) in average-risk adults met the primary endpoints of sensitivity ...
What to Make of the Comorbidities Linked to Rosacea
As a steady stream of studies suggests associations between rosacea and comorbidities, ranging from cardiovascular disease to depression and gastrointestinal ...
Hair loss drug finasteride ‘biggest mistake of my life’
Michelle Roberts, Nat Wright and Adam EleyBBC NewsKyleSome online sites are prescribing men a hair loss drug that has potentially ...
