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Lower Oxygen Target Does Not Cut Deaths in Respiratory Failure

For adult patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, mortality is similar with a lower- or higher-oxygenation target, according to a study published...

Daydreaming? Study Shows Where Your Brain Goes When You Do

Researchers have found a way to track what your mind is doing when thoughts begin to wander. Using electroencephalograms (EEG) to measure brain activity...

Strong Blood Thinners May Help COVID-19 Patients, But Degree of Illness Is Key

Full doses of blood thinners can benefit patients hospitalized with COVID-19, but the severity of their illness matters, researchers say. The new global...

FDA Approves Lupkynis (voclosporin) for Adult Patients with Active Lupus Nephritis

January 22, 2021 -- Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Lupkynis (voclosporin) in...

Nearly Two-Thirds of Canadian Cardiac Physicians Burned Out

Physicians at a Canadian cardiovascular center report higher levels of prepandemic burnout than U.S. colleagues, according to a study published online...

AHA News: The Head Is Connected to the Heart – and Can Influence Health

A growing body of research shows good mental health can improve heart health and reduce cardiovascular risks, while poor mental health can increase the...

Hand Sanitizer Is Harming Kids' Eyes, Often Seriously

The explosive rise in use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers during the COVID-19 pandemic has had a dangerous, unintended consequence: eye injuries among...

Daily Aspirin Can Lower Colon Cancer Risk, But Age Matters

Low-dose aspirin may help some people curb their risk of developing colon cancer -- but not if they wait until age 70 to start, a large, new study suggests. Researchers...

Biden Will Ban Travelers From South Africa as New COVID Variants Spread

As more infectious coronavirus variants first detected in Britain and South Africa circulate globally, President Joe Biden plans to bar travel by non-citizens...

AHA News: Hospice Candidate at 2, She's Now 13 and Thriving

Rosemary "Rosie" Veltz was "medically maxed out." That was the term the doctors used six months after a third surgery to correct a heart defect that left...

Frustrations Mount for U.S. Seniors Seeking Access to COVID Vaccines

Irene Greenhalgh, 83, considers herself a pretty computer-savvy senior, but even she got lost in a maze of websites and e-mails trying to get an appointment...

Study Casts Doubt on 'Early Warning' System for Kidney Patients

Electronic 'early warning systems' for kidney damage in hospital patients don't improve outcomes, researchers say. These systems are meant to alert for...

Health Highlights: Jan. 25, 2021

  Severe Allergic Reactions to Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Rare: CDC Only 10 people in the entire United States have had severe allergic reactions...

Therapeutic Vaccine Is Keeping Melanoma in Remission 4 Years On

Giving melanoma patients a "personalized" vaccine can prompt an anti-tumor immune response that lasts for years, an early study finds. The study involved...

Anxiety, Depression and Drinking: An Unhealthy Combo During the Pandemic

People with anxiety and depression are more likely to step up their drinking during the COVID-19 pandemic than those without these mental health issues,...

Women More Prone to Nighttime Cardiac Arrest Than Men

Going into cardiac arrest at night can be particularly deadly, and now new research suggests that it might strike women more than men. Sudden cardiac...

How Smoking Could Help Spur Breast Cancer's Spread

Here's one reason why past or current smoking may handicap you if you are battling breast cancer: New research suggests that nicotine promotes the spread...

Vitamin D Deficiency Associated With Increased COVID-19 Risk

Patients with vitamin D deficiency are significantly more likely to be positive for COVID-19, according to a study published in the April issue of Nutrition. Joseph...

Induced Abortion Rates Not Up for Childhood Cancer Survivors

Childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) have a reduced likelihood for first pregnancy but are not more likely to have induced abortions, according to a study...

Groups Jointly Issue Guidelines for Von Willebrand Disease

Recommendations are presented for the diagnosis and management of von Willebrand disease (VWD) in two clinical guidelines issued by the American Society...

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