Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/firearm-homicides-a-major-public-health-challenge-in-mexico/ Mexico is among the countries with the highest firearm mortality rates. Although these rates decreased slightly between 2018 and 2022, firearm mortality remains a major public health challenge for Mexico that…
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Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/drop-in-uk-flu-shots-warning-ahead-of-winter/ Fewer people came forward for their flu vaccine last year and if the same happens again the UK could be in for a worse winter, health officials are warning. There were…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/daratumumab-plus-lenalidomide-improves-mrd-outcomes/ RIO DE JANEIRO — The addition of daratumumab to lenalidomide maintenance therapy following autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) significantly improves rates of achieving minimal residual disease (MRD) negativity and progression-free survival…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/pfizers-withdrawal-of-scd-drug-raises-questions/ The global withdrawal of voxelotor (Oxbryta, Pfizer) has left clinicians who treat sickle cell disease (SCD) with the urgent task of reaching patients taking the medicine, while trying to understand why…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/rural-towns-are-building-new-hospitals/ There’s a new morning ritual in Pinedale, Wyoming, a town of about 2,000 nestled against the Wind River Mountains. Friends and neighbors in the oil- and gas-rich community “take their morning…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/reports-of-kids-swallowing-water-beads-on-the-rise-in-the-last-decade/ ORLANDO — A significant number of kids experienced bowel obstruction after swallowing superabsorbent polymer beads (SAP), commonly referred to as water beads, according to a systematic review. Water beads are frequently…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/does-finerenones-efficacy-diminish-if-initiated-late-in-heart-failure/ The benefit-risk profile of finerenone (Kerendia) for heart failure and mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction (HFmrEF, HFpEF) was arguably unchanged with delayed initiation, according to the FINEARTS-HF trial. An analysis…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/nursing-isnt-for-you-what-we-heard-this-week/ “Nursing isn’t for you.” — Yvette Conyers, DNP, RN, of the University of Maryland School of Nursing in Baltimore, recounting what her high school counselor once told her. “It is going…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/reclaiming-the-night-in-the-wake-of-abhayas-murder/ Lee is a psychiatry resident. This op-ed is the second in a series on violence against Indian women in healthcare. Part one is available here. Abhaya, meaning “fearless” in Sanskrit, was…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/modified-osa-index-score-associated-with-cardiovascular-risk/ Use of a modified sleep apnea index can identify cardiovascular risk factors in adults with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to results from a new study presented at…