(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Whether you’re trying to get pregnant, newly pregnant or already postpartum, new parents are often offered advice from others on how to best take care of themselves for the good of the baby.
Month: February 2019
2 Lifesaving Discoveries Help Four Generations of Women
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DALLAS – Her great-grandmother volunteered in groundbreaking cholesterol research at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Now, 9-year-old Zoe Allen is benefiting from that decision.
A Pioneering Transplant Turns a Baby’s Heart Around (Literally)
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) recently performed its first dextrocardia heart transplant. The child, known as Baby Ruben, was born with dextrocardia and complex heterotaxy syndrome—including a single ventricle and discontinuous pulmonary arteries, along with other defects.
Opioid Use in the Family May Influence Adolescents’ Opioid Risk After Surgery
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ANN ARBOR – Having a family member with persistent opioid use may be a risk factor for young adults continuing prescriptions long after their own surgeries, a new Michigan Medicine study suggests.
Women with Alcohol Dependency Tend to Believe More than Men the Problem Will Take Care of Itself
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A new study from the University of Iowa finds that women are less likely to get help for a drinking problem and are more likely to believe the problem will get better on its own.
Complex Medication Regimens Create Challenges for Home Health Care
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Medically high-risk patients and communication breakdowns between providers contribute to the difficulty of medication management for older adults receiving home health care
THC Found More Important for Therapeutic Effects in Cannabis Than Originally Thought
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Researchers at the University of New Mexico (UNM) recently solved a major gap in scientific literature by using mobile software technology to measure the real-time effects of actual cannabis-based products used by millions of people every day.
Health Insurance is not Assurance of Healthcare
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Because of high out-of-pocket expenses, Ohioans who purchase subsidized health-exchange insurance often can’t afford the care they need when they need it.
Custom-made Proteins May Help Create Antibodies to Fight HIV
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A new way to create proteins that can sneak through HIV’s protective coating may be a step toward understanding the key components needed for developing a vaccine for the virus, according to researchers.
Curing a Lifetime of Poor Vision
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – “Cataracts form gradually as the internal lens of the eye loses crystal clear transparency,” according to Dr. Kerry Assil, a leading ophthalmologist based in Beverly Hills, CA. “Patients rarely realize they have them until they are diagnosed.”
Why are Women Less Likely than Men to Seek Alcohol Treatment?
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Only a minority of adults with an alcohol use disorder (AUD) seek treatment for it. Although women are more likely than men to seek treatment for most medical or psychiatric disorders, men are more likely to seek alcohol treatment.
Do Soccer Players Have an Increased Risk of ALS?
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – MINNEAPOLIS – Playing professional soccer may be linked to an increased risk of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
Aortic Calcification: An Early Sign of Heart Valve Problems?
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Aortic valve calcification is a condition in which calcium deposits form on the aortic valve in the heart. These deposits can cause narrowing at the opening of the aortic valve.
2 Years After Face Transplant, Andy Sandness’ Smile Shows His Progress (VIDEO)
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – It has been 2½ years since Andy Sandness was wheeled into an operating room at Mayo Clinic’s Rochester, Minnesota, campus for a 56-hour marathon surgery to give him a complete face transplant.
Researchers Develop Model to Predict Suicide Risk in At-Risk Young Adults
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – PITTSBURGH – Suicide is the second leading cause of death in the U.S. among those aged 15 to 34 years and yet, despite years of mental health research, our ability to predict suicidal behavior is only slightly better than chance.
Junk Food Purchases Increase after Recreational Marijuana Legalization
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – It’s an infamous pop culture portrayal. After smoking marijuana, the main characters in the movie go on an epic junk-food binge, consuming mass quantities of chips, cookies, and whatever other high-calorie, salt-or-sugar-laden snacks they can get.
Study Identifies Predictors of Psychiatric Events During Drug-Assisted Smoking Cessation
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have identified a clear group of characteristics that predict heightened risk for experiencing increased anxiety or worsening of mood that interferes with daily activities when using a smoking cessation drug.
Lowering Blood Pressure and Cholesterol May Not Improve Thinking and Memory
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – MINNEAPOLIS – While drugs that lower blood pressure and cholesterol have been shown to be beneficial for heart health, a new study has found that two such drugs may not provide a similar benefit to the brain.
Prenatal Vitamin Intake May Reduce Autism Recurrence in High-risk Families
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – High-risk younger siblings of children with autism are less likely to be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), have significantly lower autism symptom severity, and higher cognitive scores if their mothers take maternal prenatal vitamins during their first month of pregnancy
Researchers ‘Bait’ Pathological Proteins Underlying Many Neurodegenerative Disorders
(HealthNewsDigestcom) – PITTSBURGH, – A single misbehaving protein – called TDP-43 – is behind 97 percent of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) cases and 45 percent of frontotemporal dementia diagnoses.