We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Strokes are rarely preceded by obvious warning signs, making the chances of survival relatively slim. Taking precautionary steps against stroke […]

For women who are overdue for cervical cancer screening, mailing self-sampling kits for high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) is a cost-effective means of increasing screening uptake, reveals an analysis of a large US trial. The finding comes from a randomized trial in almost 20,000 women, which compared women who received a mailed HPV testing kit with those who did not. The […]

A substantial number of older women may experience worsening frailty after undergoing surgery and radiation therapy for early-stage breast cancer, according to a new study. About 1 in 5 experienced clinically significant deterioration in frailty status after treatment, the study team found. Women at highest risk for declines in frailty following treatment had “robust” baseline frailty status at diagnosis and […]

We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Several factors determine longevity, but none are more influential than genetics and lifestyle. A good genetic make-up has the ability […]

The global incidence of diseases related to exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) has increased significantly. Short-term exposure to PM2.5 is positively correlated with mortality associated with increased rates of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. Nevertheless, the underlying mechanism of how PM2.5 exposure affects health is unclear. Study: Effects of short-term PM2.5 exposure on blood lipids among 197,957 people in eastern […]

The Biden administration's decision to end the covid-19 public health emergency in May will institute sweeping changes across the health care system that go far beyond many people having to pay more for covid tests. In response to the pandemic, the federal government in 2020 suspended many of its rules on how care is delivered. That transformed essentially every corner […]

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent weighs a package of Fentanyl at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Ysidro, California, in 2019. Photo: Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday night it's stepping up efforts to combat fentanyl trafficking across the Southern border with the launch of a major new, multi-agency operation. […]

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused unprecedented morbidity and mortality across the globe, the mitigation of which is challenged by the continual emergence of increasingly transmissible and immune-evasive Omicron subvariants such as BA.4/5. Evaluating COVID-19 messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine effectiveness (VE) against novel viral variants could aid in developing updated and more effective vaccines with wider neutralization […]

We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Thousands more terminally ill people will soon get fast-tracked access to benefits payments, in a final victory for an Express […]

DENVER — People with lower expectations of how they would be able to use their knees during work activities after a total knee arthroplasty were more dissatisfied with their knee abilities 6 months after their surgery, according to a study presented at the OARSI 2023 World Congress. Two out of 10 patients are dissatisfied after total knee arthroplasty, which is increasingly […]