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Depressive symptoms, anxiety seen across patient groups referred to Austin Hospital First Seizure Clinic

All patients receiving surgery/radiotherapy alone or with chemotherapy had improvement or stability of alopecia with LDOM

Findings seen among children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes and nonoptimal control with traditional treatment

Estimated rate of transmission was 2.2 per 1,000 patient-days at risk; no gastroenteritis symptoms seen in transmission cases

By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Dec. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There’s early evidence that a mysterious flu-like illness that has sickened 416 people and left 75 dead in the Democratic Republic of Congo over recent weeks may be malaria.Laboratory samples taken from infected people are suggestive of malaria, although …

By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Dec. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In what appears to be a last-ditch effort to limit the harms of smoking before its term ends, the Biden administration has proposed a rule that would significantly lower the amount of nicotine in tobacco products.The agency’s efforts to …

Better performance seen across five cognitive domains

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Dec. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In news that suggests the U.S. opioid epidemic may be easing, drug overdose deaths fell 17% between July 2023 and July 2024.Per new data released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 94,000 people died …

Neoadjuvant RT strongly recommended for stage II to III rectal cancer but can be omitted for those at lower risk for locoregional recurrence

Gait becomes more symmetrical over 12 months after ACL reconstruction, but aberrant gait biomechanics persist