THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) A landmark clinical trial finds that a hoped-for treatment for early-stage breast cancer isn’t the answer in most cases. The international trial tested the inexpensive diabetes medication metformin and found that it did not stop or prevent the spread of the most common types of breast cancer, despite hope […]

THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 – At least some American parents and caregivers needing formula for their infants will be able to find it on store shelves as soon as this weekend. About 60 tons of formula arrived at Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, as part of the Biden Administration’s Operation Fly Formula. […]

THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 While vitamin D may have other benefits, preventing type 2 diabetes in high-risk adults does not appear to be one of them. A new Japanese trial found no significant difference among study participants who used a vitamin supplement and those who took a placebo. “Although treatment with eldecalcitol [an active form […]

Latest Infectious Disease News By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, May 25, 2022 Up until recently monkeypox infection outside of Africa was rare, but a look back at seven cases occurring in Britain over the past few years gives hints at what drugs work to fight the disease — and which don’t. The […]

WEDNESDAY, May 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) A year after being hospitalized with COVID-19, more than 12% of patients had been diagnosed with heart inflammation, according to a new study of the long-term effects of the virus. For the study, researchers in Scotland followed 159 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 between May 2020 and March 2021. A […]

WEDNESDAY, May 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) Doctors need to be aware that prostate cancer raises a man’s risk of serious and potentially deadly blood clots by about 50%, researchers say. All cancer patients are at increased risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE), a dangerous but treatable blood clot in the veins that is a leading cause […]

WEDNESDAY, May 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) If you use pot, you may need more sedation than normal during a gastric endoscopy, according to a new study. “Patients didn’t have increased awareness or discomfort during procedures, but they did require more drugs,” lead author Dr. Yasmin Nasser said in a news release from the American Gastroenterological […]