Number of Elderly on U.S. Liver Transplant List Rising
THURSDAY, Nov. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The proportion of U.S. elderly patients in need of liver transplant (LT) is sharply increasing, according to a study presented at The Liver Meetin...
THURSDAY, Nov. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The proportion of U.S. elderly patients in need of liver transplant (LT) is sharply increasing, according to a study presented at The Liver Meetin...
MONDAY, Nov. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) could substantially reduce the risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and end-stage...
TUESDAY, Nov. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Nonoverweight patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) cirrhosis who are on the transplant wait list have worse pre- and post-liver t...
TUESDAY, Nov. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- From 2007 to 2019, there was an increase in baseline depressive symptoms among first-year resident physicians but a decrease in the average change ...
TUESDAY, Nov. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Only half of Medicare beneficiaries aged 19 years and older are vaccinated for influenza, according to a study published online Nov. 16 in the Anna...
TUESDAY, Nov. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- From January through June 2021, 31.1 million people of all ages were uninsured (9.6 percent), which was not significantly different from 2020, acco...
TUESDAY, Nov. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Intermittent energy restriction (IER) and continuous energy restriction (CER) over 12 months appear to produce comparable weight loss in overweight ...
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who have diabetes less often perceive AF symptoms, although they are more likely to have cardiac and neuro...
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A measure designed to lower prescription drug costs for seniors has been added to President Joe Biden's social safety net and climate change bill ...
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- About 5 percent of adults aged 30 years and older in Scotland with type 2 diabetes were in remission in 2019, according to a study published onlin...
According to previous studies, only about one-half of patients with chronic diseases like hypertension and diabetes adhere to at least 80% of their medication regimens. It can be challenging...
THURSDAY, Oct. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The incidence of small fiber neuropathy (SFN) is increasing and is associated with multiple comorbidities and increased mortality, according to a ...
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a multifactorial and polygenetic disease, although its exact etiology remains poorly understood. The objective of this study was to identify key biomarkers and poten...
TUESDAY, Oct. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- There are considerable differences in the sodium content of processed meat and fish products across countries and food subcategories, according to ...
TUESDAY, Oct. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For adults smoking five cigarettes/day or more, smoking cessation rates do not differ for those treated with varenicline plus nicotine patch therap...
In patients with diabetes and severe coronary artery disease (CAD), prior research found an association between coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and improved long-term mortality and fr...
THURSDAY, Oct. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, hybrid closed-loop (HCL) therapy improves glycemic control and quality of life, according to a ...
THURSDAY, Oct. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) is not associated with increased risks for cardiovascular disease or type 2 diabetes among middle-aged postmenopau...
Throughout the world, 40% to 50% of people with diabetes will develop diabetes-related kidney disease. Timely detection is critical to preventing disease progression and reducing associated ...
MONDAY, Oct. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For individuals with diabetes, statin initiation is associated with diabetes progression, according to a study published online Oct. 4 in JAMA Intern...
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