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THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive metastatic breast cancer, pyrotinib plus capecitabine offers an overal...

Nov 17, 2023

THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Avoidance of aspirin as part of an antithrombotic regimen that includes a vitamin K agonist (VKA) is noninferior to an aspirin-containing regimen...

Nov 17, 2023

THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Arginine vasopressin (AVP) deficiency is more accurately diagnosed with hypertonic saline-stimulated copeptin than with arginine-stimulated copep...

Nov 17, 2023

THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The use of gantenerumab leads to lower amyloid plaque burden at 116 weeks, but is not associated with slower clinical decline among patients with...

Nov 17, 2023

THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In updated guidelines issued by the American Academy of Dermatology and published online Nov. 7 in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermato...

Nov 17, 2023

THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted marketing authorization to LetsGetChecked for the Simple 2 Test, the first home test ...

Nov 17, 2023

THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- From 2011 to 2021, there was no change in the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overall, but increases were seen among a...

Nov 17, 2023

THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- From 1999 to 2018, there was an increase in the prevalence of breastfeeding initiation and breastfeeding duration at 12 months, according to a re...

Nov 17, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) is inversely associated with symptom burden in individuals with chronic obstructive pul...

Nov 16, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and high visceral adipose tissue (VAT) may have more difficulty achieving higher infliximab level...

Nov 16, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cardiac 18F-dopamine positron emission tomography (PET) can identify at-risk individuals who are subsequently diagnosed with a central Lewy body...

Nov 16, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Increasing workplace flexibility is associated with a lower risk for cardiovascular disease, according to a study published online Nov. 8 in the...

Nov 16, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For pediatric patients with asthma, caregiver non-English language preference (NELP) is associated with increased odds of asthma-related health ...

Nov 16, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Black women reporting having experienced interpersonal racism may have higher risk for having a stroke, according to a study published online No...

Nov 16, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Children residing in more disadvantaged neighborhoods at birth have a higher likelihood of an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis, accordin...

Nov 16, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Type 2 diabetes is associated with an increased risk for colorectal cancer (CRC), with increased associations for those without colonoscopy scre...

Nov 16, 2023

TUESDAY, Nov. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), acupuncture produces a greater improvement in the Weekly Urticaria Activity Score (UAS7), a...

Nov 15, 2023

TUESDAY, Nov. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Male and female veterans have a higher prevalence of arthritis than nonveterans, according to research published in the Nov. 10 issue of the U.S. ...

Nov 15, 2023

TUESDAY, Nov. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Excess mold, resulting from severe weather events, has potentially harmful health consequences, and high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters...

Nov 15, 2023

TUESDAY, Nov. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The rate of new lung cancer cases has decreased and survival has improved over the last five years, according to the State of Lung Cancer 2023 rep...

Nov 15, 2023