October 8, 2020
Study Explores Whether Eating Vegetables Reduces Progression of Early Stage Prostate Cancer in Men
The MEAL Randomized Clinical Trial By Natasha Crumby Creating an environment of behavioral change can make an impact on the overall health of a patient. However, can a behavioral intervention to increase vegetable consumption really make an impact on the progression of prostate cancer? Well, this is a question investigated by the UC San Diego...
Maker of Antibody Cocktail Trump Took Seeks Emergency Use Authorization
THURSDAY, Oct. 8, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Wednesday that it is seeking emergency approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an experimental antibody cocktail given to President Donald Trump shortly after he was diagnosed with COVID-19. Hours before the company made the announcement, Trump said in a video released...
Racial Health Disparities Exist Among Pro Football Players
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Community-Level Factors Explain Some Racial Disparities in COVID-19
Link between Latino population, higher COVID-19 rates attenuated after adjustment for these factors Community-level factors explain some, but not all, racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 rates in Massachusetts, according to a report published online Aug. 27 in Health Affairs. Jose F. Figueroa, M.D., M.P.H., from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, and...
Premature Cardiac Deaths Across U.S. Dropped From 1999 to 2017
But widening geographic disparities observed, mostly accounted for by within-state differences The rate of premature cardiac deaths (PCDs) decreased across U.S. counties from 1999 to 2017, although widening geographic disparities have been observed, according to a study published online July 29 in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Yinzi Jin, Ph.D., from the Peking...
Disparities in CVD Burden Increasing Between Richest, Poorer
Substantial and increasing disparities found between highest resource group and remainder of population There are substantial and increasing disparities in the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among the highest-resource group and the remainder of the U.S. population, according to a study published online Sept. 25 in JAMA Network Open. Salma M. Abdalla, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., from...
Study Shows Higher Rate of HER2+ Breast Cancer In Vietnamese Women
According to a study published in the Journal of Health Disparities Research Vietnamese breast cancer patients, particularly those older than 50, have higher rates of HER2+ breast cancer. The study collected data of Vietnamese women with invasive breast cancer at the Lester & Sue Smith Breast Cancer in Houston, Texas and found 15 of 33...
COVID-19 Symptoms Often Prolonged in Pregnant Women
THURSDAY, Oct. 8, 2020 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 symptoms are prolonged in pregnant women and persist for eight or more weeks in 25 percent, according to a study published online Oct. 7 in Obstetrics & Gynecology. Yalda Afshar, M.D., Ph.D., from the University of California in Los Angeles, and colleagues conducted a prospective cohort study...
Some Patients Have Increase in Cardiac Events With Azithromycin
THURSDAY, Oct. 8, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Patients using QT-prolonging drugs have an increased risk for cardiac events in association with azithromycin versus amoxicillin, according to a study published online Sept. 15 in JAMA Network Open. Haridarshan Patel, Pharm.D., Ph.D., from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and colleagues conducted a retrospective cohort study to...