February 8, 2021

MONDAY, Feb. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Exposure to artificial light at night (LAN) is positively associated with thyroid cancer risk, according to a study published online Feb. 8 in Cancer. Dong Zhang, Ph.D., from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, and colleagues examined the association between LAN and thyroid cancer...

MONDAY, Feb. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — More than two-thirds of adults consumed any fruit and 95 percent of adults consumed any vegetables on a given day in 2015 to 2018, according to a February data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics. Nicholas Ansai, M.P.H.,...

MONDAY, Feb. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Blood pressure (BP) trajectories in the first six weeks postpartum may help identify women who are likely to have persistent hypertension at six to 18 months, according to a study presented at The Pregnancy Meeting, the annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, held virtually from Jan...

In this MD Newsline exclusive interview with vitreoretinal specialist Dr. Michael Singer, we discuss how to provide culturally sensitive care and overcome language barriers. MD Newsline: How have you been able to implement culturally sensitive care in your practice? How do you deal with language barriers so that they don’t impede your ability to deliver quality...

In this MD Newsline exclusive interview with vitreoretinal specialist Dr. Michael Singer, we discuss barriers to treatment adherence and COVID-19 as they relate to wet AMD. MD Newsline: What are the major barriers to wet AMD treatment adherence? Dr. Michael Singer: “In terms of treatment barriers and treatment adherence, treatment adherence is really a problem....