February 23, 2021
Prevalence of Multiple Chronic Conditions Up Among Veterans
TUESDAY, Feb. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The prevalence of multiple chronic conditions (MCC) is higher for male and female veterans versus nonveterans, according to a study published online Feb. 23 in the National Health Statistics Reports, a publication from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Peter Boersma, M.P.H., from the National Center...
Trial of Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease Halted
TUESDAY, Feb. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A clinical trial of a new gene therapy for sickle cell disease that has shown promise has been halted after two participants were diagnosed with cancer. Therapy developer Bluebird Bio said a patient who was treated five years ago developed myelodysplastic syndrome, while another developed acute myeloid leukemia,...
Predictors of Death, Discharge ID'd for Diabetes Patients With COVID-19
TUESDAY, Feb. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — About 20 percent of patients with diabetes hospitalized with COVID-19 die within 28 days and about 50 percent are discharged, and predictors of death and discharge have been identified, according to a study published online Feb. 17 in Diabetologia. Matthieu Wargny, M.D., from the University of Nantes in...
Children Conceived by ART Are Shorter, Lighter at Birth
TUESDAY, Feb. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Children conceived by assisted reproduction technology (ART) are shorter and lighter at birth than those conceived naturally, but have similar height and weight by age 17 years, according to a study published online Feb. 17 in Human Reproduction. Maria C. Magnus, Ph.D., from the Norwegian Institute of Public...
Vascular Deaths Down for Diabetes Patients in the U.K.
TUESDAY, Feb. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — There has been a decline in vascular deaths among patients with diabetes, making cancer now the leading cause of death for these patients, according to a U.K. study published in the March 1 issue of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard, from Imperial College London in the...