Health News
2023-03-22
Waist-to-height ratio, not BMI, accurately indicates outcomes in patients with heart failure, says study

New research has debunked the idea that there is an "obesity paradox," whereby patients with heart failure who are overweight or obese are thought to be less likely to end...

2023-03-21
Readers found to rely on word spelling rather than sound in reading

Skilled readers are known to extract information not only from the word they are looking at but from the one directly following it. This phenomenon is called pre-processing. Researchers from...

2023-03-21
Analysis: High-risk Americans who do not maintain cholesterol targets have 44% higher rate of cardiovascular events

The annual rate of first cardiovascular events was 44.2% higher for the "NOT AT GOAL" group (2.2% and 1.5%, p < 0.0002).Total cardiovascular events (first and subsequent) were also 49%...

2023-03-21
Consider Life Expectancy in Surveillance Colonoscopy Advice

Most older adults with low-risk surveillance colonoscopy findings and/or limited life expectancy are advised to undergo a repeat procedure in the future, according to a new study. Among nearly 10,000...

2023-03-21
Acute leukemia: Menin-targeting drug revumenib aids remission in trial

More than 474,000 people globally have leukemia, and acute leukemia is the most aggressive type.In a new clinical trial, of the 60 people with certain types of acute leukemia who...