Most Transgender Children Stick With Gender Identity 5 Years Later: Study
WEDNESDAY, May 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Kids who feel their true gender identity doesn’t match the sex they were given at birth are sometimes given the chance to adopt the lifestyle and characteristics of the opposite gender, in a process known as …
Learn MoreLos adolescentes hablan sobre TikTok: divertido, pero adictivo, y quizá nocivo
JUEVES, 28 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) — En otoño de 2021, TikTok anunció un importante hito para su quinto aniversario: habían alcanzado alrededor de mil millones de usuarios globales, muchos de ellos jóvenes, que recurrían a la aplicación cad…
Learn MoreLos médicos de EE. UU. en primera línea del brote de hepatitis en niños
MIÉRCOLES, 27 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Mientras los expertos en salud de todo el mundo intentan comprender por qué casi 200 niños en 12 países han enfermado de gravedad con una hepatitis intensa, los médicos de Alabama investigan nueve de …
Learn MoreTeens on TikTok: Fun, But Addictive and Maybe Harmful
THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In the fall of 2021, TikTok announced a major milestone to coincide with its fifth anniversary: The amassing of roughly 1 billion global users, many of them young, turning to the app every month as a way to…
Learn MoreCon frecuencia, los familiares de los pacientes hospitalizados con COVID sufren TEPT
MARTES, 26 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Sigue siendo una de las imágenes más dolorosas de la pandemia: a las familias no les permitieron estar al lado de sus seres queridos mientras libraban su solitaria batalla contra la COVID en una UCI de h…
Learn MoreU.S. Doctors on the Frontlines of Hepatitis Outbreak Striking Kids
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As health experts around the world try to understand why nearly 200 children in 12 countries have fallen seriously ill with severe hepatitis, doctors in Alabama are investigating nine such cases in that st…
Learn MorePTSD Often Haunts Family Members of Hospitalized COVID Patients
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — It remains one of the most painful images of the pandemic: Families who were not allowed to be by their loved ones’ bedside as they waged a lonely battle against COVID in a hospital ICU, with some forced to …
Learn MoreLos antidepresivos no mejoran la calidad de vida a largo plazo, según un estudio
MIÉRCOLES, 20 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Millones de estadounidenses toman antidepresivos para luchar contra un estado de ánimo bajo. Pero un nuevo estudio de gran tamaño sugiere que estos medicamentos quizá hagan poco por mejorar la calidad…
Learn MoreIn Long Run, Antidepressants Don’t Improve Quality of Life: Study
WEDNESDAY, April 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Millions of Americans take antidepressants to combat low moods. But a large, new study suggests that these medications over time may do little to improve overall quality of life.”We found the change in hea…
Learn MoreA Penicillin Allergy Is Bad News If You Get a Dental Implant
THURSDAY, April 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — While the vast majority of dental implant procedures go smoothly, related infections can up the risk for implant failure.Antibiotics can keep that risk at bay, with penicillin the typical go-to choice. But …
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