Aumentan unos defectos congénitos del pene. ¿Las toxinas ambientales tienen la culpa?
VIERNES, 20 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Los médicos están observando un alarmante aumento en los casos de una malformación genital específica en los bebés de sexo masculino, y una nueva investigación sugiere que los factores ambientales podrí…
Learn MoreReportan dos casos de una nueva cepa de gonorrea resistente a los medicamentos en Massachusetts
VIERNES, 20 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — El jueves, las autoridades estatales anunciaron que se reportaron dos casos de una nueva cepa de gonorrea en Massachusetts que eran al menos parcialmente resistentes a varios antibióticos.”El descubrimi…
Learn MoreUn estudio de aguas residuales de los aviones muestra cómo fallaron las restricciones de viaje por la COVID
VIERNES, 20 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — La investigación con aguas residuales no es para los quisquillosos, pero puede llegar hasta el fondo de preguntas sobre cosas como la efectividad de las restricciones del viaje aéreo por la COVID-19.Las…
Learn MoreOnly Half of Folks With Stool Test Positive for Colon Cancer Get Follow-Up Colonoscopy
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Many people undergo a stool test to screen for colon cancer but a new study finds too few follow up with a colonoscopy when that test warns of a possible cancer.Not following up undermines the point of screeni…
Learn MoreAbbott Labs Confirms Justice Department Probe Following Infant Formula Crisis
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Trouble continues for Abbott Laboratories, which shut down an infant formula plant last year amid reported illnesses. The U.S. Department of Justice is now investigating the company, though Abbott did not say s…
Learn More‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli In Trouble Again for Forming New Drug Company
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) – “Pharma bro” Martin Shkreli may have violated a judge’s order banning him from being involved in the pharmaceutical industry, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced Friday.Shkreli, who was convicted for an…
Learn MoreIn States Where Recreational Marijuana Legalized, Less Demand for Prescription Codeine
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New research suggests that there’s one potential way to reduce demand for prescription codeine: legalizing recreational cannabis.Exactly what brought scientists to that conclusion? States that legalized cannab…
Learn MorePatients Give High Ratings to Pre-Surgery Telemedicine Consultations
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Despite distance and occasional technical glitches, a new study finds that most patients like seeing a surgeon for the first time via video.The study was published Jan. 19 in the Journal of the American Colleg…
Learn More‘Climate Trauma’: Brain Changes Seen in Survivors of California’s Deadliest Wildfire
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When the deadly Camp Fire swept through Northern California in 2018, it may have damaged more than the landscape.University of California, San Diego researchers studying survivors’ mental functioning in the wa…
Learn MoreWant to Lose Weight? Here Are the Best Exercises to Shed Pounds
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When it comes to picking the best exercise to lose weight, there is no one right answer. That’s because the right answer is variety, mixing and matching types of exercise to keep the body guessing and improvin…
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