New Year, New Travel: Stay Healthy on the Move
SATURDAY, Jan. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Travel can be fun, but taxing. As the pandemic ebbs and people venture back out into the world, an expert from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston offers tips for ensuring a healthier, more peaceful vacatio…
Learn MoreUn tejido peniano artificial restaura la función en un estudio con cerdos
JUEVES, 5 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Un nuevo estudio con cerdos se muestra promisorio para reparar las lesiones penianas en los humanos.Unos científicos de China desarrollaron un tejido sintético que, según informan, repara las lesiones y r…
Learn MoreCómo un ‘enero abstemio’ podría ayudar a su salud
JUEVES, 5 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Tener un “enero abstemio”, es decir, renunciar al alcohol durante el primer mes del año, es tendencia.Y no es mala idea, según un consejero de rehabilitación de las drogas y el alcohol de la Clínica Cleve…
Learn MoreQuizá más mujeres opten por la anticoncepción permanente tras el final de Roe contra Wade
JUEVES, 5 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Jasmine Quezada, una contable fiscal de Los Ángeles, dice que sabía desde los 10 años que nunca querría ser madre.”Nunca pensé que la maternidad fuera para mí, y no era un secreto para mi familia o mis am…
Learn More¿Los cigarrillos de hierbas son de verdad más saludables?
JUEVES, 5 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Los cigarrillos de hierbas: tienen cierto aire de “elegancia”, y suenan como una alternativa más saludable al tabaco, ¿pero en realidad fumarlos es más seguro?En realidad no, señalan unos expertos.”Inclus…
Learn MoreNew Hope Against ‘Incurable’ Liver Disease That Kills Children
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients with an incurable, genetic liver disease have new hope after an animal study showed that a single drug could reverse its effects.Alagille syndrome is caused by a mutation that prevents the formation an…
Learn MoreCVS, Walgreens Say They Will Offer Abortion Pills in Some States
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Two major pharmacy chains, CVS and Walgreens, plan to offer abortion pills in states that do not have restrictions that would prevent dispensing the medications. This likely won’t increase access in states that…
Learn MoreThe Naked Ape: Science Unravels How Humans Lost Their Body Hair
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) – In the mammalian world, there are the hairy, the less hairy and the hairless. But why that is has remained a mystery.Until now.In a new study that compared the DNA of 62 animals, researchers found that while hum…
Learn MoreDamar Hamlin Improving, Alert, Communicating by Writing
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) – While NFL safety Damar Hamlin is still critically ill after suffering cardiac arrest during a game on Monday, he is making a “fairly remarkable recovery,” his doctors said during a news conference on Thursday.“T…
Learn More3-Dose Malaria Vaccine Shows Promise in African Trial
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) – New research has confirmed that a three-dose malaria vaccine is both safe and effective in West African adults, including those previously exposed to malaria.Researchers at the University of Maryland Center for …
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