Con frecuencia, los médicos recetan antidepresivos para el dolor, pero ¿en realidad funcionan?
JUEVES, 2 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Con frecuencia, se recetan antidepresivos a las personas que sufren dolor crónico, pero una nueva revisión de las evidencias plantea que la ciencia subyacente de estas recetas es floja, en el mejor de l…
Learn MoreOtro estudio vincula a la comida ‘ultraprocesada’ con un mayor riesgo de cáncer
MIÉRCOLES, 1 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Los refrescos con gas, las comidas para el microondas y las galletas empacadas son cómodos para las personas que tienen prisa, pero estas personas quizá no lleguen tan lejos como les gustaría si eso …
Learn MoreDoctors Often Prescribe Antidepressants for Pain, But Do They Really Work?
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Antidepressants are often prescribed to people suffering from chronic pain, but a new evidence review argues that the science behind these prescriptions is shaky at best.These drugs helped people in chronic p…
Learn MoreDamar Hamlin Teams With Heart Experts to Promote Life Saving CPR
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is issuing a CPR challenge to promote use of the emergency procedure that saved his life on national television.Hamlin, 24, suffered cardiac arrest during a Jan. 2 game again…
Learn MoreAnother Study Links ‘Ultra-Processed’ Foods to Higher Cancer Risk
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Fizzy sodas, microwaveable meals and packaged cookies are convenient for people on the go, but these folks might not go as far as they’d like if that’s all they eat.Ultra-processed foods appear to increase t…
Learn MoreOzempic: Dieters Who Use Scarce Diabetes Drug Could Face Side Effects
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Mila Clarke started taking Ozempic in 2020 to help manage her diabetes, but was pleasantly surprised to find herself soon shedding pounds.“I was like, this is really weird because I’m not having to try very …
Learn MoreAfter Baby Formula Scandal, FDA Announces New Unit Focused on Food Safety
TUESDAY, Jan. 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Stung by recent food safety scandals — most notably last year’s infant formula shortage, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it is creating a new unit devoted to food safety. The new…
Learn MoreLegalizar la marihuana no aumenta el riesgo de abuso de las drogas y el alcohol, según un estudio
LUNES, 30 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Vivir en un estado de EE. UU. donde la marihuana recreativa es legal no parece aumentar el riesgo del adulto promedio de sucumbir a la “locura de los porros”, determinó un nuevo estudio con gemelos.Un adu…
Learn MoreIs Oxytocin Really the ‘Love Hormone’? Rodent Research Raises Doubt
TUESDAY, Jan. 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The “love hormone” oxytocin might not play the critical role in forming social bonds that scientists have long believed, a new animal study suggests.Prairie voles bred without receptors for oxytocin display t…
Learn MoreLegalizing Marijuana Doesn’t Raise Drug, Alcohol Abuse: Study
MONDAY, Jan. 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Living in a U.S. state where recreational weed is legal does not appear to increase the average adult’s risk of succumbing to “reefer madness,” a new study of twins has determined.An adult living in a “legal” …
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