Fumar puede realmente debilitar al corazón
VIERNES, 26 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Fumar es incluso peor para su corazón de lo que quizá ya piense, advierte una nueva investigación danesa.”Es bien sabido que fumar provoca bloqueos en las arterias, lo que conduce a la enfermedad cardi…
Learn MoreBiggest Study Yet Finds No Link Between Statins, Muscle Aches
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Cholesterol-lowering statins are proven lifesavers, but they’ve also gained a reputation for causing muscle aches and pains in a good number of patients.That reputation is undeserved, according to a new large-…
Learn MoreIs There a Best Time of Day to Take Your Blood Pressure Pill?
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — It doesn’t seem to matter what time of day or night you take your blood pressure medication, a new study finds. The results of a randomized trial of more than 21,000 patients with high blood pressure who were …
Learn MoreLet the Sun In: More Natural Light at Home Lightens Your Mood
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — It’s safe to say that when searching for somewhere to live most people prefer open, airy spaces over dark and dingy ones. Now, new research suggests why: Homes filled with lots of natural light makes for happi…
Learn MoreThousands of U.S. Patients Got COVID Treatments Rejected as Useless by FDA
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — U.S. doctors administered more than 150,000 doses of useless monoclonal antibody treatments to COVID-19 patients early this year, spending loads of cash on therapies that had been deemed of no benefit, a new s…
Learn MoreSix Procedures Account for Two-Thirds of Pediatric Postop Revisits
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Six pediatric surgical procedures account for most postoperative hospital and emergency department visits, according to a research letter published in the Aug. 23/30 issue of the Journal of the American Medica…
Learn MoreSkipping Breakfast Tied to Psychosocial Behavioral Issues in Children
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Eating breakfast at home is tied to lower odds of psychosocial behavioral problems in Spanish school-aged children, according to a study published online Aug. 23 in Frontiers in Nutrition.
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Learn MoreWide Variance Seen in Booster Uptake Among Vaccinated U.S. Adults
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — There is considerable variation in uptake of COVID-19 boosters by geography, sociodemographic characteristics, and occupation, according to a study published online Aug. 19 in JAMA Network Open.
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Learn MoreGuidance Developed for Addressing Use of Nonstatin Therapies
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Several new nonstatin agents have low-density lipoprotein cholesterol-lowering efficacy and can be considered for patients at risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), according to an expert c…
Learn MoreDapagliflozin Cuts CV Risk in Heart Failure With Preserved LVEF
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with heart failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction, the sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor dapagliflozin reduces the combined risk for worsening heart failure or c…
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