Los países con cobertura universal de salud tuvieron unas mejores tasas de vacunación infantil en la pandemia
JUEVES, 18 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Los países que están más cerca de lograr una cobertura universal de la salud tuvieron unos declives más pequeños en las vacunaciones infantiles de rutina durante la pandemia, revela un estudio reciente….
Learn MoreLa ivermectina y Luvox fracasan como tratamientos para la COVID-19
JUEVES, 18 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Dos medicamentos que se anunciaron como tratamientos para la COVID-19, la ivermectina y la fluvoxamina, no hacen nada para mejorar los niveles de oxígeno de los pacientes ni mantenerlos fuera del hospit…
Learn MoreEl embarazo puede ser una época de ansiedad para las mujeres con epilepsia
JUEVES, 18 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Las mujeres embarazadas con epilepsia se enfrentan a la ansiedad y la depresión con más frecuencia que sus pares que no están embarazadas o que no tienen epilepsia, revela un estudio reciente.”La buena …
Learn MoreBuscan aliviar el dolor tras un reemplazo de rodilla
JUEVES, 18 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Unos investigadores quizá hayan encontrado una nueva forma de ayudar a aliviar el dolor de una cirugía de reemplazo de rodilla: infusionar morfina directamente en la tibia.Los hallazgos provienen de un …
Learn MoreBehavioral Risk Factors Contributed Most to Global Cancer Burden in 2019
FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The main risk factors contributing to global cancer burden in 2019 were behavioral, according to a study published online Aug. 18 in The Lancet.
Khanh Bao Tran, M.D., from the University of Auckland in New…
Learn MoreDepression Screening Increased With Routine Screening in Primary Care
FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Depression screening increased after implementation of a general screening program in 2017, according to a study published online Aug. 18 in JAMA Network Open.
Maria E. Garcia, M.D., M.P.H., from the Unive…
Learn MoreWalk Test With Smartphone Sensor Can Classify Fall Risk in Amputees
FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In lower-limb amputees, automated foot strikes from a six-minute walk test (6MWT) can be used to calculate step-based features for fall risk classification, according to a study published online Aug. 18 in PLO…
Learn MoreSMART Work and Life Intervention Reduces Sitting Time for Office Workers
FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An intervention can reduce sitting time at work, with greater improvement with the use of a height-adjustable desk, according to a study published online Aug. 17 in The BMJ.
Charlotte L. Edwardson, Ph.D., …
Learn MoreClinical Management Guidelines Lacking for Monkeypox
FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — There is a lack of evidence-based clinical management guidelines for monkeypox (MPX), according to a review published online Aug. 16 in BMJ Global Health.
Eika Webb, M.B.B.S., from Liverpool School of Tropic…
Learn MoreMetformin, Ivermectin, Fluvoxamine Do Not Prevent Severe COVID-19
FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with COVID-19 infection, metformin, ivermectin, and fluvoxamine do not prevent the occurrence of hypoxemia, an emergency department visit, hospitalization, or death, according to a study publish…
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