Health Highlights: Aug. 18, 2022
Change to diagnosis of gestational diabetes helped some women. Using a lower threshold to diagnose the pregnancy-related condition hasn’t reduced the risk of having a big baby, on average — but some women do benefit, new research shows. Read moreCVS,…
Learn MoreCountries With Universal Health Care Had Better Child Vaccination Rates During Pandemic
THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Countries that are closer to achieving universal health coverage saw smaller declines in routine childhood vaccinations during the pandemic, a new study reveals.The World Health Organization describes univer…
Learn MorePregnancy Can Be Anxious Time for Women With Epilepsy
THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pregnant women with epilepsy battle anxiety and depression more often than their peers who aren’t pregnant or don’t have epilepsy, a new study reveals.”The good news is we did not find that pregnant women wi…
Learn MoreRates of Psychiatric Symptoms Up During Pregnancy With Epilepsy
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Women with epilepsy have increased rates of depressive and anxiety symptoms during pregnancy and postpartum, according to a study published online Aug. 17 in Neurology.
Kimford J. Meador, M.D., from Stanf…
Learn MoreCDC Director Says Agency Needs Major Overhaul
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention failed to respond quickly enough during the COVID-19 pandemic and needs a major overhaul, Director Rochelle Walensky, M.D., said Wednesday. With her rebuk…
Learn MoreToo Few Psychiatric Beds: Psychiatrists’ Group Takes Aim at Ongoing Crisis
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Amid a stark shortage of psychiatric beds that only worsened for millions suffering from mental illnesses during the pandemic, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) is rolling out a new model that can …
Learn MoreBiden Administration May Stop Buying COVID-19 Vaccines, Treatments by Fall
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The Biden administration plans to stop buying COVID-19 tests, vaccines, and treatments as early as the fall, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha, M.D., said Tuesday.Under that plan, those p…
Learn MoreComorbidities Up Among Patients With ESRD, Concomitant Psoriasis
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), those with concomitant psoriasis are younger and more often have cancer, diabetes mellitus, and coronary artery disease, according to a study published on…
Learn MoreGlobal Trends in Rates of IBD Hospitalization Examined
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For countries with compounding prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD; stage 3), hospitalization rates are stable, while they are increasing for countries with accelerating incidence, according to …
Learn MoreJill Biden, la Primera Dama, tiene COVID-19
MARTES, 16 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — La Primera Dama Jill Biden tiene COVID-19 y está experimentando unos “síntomas leves”, según su equipo.”Tras tener una prueba negativa de la COVID-19 el lunes durante su programación regular de pruebas,…
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