As Pandemic Evolved, U.S. Hospitals Learned Quickly How to Care for Patients
TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — While hospitals and clinics are known for being slow to turn new evidence into actual practice, they picked up the pace during the pandemic.A research team led by scientists from Thomas Jefferson University i…
Learn MoreWhat Pet Poop Reveals About Toxins in Your Home
TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Your pet’s poop and pee may give you clues to how many cancer-causing toxins have taken up residence in your home.”Our findings suggest that pets are coming into contact with aromatic amines that leach from p…
Learn MoreRisk for Death by Homicide Up for Cohabitants of Gun Owners
MONDAY, April 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Living with a handgun owner is associated with a significantly increased risk for dying by homicide, according to a study published online April 5 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.David M. Studdert, Sc.D., f…
Learn MoreClinical, Economic Impact of Nonfatal Firearm Injuries Explored
MONDAY, April 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Nonfatal firearm injuries lead to increases in diagnoses of pain disorders, psychiatric disorders, and substance use disorders, with coincident increases in health care spending and use among survivors, accord…
Learn MoreCommercial-to-Medicare Hospital Price Ratios Stable 2012 to 2019
MONDAY, April 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — From 2012 to 2019, the average prices charged to commercial health plans by hospitals compared with what Medicare pays remained relatively stable; however, there was considerable regional variation in trends, …
Learn MoreWHO: 99 Percent of Planet’s Population Breathes Dirty Air
MONDAY, April 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Almost no one in the world is breathing clean, healthy air, according to a new World Health Organization report, which issued a call for reducing the use of fossil fuels.Air quality is the worst in the WHO Eas…
Learn MoreNapping More Frequent in Women With Chronic Migraine
MONDAY, April 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Women with chronic migraine (CM) report significantly more days with naps than healthy controls, and nap duration is associated with headache severity, according to a study published online March 23 in Behavio…
Learn MoreUn grupo de cirujanos de EE. UU. trabaja para salvar a las víctimas de traumatismos en Ucrania
VIERNES, 1 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Las imágenes de ucranianos en camillas siendo sacados de edificios destruidos por las bombas, heridos y sangrando, son desgarradoras, pero un grupo de cirujanos estadounidenses está haciendo su parte par…
Learn MoreEl primer ensayo de desafío humano muestra cómo ataca la COVID-19
VIERNES, 1 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) –Un grupo de 36 voluntarios completaron el primer estudio de desafío humano sobre la COVID-19, tras recibir el virus y entonces ser monitorizados para examinar qué les sucedió tras la infección.Unos invest…
Learn More¿Tuvo la COVID? Vacunarse potencia incluso más la resiliencia, muestran unos estudios
VIERNES, 1 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Si ha tenido la COVID pero no se ha vacunado contra la COVID, quizá se pregunte si vacunarse ahora en realidad ayuda.Sí ayuda, afirman dos estudios recientes.Unos investigadores de Brasil y Suecia confir…
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