A medida que se acerca la prohibición del mentol, las tabacaleras están añadiendo una versión sintética a los cigarrillos
JUEVES, 12 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Los fabricantes de cigarrillos están utilizando sustitutos sintéticos de mentol en lo que parece ser un esfuerzo por eludir una inminente prohibición federal del mentol, dicen los investigadores.El sab…
Learn MoreEl aumento de muertes alrededor de la edad de jubilación es la razón detrás del estancamiento de la esperanza de vida en EE.UU.
JUEVES, 12 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — La esperanza de vida de los estadounidenses ha permanecido estancada durante más de una década, y gran parte de la culpa se atribuye a las “muertes por desesperación” entre adultos de mediana edad.Sin …
Learn MoreA Bionic Hand Melds With Woman’s Own Bone, Nervous System
THURSDAY, Oct.12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Fifty years ago, the TV series “The Six Million Dollar Man” hyped a futuristic world of life-changing bionics with the stirring phrase: “We can rebuild him, we have the technology.”Cut to 2023, and researcher…
Learn MoreRecommendations Developed for Determining Brain Death
THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — In a consensus guideline published online Oct. 11 in Neurology, updated recommendations are presented for determining brain death/death by neurologic criteria (BD/DNC) for adults and children.David M. Greer,…
Learn MoreDaily Oral PrEP Has Highest Preference Ranking Among Young Men
THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Daily oral preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has the highest preference ranking among young men who have sex with men, according to a study recently published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society.Ka…
Learn MoreDexamethasone No Benefit in HIV-Positive With Tuberculous Meningitis
THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For HIV-positive adults with tuberculous meningitis, adjunctive dexamethasone does not confer a benefit with respect to survival, according to a study published in the Oct. 12 issue of the New England Journa…
Learn MoreModifiable Risk Factors Increase Dementia Risk More for Some Minority Groups
THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The impact of modifiable risk factors, including hypertension, obesity, and diabetes, on dementia risk is magnified for some minority ethnic groups, according to a study published online Oct. 11 in PLOS ONE….
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