Los suicidios con armas de fuego presentan diferencias clave, muestra un estudio
MARTES, 15 de marzo de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Es difícil ayudar de antemano a las personas que mueren al suicidarse con un arma de fuego, y son distintas a las que se suicidan con otros medios, encuentra un estudio reciente.”Las que murieron al usar…
Learn MoreLos cuidados de día al principio de la vida se vinculan con una peor conducta en los niños
MARTES, 15 de marzo de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Cuanto más tiempo pasan los niños en los servicios de cuidados de día, mayor es el riesgo de problemas de la conducta en la escuela primaria, según un estudio suizo.Pero los padres pueden estar tranquilo…
Learn More‘Unas vidas trastocadas’: los refugiados ucranianos se enfrentan a una crisis de salud
MIÉRCOLES, 16 de marzo de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Desde que Rusia invadió a Ucrania, millones han huido de sus hogares y han buscado refugio donde han podido encontrarlo.Cada historia individual es intensamente personal, pero los expertos en salud me…
Learn MoreOmicron Wave Had 5 Times as Many Small Kids Hospitalized Compared to Delta
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Omicron appears to have hit America’s youngest children much harder than any previous variant of the virus, a new government report shows.Five times as many kids aged 4 and younger landed in the hospital d…
Learn MoreMolecular Profiling Feasible for Recurrent Pediatric Cancer
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Molecular profiling is feasible for cancer recurrence among pediatric patients, according to a study published online March 16 in Cancer Discovery.Pablo Berlanga, M.D., Ph.D., from the Université Paris-Sac…
Learn MoreLosartan Does Not Reduce Lung Injury in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Administration of losartan to hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and acute lung injury is not efficacious for reducing lung injury, according to a study published online March 16 in JAMA Network Open.Mich…
Learn MoreFood Insecurity Tied to Poor MetS Markers in Hispanic/Latino Youth
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For Hispanic/Latino youth, lower food security (FS) is associated with unfavorable metabolic syndrome-relevant cardiometabolic markers, according to a study published online March 16 in Pediatrics.Luis E. …
Learn MoreTelehealth Prevented Pandemic-Related Care Disruptions for MS Patients
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — During the pandemic, individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) were less likely to report health care disruptions than healthy controls and reported higher use of telehealth services, according to a study p…
Learn MoreHigher Childhood BMI May Up Risk for Premenstrual Disorders
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Childhood body size is associated with risk of premenstrual disorders (PMDs) and premenstrual symptoms in young adulthood, according to a study published online March 8 in JAMA Network Open.
Donghao Lu, M.D., Ph.D., from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, and colleagues examined the association between childhood and adolescent body size and risk of PMDs in young adulthood. Analysis included 6,524 U.S. female participants (mean age, 26 years) from the Growing Up Today Study (1996 to 2013).
The researchers found that higher baseline body mass index (BMI) reported at a mean age of 12.7 years was associated with increased risk of PMDs (confounding-adjusted relative risk, 1.09 per unit of z score) and higher burden of premenstrual symptoms. For premenstrual dysphoric disorder and PMDs with symptom onset
“It is therefore possible that childhood adiposity affects PMD development through chronic inflammation,” the authors write.
Learn MoreCT Compared With ICA for Evaluating Stable Chest Pain
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with stable chest pain and intermediate pretest probability of coronary artery disease (CAD) referred for invasive coronary angiography (ICA), the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events i…
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