Más de 7 millones de estadounidenses han recibido las nuevas vacunas contra COVID-19
LUNES, 16 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Después de un lanzamiento problemático, ahora más de 7 millones de estadounidenses han recibido las nuevas vacunas actualizadas contra la COVID-19.Desafortunadamente, esto todavía está rezagado en compa…
Learn MoreKaiser Permanente llega a un acuerdo tentativo con 75,000 trabajadores de la salud
LUNES, 16 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Tras una huelga de tres días ( la semana pasada), se ha alcanzado un acuerdo tentativo entre Kaiser Permanente y sus 75,000 trabajadores de la salud.”Los trabajadores de atención médica de primera línea…
Learn MoreEl uso de relajantes capilares para alisar el cabello aumenta las probabilidades de cáncer de útero en las mujeres
LUNES, 16 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Nueva investigación sugiere que las mujeres afroamericanas mayores que utilizan relajantes capilares químicos para alisar el cabello pueden tener más probabilidades de desarrollar cáncer de útero.Especí…
Learn MoreDonor’s Immune Cells Could Help Transplant Recipients Avoid Organ Rejection
MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A liver transplant can give people a new lease on life, but at the cost of lifelong immune-suppressing medication and its risks. Now an innovative approach to reduce, or possibly eliminate, certain patients’ r…
Learn MorePressure Sores: What They Are, Causes, Stages, Symptoms & Treatment
Bedsores strike many of those who are largely confined to a bed or wheelchair, and they are tough to treat.Every year, over 2.5 million Americans suffer from pressure sores, also known as bedsores or pressure ulcers. These cause pain, raise the risk o…
Learn MoreSmall-Volume Blood Collection Tubes Could Cut RBC Transfusions
MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Use of small-volume blood collection tubes in the intensive care unit (ICU) may decrease red blood cell (RBC) transfusions, according to a study published online Oct. 12 in the Journal of the American Medical …
Learn MoreDriving Skills at Licensure Can Predict Crashes Early in Licensure
MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Driving skills measured at the time of licensure can predict crashes early in licensure, according to a study published online Oct. 16 in Pediatrics.Elizabeth A. Walshe, Ph.D., from the Children’s Hospital of …
Learn MoreCare Use, Financial Burden Increase Over Time for Elders With Dementia
MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For older adults, care use and financial burden increase substantially over time for those with dementia versus those without, according to a study published online Oct. 16 in JAMA Internal Medicine.HwaJung Ch…
Learn MoreIDSA: Maternal RSVpreF Vaccine Would Cut Clinical, Economic Burden
MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Maternal vaccination with a bivalent stabilized prefusion F subunit respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine (RSVpreF) is projected to reduce the clinical and economic burden of RSV lower respiratory tract il…
Learn MoreASTRO: Shorter Radiation Feasible for Low-, Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer
MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — At five years, five-fraction stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is noninferior to control radiotherapy for biochemical/clinical failure (BCF) in men with localized prostate cancer (LPCa), according to a stu…
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