Todavía hay muy pocas mujeres en los ensayos clínicos de tratamientos para el ACV
MARTES, 19 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) — Los hombres todavía superan en número a las mujeres en los ensayos clínicos de tratamientos para el accidente cerebrovascular (ACV), lo que significa que las mujeres pueden acabar recibiendo tratamient…
Learn MoreEven With Mild COVID, Obesity May Mean Worse Symptoms
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Obese people have a tougher time fighting COVID-19, even if they have a milder form of the virus, a new study finds.Researchers looked at more than 500 patients who tested positive for COVID but didn’t requ…
Learn MoreSwitch to Vaping Won’t Help Ex-Smokers Quit for Good: Study
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Smokers may think electronic cigarettes will help them quit, but a new study finds no evidence that’s the case.Researchers found that among Americans who’d recently quit smoking, those who were using e-ciga…
Learn MoreLittle Change Seen in Americans’ Use of Mental Health Services During Pandemic
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — With all of the fear, grief and isolation the pandemic has brought, it would stand to reason that there would be a big jump in the number of Americans seeking treatment for anxiety, depression and other men…
Learn MoreAHA News: Spaceflight Caused DNA to Leak Out of Astronauts’ Cell Powerhouse
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 20, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Scientists already knew radiation exposure and a lack of gravity stress the bodies of astronauts. But new research may offer a better idea of what’s driving some of that. It’s a clue that c…
Learn MoreWhite House Announces COVID Vaccination Plan for Young Kids
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The White House on Wednesday unveiled a national plan to roll out coronavirus vaccines for 5- to 11-year-olds that is designed to make getting shots as easy and comfortable as possible for both kids and the…
Learn MoreCigarette Sales Jumped During Pandemic
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — As COVID-19 has surged throughout the United States for the past year and a half, some may have picked up an old bad habit or started a new one.How do researchers know this? They discovered that cigarette s…
Learn MoreDoctors Report That Kidney Grown in Pig Worked in a Human
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A kidney grown in a genetically altered pig functioned normally after being attached to a human patient during a groundbreaking procedure performed by U.S. doctors. If the technique proves generally succes…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: Oct. 20, 2021
In organ transplant breakthrough, a pig’s kidney worked in a human. Doctors in New York City have accomplished a first: Attached a kidney that was grown in a genetically altered pig to a human patient, where it functioned normally. Read more
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