Un grupo de radiólogos presiona para una ‘evaluación’ del riesgo de cáncer de mama a los 25 años
JUEVES, 4 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Aunque la recomendación típica es que las mujeres comiencen a recibir mamografías a los 40 años, el Colegio Americano de Radiología (American College of Radiology, ACR) publicó unas nuevas directrices que …
Learn MoreLa tasa de mortalidad de EE. UU. se redujo en 2022, y las muertes por la COVID se redujeron casi a la mitad
JUEVES, 4 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Unos datos preliminares sobe la mortalidad de 2022 encuentran que EE. UU. se está recuperando de la devastación de la pandemia, con un significativo declive de un 5.3 por ciento en las muertes en comparaci…
Learn MoreCDC Director Rochelle Walensky Resigns as Pandemic Winds Down
FRIDAY, May 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announced Friday that she will resign on June 30.Her departure comes after a little more than two years on the job.“The end…
Learn MoreScience Reveals Cause of Rare Heart Trouble in Young Men Who Get COVID Vaccines
FRIDAY, May 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Researchers think they’ve figured out why the COVID vaccine causes heart inflammation in an extremely small number of teenage boys — and what might be done to avoid it.The second dose of COVID vaccine appears to…
Learn MoreWHO Declares COVID Global Emergency Over
FRIDAY, May 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — More than three years after the coronavirus began ravaging the planet, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Friday that the pandemic is no longer a public emergency.“It’s with great hope that I declare …
Learn MoreDoctors Perform First In Utero Brain Surgery
FRIDAY, May 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For the first time, doctors have successfully performed fetal brain surgery to treat a rare blood vessel abnormality that can be fatal to newborns.Experts said the accomplishment, for a condition known as a vein…
Learn MoreAHA News: She Wanted to Thank the Surgeon Who Saved Her Life as a Baby. She Did – As His Colleague.
FRIDAY, May 5, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Hours after Sarah Hernandez was born in La Verne, California, doctors diagnosed problems with her heart – problems they couldn’t fix. So they arranged for her to be flown to nearby Children’s Ho…
Learn MoreQuitting Smoking Early Linked to Lower Mortality After NSCLC Diagnosis
FRIDAY, May 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), quitting smoking early is associated with lower mortality following diagnosis, according to a study published online May 5 in JAMA Network Open.Xinan Wang, P…
Learn MoreRegular Internet Use in Late Adulthood May Protect Against Dementia
FRIDAY, May 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Being a regular internet user for longer periods in late adulthood is associated with delayed cognitive impairment, according to a study published online May 3 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.G…
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