THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Hispanic folks with chronic kidney disease should have early heart health screenings, new research suggests, because they’re at high risk for sudden cardiac arrest.A team from the Smidt Heart Institute at Ce...
THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) - Hand, foot and mouth disease is an infectious disease that’s highly contagious. Common in children, it spreads quickly at day care centers and schools.This guide will tell you what you need to know about han...
THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Most folks know that certain antidepressants have to be taken for a few weeks before people start seeing improvement, and now a new study sheds light on that delay.Scientists have discovered this is because ...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- More than four in 10 adults would delay or avoid going to the emergency department if they knew that they or a loved one with a severe illness or injury could face extreme delays associated with "boarding,"...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Peripartum out-of-pocket costs are higher than many commercially insured families can afford, leading to medical debt, according to a research letter published online Sept. 28 in Obstetrics & Gynecology.Mic...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-associated hospitalizations in Canadian pediatric hospitals were substantial, particularly among infants younger than 6 months of age, ...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers about risks of using compounded versions of the drug ketamine, often taken for psychiatric disorders. Compounded products are not evaluated by the ...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- California has become the first state to ban four chemicals commonly added to food that are linked to health issues. Although the law, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, only bans the additives in his state, it i...
MIÉRCOLES, 11 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los investigadores han desarrollado un anticuerpo que puede reducir el daño cerebral similar al Alzheimer en ratones de laboratorio, inspirados en el caso de una mujer con una resistencia notable a ...
MIÉRCOLES, 11 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News)-- No todos los niños diagnosticados con autismo cuando son pequeños, continúan teniendo ese diagnóstico al llegar a la escuela primaria, muestra un nuevo estudio.Aunque investigaciones anteriores han s...
MIÉRCOLES, 11 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Un tipo de bacteria intestinal encontrada en lobos salvajes podría ayudar a tratar a los perros domésticos que tienen una afección gastrointestinal común y debilitante.La nueva investigación en un l...
MIÉRCOLES, 11 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- La adición de saborizantes a los cigarros pequeños y baratos está convirtiendo a estos en el segundo producto de tabaco más popular entre los jóvenes, muestra un nuevo informe.El informe surge mient...
MIÉRCOLES, 11 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) – Una forma de ayudar a reducir las probabilidades de tener COVID prolongado en personas con condiciones preexistentes podría ser dormir más.Un nuevo estudio descubrió que el riesgo era menor en aquell...
MIÉRCOLES, 11 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cualquiera que tenga un gato conoce el calmado y grave ronroneo, pero, ¿cómo un animal tan pequeño produce un sonido tan grave?Nuevas investigaciones sugieren que se reduce a una almohadilla incrust...
MIÉRCOLES, 11 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Durante años, los médicos han considerado al ejercicio como el "antidepresivo de la naturaleza", y ahora un nuevo estudio confirma esta idea.El hallazgo sigue una revisión de cuatro meses sobre el i...
MIÉRCOLES, 11 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los niños pequeños que están cerca de sus padres tienen más probabilidades de crecer siendo amables, cariñosos y considerados. Estos niños también pueden tener menos problemas de salud mental durant...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Most older adults want to spend their final days in the peace of their own home, but new research finds that Black Americans are far more likely to fall short of that goal.Why? Because Black adults are much...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Raging wildfires, droughts, floods and record-breaking heat brought on by climate change are taking a toll on kids’ already fragile mental health.This is the main message from a new report by the American P...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Renting a home, rather than owning it outright, may speed up the body's aging process, a new study suggests.Researchers found that when compared with people who owned their home outright (no mortgage), thos...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For women undergoing implant-based breast reconstruction after a mastectomy, use of shorter radiotherapy (RT) courses (hypofractionation) is as effective as conventionally fractionated (CF) RT, according to...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Liquid biopsy, which identifies circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), performed before radiotherapy (RT) can stratify risk for oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients, according to a study publ...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Black children receiving emergency medical services (EMS) care are more likely to receive a bronchodilator than White children, according to a study published online Sept. 25 in Prehospital Emergency Care.S...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A new model has been developed for prioritizing patients waiting for a lung transplant, according to a study published online Sept. 29 in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.Jarro...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- High-risk cirrhosis patients awaiting liver transplant (LT) most benefit from potential living donors, according to a study published online Sept. 2 in Aging.Fakhar Ali Qazi Arisar, M.B.B.S., from the Unive...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- XEN1101 appears safe and effective for the treatment of focal-onset seizures (FOSs), according to results of a phase 2b study published online Oct. 9 in JAMA Neurology.Jacqueline A. French, M.D., from the N...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Weight loss-driven remission of prediabetes protects against type 2 diabetes and is associated with better kidney and vascular function, according to a study published online Sept. 25 in The Lancet Diabetes...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In a population of at-risk older patients, the use of a clinical decision support tool and shared decision-making can reduce the risk for hypoglycemia by nearly half, according to a study published online S...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Children from families with low incomes and families of color are exposed to more neurotoxic chemicals and experience greater harm, according to a review published online Sept. 27 in Environmental Health Pe...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- There is no significant difference in the primary effectiveness or safety between enteric-coated aspirin and uncoated aspirin among patients with cardiovascular disease, according to a study published onlin...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A medication already approved for excessive daytime sleepiness may help ease attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in adults who aren’t getting relief from available treatments, accordin...