FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- People living in Massachusetts, Hawaii, and New Hampshire may be among the nation's healthiest, according to a new scorecard that ranks how well the health care system in each U.S. state is working. By contras...
FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Children with a parental history of cancer are more likely to face unmet economic needs, according to a study published online June 22 in JAMA Network Open.Zhiyuan Zheng, Ph.D., from the American Cancer Societ...
FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly 8 million Baby Shark and Mini Baby Shark bath toys have been recalled because they can cause serious injuries to children. When using these bath toys, particularly in a bathtub or wading pool, a child c...
FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the drug Elevidys (delandistrogene moxeparvovec-rokl), the first gene therapy for the treatment of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).The...
FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it has sent warning letters to 189 retailers, telling them to stop selling unauthorized tobacco products such as Elf Bar and Esco Bars.Both brands are dispos...
JUEVES, 22 de junio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los gatos salvajes y callejeros parecen excretar más parásitos de toxoplasmosis en los lugares con poblaciones densas de personas, sugiere una nueva investigación. Estos gatos también excretan más cuando...
JUEVES, 22 de junio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Consumir ácidos grasos omega 3, como el aceite de lino y las nueces, podría ayudar a ralentizar el declive en el funcionamiento físico relacionado con la esclerosis lateral amiotrófica (ELA), sugiere una...
JUEVES, 22 de junio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Un panel asesor de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) de EE. UU. votó el miércoles para recomendar las primeras vacunas contra el VSR para los adultos mayores.La Administra...
JUEVES, 22 de junio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- La mediana de edad de los estadounidenses alcanzó un máximo histórico de casi 39 años en 2022, según la Oficina del Censo de EE. UU. En 2000, la mediana de edad era de 35 años, y en 1980, era de 30
JUEVES, 22 de junio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Más de 7,500 personas perdieron la vida el año pasado tras ser chocadas por vehículos mientras caminaban por o cruzaban las carreteras de EE. UU., el mayor número de muertes de peatones en más de cuatro ...
JUEVES, 22 de junio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A pesar de una prohibición federal que ha eliminado muchos líquidos de vapeo con sabores del mercado de EE. UU., las ventas mensuales de los cigarrillos electrónicos se dispararon un 47 por ciento en los...
JUEVES, 22 de junio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las personas que viven en Massachusetts, Hawái y Nueva Hampshire quizá estén entre las más sanas del país, según una nueva tarjeta de calificaciones, que clasifica qué tan bien funciona el sistema de ate...
FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The prevalence of diabetes is increasing and is projected to affect more than 1.31 billion people by 2050, according to a study published online June 22 in The Lancet.Kanyin Liane Ong, Ph.D., from the Univers...
FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The risk for adverse patient outcomes is lower for surgeons who average more than 10.4 shoulder replacements yearly, according to a study published online June 21 in The BMJ.Epaminondas Markos Valsamis, M.B., ...
FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Excessive drinking is increasing for U.S. middle-aged women, according to a study published online June 20 in Addiction.Rachel Sayko Adams, from the Boston University School of Public Health, and colleagues as...
FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Between middle and late adolescence, the effect of testosterone on anterior prefrontal cortex engagement decreases and shifts into an activational role by young adulthood, according to a study published online...
FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Gestational exposure to higher levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), or forever chemicals, is associated with a slightly higher childhood body mass index (BMI) z-score and risk for overweight o...
FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- It's an image you see everywhere on social media and television: Groups of 30-something women, glistening glasses of chardonnay or cabernet in their hands as they let loose with their friends.But a new study d...
FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- The long, hot days of summer are here. While that can mean lots of fun in the sun for some, experts warn the extra warmth and exertion also carry the threat of heat-related illness, a problem ...
FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Light physical activity (LPA) in childhood is more effective than moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in reducing inflammation caused by being sedentary, according to a study published online June 13...
FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with HIV without genotype information, a second-line switch to dolutegravir is noninferior to a regimen containing a ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor (PI), according to a study published in th...
FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with hematologic cancer undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT), graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD)-free, relapse-free survival is more common among those receiving cycl...
FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A technology-assisted stepped collaborative care intervention can reduce fatigue and pain among patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) undergoing hemodialysis, according to a study published online June...
VIERNES, 23 de junio de 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Ya están aquí los largos y calurosos días del verano. Aunque para algunos eso significa mucha diversión bajo el sol, los expertos advierten que el calor y el esfuerzo excesivo también p...
FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The outcomes of traumatic brain injury (TBI) change over seven years after injury, according to a study published online June 21 in Neurology.Benjamin L. Brett, Ph.D., from the Medical College of Wisconsin in ...
FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Diabetes is skyrocketing, with more than 500 million people of all ages living with the disease today and the number of cases worldwide projected to hit 1.3 billion in the next 30 years."The rapid rate at whic...
FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly 8 million Baby Shark and Mini Baby Shark bath toys have been recalled because they can cause serious injuries to children.When using these bath toys, particularly in a bathtub or wading pool, a child ca...
FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The future for a child diagnosed with scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine that typically occurs just before puberty, can feel uncertain.As a parent, you want answers to your questions about scoliosis...