THURSDAY, June 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Living in a walkable neighborhood fosters socialization and helps create a strong sense of community, new research shows. Among the active behaviors these walkable neighborhoods promote are walking for leisu...
THURSDAY, June 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Screening newborns for severe combined immunodeficiency -- SCID, sometimes referred to as "bubble boy disease" -- significantly increases survival rates, researchers say.Infants with SCID appear healthy at b...
WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved two drugs that have been used in adults with type 2 diabetes for years for use in children aged 10 years and older.The approvals of Jardiance (empag...
WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- An Arkansas law banning gender transition care for minors, which has been on pause since 2021, was struck down on Tuesday after a U.S. federal judge ruled that it discriminated against transgender people. T...
WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The maker of three popular drugs that treat weight loss and diabetes said Tuesday that it has begun legal proceedings against businesses that are selling compounded versions of its products that are not app...
WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Supreme Court decision ending a nationwide right to abortion one year ago has made it harder for doctors to treat miscarriages and other pregnancy-related emergencies, a new report shows.The nonpro...
WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis have lower fertility rates than women without psoriasis, according to a study published online June 7 in JAMA Dermatology.Teng-Chou Chen, Ph.D., from the School of...
MARTES, 20 de junio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Muchos médicos han dejado de recetar opioides para el dolor, incluso durante una cirugía, debido a la crisis de adicción a los opioides en Estados Unidos. Pero un nuevo estudio cuestiona la prudencia de ...
MARTES, 20 de junio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- La menopausia puede dar pie a una variedad de síntomas molestos, y encontrar un alivio efectivo se convierte en una prioridad para muchas mujeres. La buena noticia es que los medicamentos pueden ayudar a...
MARTES, 20 de junio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Quizá tenga hipertensión y ni se dé cuenta. La única forma de saberlo con certeza es que se evalúe su presión arterial. Es un paso importante, según la Asociación Americana del Corazón (American Heart As...
MARTES, 20 de junio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las garrapatas pueden ser un problema para las personas a quienes les encanta pasar el verano al aire libre, sobre todo en ciertas regiones de Estados Unidos.Las garrapatas son responsables de la muy con...
MARTES, 20 de junio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Ante el ataque legal continuo y generalizado contra los derechos de las personas transgénero, que amenaza con privar del acceso a aspectos críticos de la atención de salud trans, dos nuevos estudios sugi...
MARTES, 20 de junio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A cualquier edad, un diagnóstico de autismo es un evento importante. ¿Pero es mejor averiguarlo cuando todavía es joven, o podría un diagnóstico a una mayor edad ofrecer a los adultos más oportunidades d...
MARTES, 20 de junio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Reducir el uso de las redes sociales a apenas 30 minutos al día podría ser la clave para reducir la ansiedad, la depresión, la soledad y el miedo a perderse algo, plantean unos investigadores. Esto fue c...
MARTES, 20 de junio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Por primera vez en la historia, el principal panel de expertos en salud preventiva del país recomendó que los médicos administren rutinariamente pruebas de detección de un trastorno de ansiedad a todos l...
WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- "Oh, my aching back!" Everyone has uttered these words at some point, in response to the sharp, sudden pain that comes with back spasms.This article will explore the causes of back spasms, their symptoms an...
WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Alzheimer's disease is a devastating diagnosis, and if a close relative has had it you may worry whether you will be next.According to the National Institutes of Health, it is estimated that over 6 million ...
WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- It’s common knowledge that loss is a part of male aging — loss of hair, loss of muscle tone, loss of vision or hearing.But men growing older also start losing the very thing that makes them biological males...
WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), a deep learning (DL) model using initial chest radiographs can predict 30-day mortality, according to a study published online June 14 in the American J...
WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Eosinophilic cellulitis seems to be a type 2 inflammatory disease, with preferential activation of the Janus kinase (JAK)1/JAK2-signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)5 pathways, according t...
WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Hospital consolidation is associated with closure of inpatient pediatric services within five years, according to a research letter published online June 20 in JAMA Pediatrics.Allan M. Joseph, M.D., M.P.H.,...
WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For hospitalized older adults with elevated blood pressure (BP), intensive antihypertensive treatment is associated with an increased risk for adverse events, according to a study published online May 30 in...
WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with kidney failure, the use of high-dose hemodiafiltration results in a lower risk for death from any cause compared with high-flux hemodialysis, according to a study published online June 16 ...
WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Depression and anxiety are highly prevalent in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), according to a review published in the June issue of EP Europace.Erica S. Ghezzi, from the Unive...
WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Less than half of critically ill children survive when caregivers decline tracheostomy placement, according to a study published online April 25 in The Laryngoscope.Palmila Liu, M.D., from the University of...
WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved two drugs that have been used in adults with type 2 diabetes for years for use in children aged 10 and up. The approvals of Jardiance (empagliflozin...
WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients at high risk for coronary artery disease (CAD), ultrahigh-resolution (UHR) photon-counting coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) has high diagnostic accuracy, according to a study pub...
WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The use of video laryngoscopy results in a higher incidence of successful intubation on the first attempt among critically ill adults undergoing tracheal intubation in an emergency department or intensive c...