LUNES, 5 de junio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Comprender la circuncisión puede ayudarle a acelerar el proceso de curación de su bebé y a ser consciente de las complicaciones que podrían aparecer. A continuación, los profesionales ofrecen orientación s...
LUNES, 5 de junio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Estados Unidos se enfrenta a un alto número de casos de escasez de fármacos, y una compañía china podría ayudar a mejorar el suministro de uno en particular, el cisplatino, un agente para la quimioterapia....
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Kids with poor impulse control — a common characteristic of ADHD — may be at higher risk for health, social and criminal problems as adults, a new study indicates. Researchers found that having attention and b...
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Once-a-day use of the targeted cancer pill Tagrisso (osimertinib) cut the five-year death rate in half for a subset of patients with early-stage lung cancer, a new clinical trial shows.The results could have m...
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Few patients diagnosed with cancer between 2013 and 2019 in California and Georgia underwent germline testing, according to a study published online June 5 in the Journal of the American Medical Association to...
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), indefinite duration of immunotherapy treatment does not seem to offer benefits over fixed-duration therapy for two years, according to a study pub...
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of stray cats roam the world over, and surgical sterilization has long been the primary method of population control.But a small new study shows promising results for a one-and-done contraceptive inje...
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For outpatient treatment of COVID-19, nirmatrelvir-ritonavir is effective for reducing 30-day hospitalization or death, while molnupiravir is associated with a reduction in 30-day mortality, according to a stu...
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is associated with a similar risk for cardiovascular death and myocardial infarction as direct invasive coronary angiography (ICA) for initial assessment of susp...
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Vorasidenib significantly improves progression-free survival among patients with grade 2 isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH)-mutant glioma, according to a study published online June 4 in the New England Journal of...
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) treatment is noninferior to low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) for preventing recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) in cancer patients, according to a study published online ...
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Low-dose atropine treatment reduces pediatric myopia progression compared with placebo over three years of treatment, according to a study published online June 1 in JAMA Ophthalmology.Karla Zadnik, O.D., Ph.D...
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking and using a catheter for more than seven days postsurgery significantly increase the risk for catheter-associated urinary tract infections after radical hysterectomies for cervical cancer, according to...
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Could breastfeeding lay the groundwork for good grades in high school?That's what the findings of a new British study suggest, although the differences were small between those who were breastfed and those who...
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- As rainbow flags flutter in the June breeze for Pride Month, many LGBTQ+ people will feel tension in the air."It's been a really rough go for LGBTQ Americans" of late, said psychiatrist Dr. Na...
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Most women with relapsed/refractory lymphoma during pregnancy defer therapy and there are few obstetric or neonatal complications, according to a study published online June 1 in Blood Advances.Faheem Farooq, ...
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Use of race-neutral reference equations to interpret pulmonary function tests (PFTs) results in an increase in the number of Black individuals with respiratory impairments and an increase in impairment severit...
MARTES, 6 de junio de 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Mientras las banderas del arco iris ondean en las brisas de junio con motivo del Mes del Orgullo, muchas personas LGBTI+ percibirán un ambiente cargado."Ha sido realmente difícil para los...
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Radiation therapy might not be necessary in treating some forms of rectal cancer and lymphoma, sparing patients from the toxic treatment, a pair of new clinical trials shows.One trial found that rectal cancer ...
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Money woes have long been linked to worse health care. Now, a new study finds financially strapped patients often put off cancer screenings -- only to learn they have the disease when it's advanced and tougher...
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Here's some good news for women with the most common type of breast cancer: Adding a targeted breast cancer drug to hormonal therapy reduced the risk of cancer returning by 25% for women with early-stage disea...
TUESDAY, July 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The widely used immunotherapy drug nivolumab (Opdivo) is safer and more effective in treating adults and children with advanced Hodgkin lymphoma than the targeted therapy now used as standard care is, new clin...
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- As obesity rises among U.S. kids and teens, the number of weight-loss surgeries is growing, too.Metabolic and bariatric surgeries among 10- to 19-year-olds rose by nearly 20% between 2020 and 2021, after climb...
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A new study on using nitroglycerin patches to help women with frequent hot flashes caused by menopause has delivered mixed results. The benefits of wearing these patches — long used as chest pain medication — ...
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Monday can be a downer as folks leave weekend play behind. Now, researchers say Monday might also be the most common day for deadly heart attacks.Doctors at the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and the Roy...
MONDAY, June 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The general fertility rate was 56.1 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 years in 2022, which was slightly lower than 2021, according to a June Vital Statistics Rapid Release report, a publication from the U.S...
MONDAY, June 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Foodborne illness outbreaks most commonly involve norovirus, according to research published in the June 2 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.Eri...
MONDAY, June 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Fluoride levels in water usually reach the target of 0.7 mg/L and rarely exceed the safety standard of 2.0 mg/L, according to research published in the June 2 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...