THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with resectable pancreatic cancer, minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy (MIDP) is noninferior to open distal pancreatectomy (ODP), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the ...
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- There is widespread underreporting of major injury fall and pressure ulcer hospitalizations across U.S. nursing homes, according to a study published online May 23 in JAMA Network Open.Prachi Sanghavi, Ph.D.,...
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Older adults may have a second vaccine option for RSV following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of a Pfizer vaccine on Wednesday.The other shot for adults 60 and up is made by GSK. It was app...
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- At a CPR class in Spanish in central Virginia, some members of the Latino community say they recognize that the technique can save someone whose heart stops beating. But they acknowledge that...
JUEVES, 1 de junio de 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- En una clase de reanimación cardiopulmonar en español en la región central de Virginia, algunos miembros de la comunidad latina dicen que entienden que la RCP puede salvar a alguien cuyo ...
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Kids who devote some of their free time to volunteer work may not only help others, but also themselves.That's according to a new study that found U.S. kids who spend time in community service are often thriv...
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Smokers in Canada will soon see health warnings on each and every cigarette they light up..The country will be the first in the world to print these warnings directly on individual cigarettes.“This bold step w...
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Births to teen moms in the United States reached a historic low in 2022, dropping 3% from the previous year, a new government report shows.Teenage births fell among both younger teens, ages 15 to 17, and olde...
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Large, uncontrolled wildfires in Nova Scotia are creating unhealthy air in the Northeast region of the United States, including parts of Connecticut.This significant smoke plume is likely to cause elevated le...
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Many Americans who inject illicit drugs are unknowingly getting fentanyl mixed in with their heroin, which can increase their risk for overdose and perhaps their tolerance for the drug.About 80% of injection ...
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Quitting smoking after a cancer diagnosis can deliver a big payoff for another major health concern: the risk of heart attack or stroke.Cancer patients who kept smoking had a nearly doubled risk of either of ...
FRIDAY, June 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Having a heart attack is bad news for your brain, raising your odds for mental decline in the years to come, new research finds.Looking at studies conducted over five decades, researchers found that a heart att...
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Stress-management interventions may help individual health care workers over the short term, according to research published online May 12 in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.Sietske J. Tamminga, ...
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with treatment-resistant major depression without psychosis, ketamine is noninferior to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), according to a study published online May 24 in the New England Journal o...
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- From 2016 to 2020, there was an increase in pediatric firearm-related injuries, with community violence and negligent discharges increasing in 2020, according to a study published online May 25 in Trauma Sur...
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Patients taking semaglutide for type 2 diabetes or weight loss should be careful about where they are getting the medication, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Tuesday. Shortages of the drug, comm...
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Atopic dermatitis (AD) in adulthood is associated with an increased risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE), according to a study published online May 31 in JAMA Dermatology.Tai-Li Chen, M.D., from Taipei Vete...
MARTES, 30 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las hospitalizaciones por la COVID-19 en Estados Unidos se redujeron por debajo de las 9,000 en la semana pasada, la primera vez que se ha alcanzado este hito desde que se comenzó la monitorización en ver...
MARTES, 30 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los adolescentes necesitan dormir, y un nuevo estudio destaca una forma de ayudarlos a lograrlo: dejar los teléfonos celulares y las pantallas fuera del dormitorio."Dormir lo suficiente es esencial para l...
MARTES, 30 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- La contaminación con microplásticos altera el microbioma intestinal de las aves marinas silvestres, y esto podría ser una señal de advertencia para los humanos, informan unos investigadores. Científicos d...
LUNES, 29 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Prohibir los productos de tabaco con sabores conduce a que menos personas los usen, según un nuevo estudio de California, que encontró un uso más bajo en las áreas que tenían una prohibición total. Los res...
MARTES, 30 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Una técnica que administra una suave "descarga" en los circuitos cerebrales muestra un potencial inicial para las personas que han perdido parte de su agudeza mental, debido al envejecimiento o a una enfe...
MARTES, 30 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cuando los padres llevan a sus hijos a una sala de emergencias en medio de la noche por un ataque de asma o una fiebre alta, con frecuencia les dan de alta con una receta. El problema es que no hay
MARTES, 30 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Es probable que una persona pierda algo de memoria y habilidades de pensamiento a medida que envejece, pero unos nutrientes llamados flavonoles podrían ayudar a frenar el declive, sugiere un nuevo estudio...
MARTES, 30 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Algunos hombres de baja estatura de verdad tienen dificultades debido a su falta de altura, y sienten que los demás los miran por encima del hombro, tanto literal como figuradamente. Por este motivo, un c...
MARTES, 30 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Algunos hombres de baja estatura de verdad tienen dificultades debido a su falta de altura, y sienten que los demás los miran por encima del hombro, tanto literal como figuradamente. Por este motivo, un c...
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- An exceptionally pricey gene therapy cure for sickle cell disease could soon be available, but it’s not clear whether insurance companies will balk at the cost and deny coverage.On the surface, the gene ther...