FRIDAY, May 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The incidence of chronic pain is high among U.S. adults compared with other chronic diseases and conditions, including diabetes, depression, and hypertension, according to a study published online May 16 in JAM...
FRIDAY, May 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For schizophrenia patients with tardive dyskinesia (TD), there may be sex differences in cognitive impairment, with a protective effect suggested by female gender, according to a study published in the May issu...
FRIDAY, May 19, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Sudden, painless loss of vision. Burning back pain. Achy legs. Incontinence.People might not recognize these as signs of a stroke, because some are not the symptoms of a stroke in the brain, wh...
FRIDAY, May 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Hysterectomy is the second most common surgery for women in their reproductive years, right after cesarean section.Nearly 68% of these surgeries are done to address non-cancerous conditions such as abnormal ute...
VIERNES, 19 de mayo de 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Pérdida repentina e indolora de la visión. Ardor en la espalda. Piernas adoloridas. Incontinencia.Las personas tal vez no identifiquen estas como señales de un accidente cerebrovascular,...
FRIDAY, May 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with Crohn’s disease have a new treatment option, following U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of a pill called Rinvoq (upadacitinib).Rinvoq is meant to treat adults with moderately to severely...
FRIDAY, May 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Worldwide deaths from the most common type of stroke have risen significantly in the past three decades and will increase even more sharply in the years ahead, researchers say.Ischemic stroke deaths grew from 2...
FRIDAY, May 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- People with the rare heart disorder hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) can safely engage in vigorous exercise, according to new research.This finding could lead to fewer activity restrictions for people with thi...
FRIDAY, May 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists say they've identified 10 pesticides that kill neurons involved in Parkinson's disease, marking a leap forward in their understanding of the movement disorder.Pesticide exposure has long been associ...
FRIDAY, May 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Having higher blood sugar can lead to quicker loss of brain power after a stroke, a new study suggests.High blood pressure and cholesterol were not associated with a similar mental loss, even in those at higher...
FRIDAY, May 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Spotting ADHD early can ensure children with the condition get the help they need sooner rather than later.But how can parents know if the behavior they’re seeing in their child is a sign of attention deficit h...
THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The first vaccine designed to protect infants against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) by vaccinating their mothers during pregnancy has been backed by a panel of advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administr...
THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The prevalence of persons with disabilities varies across occupation groups, with the highest prevalence rates among workers in food preparation and serving-related and personal care and service groups, acco...
THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- About one in five older adults reported cost-related medication nonadherence in 2022, according to a study published online May 18 in JAMA Network Open.Stacie B. Dusetzina, Ph.D., from the Vanderbilt Universi...
THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Recent mortality rates decreased for major cancers in most of 47 studied countries, apart from lung cancer in women and liver cancer in men, according to a study published online May 9 in Cancer Epidemiology,...
THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A panel of advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted Thursday to recommend the first respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine designed to protect infants.The independent committee of experts vo...
THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Owners of the free fertility app Premom have settled with users after sharing health data without consent to other companies, including Google and marketing firms in China. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (...
MIÉRCOLES, 17 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Muchas mujeres estadounidenses le tienen miedo al parto, y la pandemia de COVID-19 no calmó estos sentimientos, muestra una investigación reciente. "Nuestros resultados mostraron unas tasas de verdad a...
MIÉRCOLES, 17 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Un compuesto que se utiliza para desengrasar las partes industriales, que también se utilizó como anestesia quirúrgica hasta la década de los 1970, podría aumentar el riesgo de enfermedad de Parkinson,...
MIÉRCOLES, 17 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los estadounidenses están menos ansiosos que a principios de 2020, cuando comenzó la pandemia de COVID-19, pero muchos todavía sufren ansiedad respecto a mantenerse seguros ellos mismos o a sus familia...
MIÉRCOLES, 17 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los niños cuyas familias salieron de barrios marginados tenían unos ataques de asma significativamente menos intensos, con unas mejoras más grandes que incluso las observadas con los medicamentos. Una ...
THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- An investigational drug may hit the reset button on a faulty immune system for some people with rheumatoid arthritis.Rheumatoid arthritis, or RA, is an autoimmune disease that occurs when the body misfires ag...
MIÉRCOLES, 17 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Si intenta perder peso, ahórrese los edulcorantes artificiales, advierte la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), y anota que los sustitutos del azúcar no son efectivos para perder peso, y que además...
MIÉRCOLES, 17 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Un dictamen sobre la pastilla para abortar, la mifepristona, dará otro paso el miércoles, cuando tres jueces federales escuchen los argumentos sobre el caso. Los tres jueces de la Corte de Apelación de...
MIÉRCOLES, 17 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Combinar un balón gástrico tragable con un medicamento para perder peso podría ser una forma de perder un peso corporal significativo, sugiere un estudio reciente. En unos ocho meses de tratamiento com...
MIÉRCOLES, 17 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Trabajar de noche puede ser duro para el cuerpo, y un nuevo estudio sugiere que quizá sea particularmente oneroso para la salud de los hombres. La investigación, enfocada en ratones de laboratorio y en...
THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- It's well known that it's unhealthy to have belly fat accumulating around your abdominal organs, but there’s a more insidious form of fat that could be even more hazardous to your health, a new study says.Fat...
THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Heart transplant (HT) recipients from donors with active COVID-19 have increased mortality at six months and one year, while survival is similar for recently resolved COVID-19 donors and non-COVID-19 donors, ...
THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Individuals with combat-related traumatic injury (CRTI) have lower femoral neck bone mineral density (BMD), with this reduction significant only at the femoral neck of the amputated limb of amputees, accordin...
THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with moderately to severely active psoriatic arthritis, the tyrosine kinase 2/Janus kinase 1 inhibitor brepocitinib is effective for reducing symptoms, according to a study published online May 1...