WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Vegan moms can breastfeed their children and not worry that their breast milk is missing essential nutrients, a new study finds. Researchers from Amsterdam University Medical Center in the Netherlands tested...
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In 2022, 8.4 percent of people of all ages in the United States were uninsured, which was a reduction from 9.2 percent in 2021, according to early estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2022, rel...
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- There is a current surge in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections, especially among older children, according to a research letter published online May 15 in JAMA Pediatrics.Suchitra Rao, M.B.B.S., from...
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- White individuals have the highest prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study published online May 15 in JAMA Neurology.Michael Hittle, from the Stanford University School of Medicine in Calif...
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- People with severe mental illness (SMI) have lower participation in cancer screening, according to a study published online May 4 in the British Journal of Cancer.Robert Stephen Kerrison, Ph.D., from the Unive...
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Public health officials are urging people at risk for contracting mpox to get vaccinated, as they are concerned that a slowdown in infections since last summer may not continue.In an official update posted Mon...
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Americans will continue to be able to get free preventive health care services -- at least for now.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans temporarily blocked a lower court decision on M...
LUNES, 15 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Es importante que comprenda su salud ósea, para evitar el daño a medida que envejezca. Las pérdidas de densidad mineral ósea y masa ósea pueden provocar un debilitamiento, lo que potencialmente conduce a u...
SÁBADO, 13 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- La mejor forma de prevenir la enfermedad de Lyme es que no le muerda una garrapata, o quitársela del cuerpo en un plazo de 24 horas. Esto no significa no deba disfrutar de la naturaleza. Unos expertos de ...
SÁBADO, 13 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- El viernes, la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE. UU. aprobó el primer medicamento no hormonal que busca aliviar los sofocos de la menopausia. La nueva pastilla, llamada Veozah (fezol...
DOMINGO, 14 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cuando su médico o dentista le dé una nueva receta, es importante que haga preguntas. Esto es particularmente cierto respecto a los analgésicos opioides, como la hidrocodona, la oxicodona o la morfina. A...
LUNES, 15 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Aunque las personas quizá supongan que el suicidio es más común en los meses más oscuros del invierno, en realidad alcanza su punto máximo en primavera y principios de verano. Unos investigadores que estud...
LUNES, 15 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Aunque la emergencia de salud pública oficial por la COVID-19 terminó, el virus no ha desaparecido. Pero algunos de los programas especiales que se implementaron durante la pandemia han finalizado, y la Un...
LUNES, 15 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los equipos para los bebés pueden ser costosos, y muchos padres los compran usados, pero no siempre saben con certeza si siguen siendo seguros, revela una encuesta nacional. Alrededor de la mitad de 932 pa...
LUNES, 15 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Unos restos detallados de ADN humano se pueden encontrar en todos los lugares donde han estado personas, un hallazgo sorprendente que plantea una variedad de problemas éticos para los investigadores, señal...
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- When parents talk to their toddlers, they are not only teaching them words, but may be shaping their developing brains, too, a new study suggests.Researchers found that toddlers whose parents spent a lot of ti...
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Over the past two decades, premature deaths have cost Black Americans over 80 million more lost years of life, compared with white Americans, a new study finds.The study is the latest to highlight the nation's...
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The high cost of -- everything: Rising inflation rates are ramping up anxieties among some groups of Americans much more than others, a new study reports.Women, middle-age adults and people with less educatio...
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients presenting to the pediatric emergency department, those accompanied by caregivers preferring languages other than English are more likely to be undertriaged, according to a study published online ...
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Masks may be associated with a small reduction in the risk for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in community settings, according to the final update of a living, rapid rev...
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Unintentional weight loss (UWL) is poorly recognized across a diverse range of patients, according to a study published online April 21 in Diagnosis.Goutham Rao, M.D., from Case Western Reserve University Scho...
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Veterans exposed to volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including trichloroethylene (TCE), have an increased risk for Parkinson disease (PD), according to a study published online May 15 in JAMA Neurology.Samue...
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- From 1996-2003 to 2012-2020, there was a decrease in cancer death rates in all congressional districts, according to a study published online May 9 in Cancer.Farhad Islami, M.D., Ph.D., from the American Cance...
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Public health officials are urging people at risk of contracting mpox, the virus previously called monkeypox, to get vaccinated. They are concerned that a slowdown in infections since last summer may not conti...
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For immunocompetent adults with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (rCDI), fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) yields a significant increase in resolution compared with alternative treatments, acc...
The annual meeting of the American Urological Association was held from April 28 to May 1 in Chicago and attracted participants from around the world, including clinicians, academicians, allied health professionals, and others interested in urology. ...
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Factors associated with the risk for pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (PIBD) include exposure to antibiotics during early childhood and a Western diet, according to research presented at the 2023 Digestive...
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In an article published online May 4 in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, reclassified and updated recommendations are presented for the prevention of surgical site infections (SSIs) in acute-care h...