FRIDAY, May 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Mother’s Day can require some creative thinking when your mom has dementia.“Mother’s Day is a time to honor the special mother figures in your life, and if your loved one lives with dementia, it can continue to...
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- From 1999 to 2018, there was a more than twofold increase in the number of cancer survivors reporting functional limitations, according to a research letter published online May 11 in JAMA Oncology.Vishal R. ...
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Dog walking is associated with a considerable injury burden, according to a study published online April 14 in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.Ridge Maxson, from Johns Hopkins University School of Med...
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- People who use a Peloton exercise bike at home should check their model number immediately.A recall of 2 million bikes with the model number PL01 was issued Thursday. People should stop using them immediately...
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A medication to treat agitation in patients with Alzheimer disease now has approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.The FDA gave supplemental approval for Rexulti (brexpiprazole) oral tablets on Th...
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday finalized the elimination of certain restrictions that prevented healthy gay and bisexual men from donating blood.Instead of requiring men who have sex with m...
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cases of mpox around the world have dropped dramatically, prompting the World Health Organization on Thursday to declare an end to the global health emergency. An expert committee determined that a dramatic d...
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Cases of mpox around the world have dropped dramatically, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday to declare an end to the global health emergency.The virus is no longer an acute concern, WHO...
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday finalized the elimination of certain restrictions that prevented healthy gay and bisexual men from donating blood. Instead of requiring men who have sex with ...
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The first U.S. cases of drug-resistant ringworm infection have been reported in New York City.The cases of two women with highly contagious skin infections caused by Trichophyton indotineae are reported in th...
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- An asthma attack can literally leave you gasping for breath, so having treatments that relax your airways is critical.Asthma strikes nearly 8% of Americans, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
MIÉRCOLES, 10 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Parece que la marihuana aumenta de manera significativa el riesgo de desarrollar esquizofrenia de los hombres jóvenes, sugiere un estudio reciente. Hasta un 30 por ciento de los casos de esquizofrenia ...
MIÉRCOLES, 10 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Mantener su piel segura bajo el sol de verano es más fácil si cuenta con el protector solar adecuado.UCLA Health ofrece algunos consejos para elegir el mejor tipo y nivel de FPS.Sufrir apenas cinco que...
MIÉRCOLES, 10 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Vivir con el potencial de violencia con armas de fuego se cobra "un precio psicológico acumulativo" en las personas de Chicago y de todo el país, señalaron unos investigadores, cuyo nuevo estudio encon...
MIÉRCOLES, 10 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los hombres que tenían sobrepeso cuando eran chicos quizá tengan problemas de infertilidad en la adultez, según una investigación reciente. Unos investigadores que estudian el tema de la infertilidad m...
MIÉRCOLES, 10 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- La investigación y el desarrollo de la inteligencia artificial (IA) debería frenarse hasta que su uso y tecnología se regulen de forma adecuada, planteó un grupo internacional de médicos y expertos en ...
MIÉRCOLES, 10 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Unos compuestos tóxicos que se desarrollan del escape de los coches, al fumar y de las parrillas podrían aumentar el riesgo de desarrollar artritis reumatoide, una enfermedad autoinmune, sugiere un nue...
La ciencia revela un factor clave del Alzheimer, y cómo un fármaco recién aprobado podría combatirlo
MIÉRCOLES, 10 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Por primera vez, los investigadores han aislado la forma que flota libremente de la beta amiloide, que parece ser un factor clave en la enfermedad de Alzheimer. Además, plantean que un medicamento para...
MIÉRCOLES, 10 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- El año pasado, unos investigadores genéticos fueron noticia, cuando anunciaron la finalización de la primera secuencia completa del genoma humano. Ahora, esa iniciativa se ha ampliado, y los investigad...
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A medication to treat agitation in Alzheimer's patients now has approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.The FDA gave supplemental approval to Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company Ltd., and Lundbeck Inc. ...
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Medications that treat opioid addiction and prevent overdose deaths are drastically under-prescribed in the United States, particularly for Black patients, a new study has found.Disabled people on Medicare ar...
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- There’s a glimmer of good news when it comes to the mental health of America’s adolescents: Visits to U.S. emergency departments for psychiatric troubles declined among kids aged 12 to 17 by the fall of 2022,...
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Fighting is par for the course in professional ice hockey, but a new study raises the question of whether it is shortening some players' lives.The study, of hundreds of National Hockey League (NHL) players, f...
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Women have an approximately 12-year delay in the onset of coronary atherosclerosis, but those in the highest atherosclerotic burden group have a higher risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), acc...
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Sexual minority adults who identify as bisexual or "something else" have a significantly higher prevalence of chronic pain than gay/lesbian or straight adults, according to a study published online March 30 i...
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Overweight and obese body mass indices (BMIs) in early and middle adulthood are associated with a higher risk for colorectal cancer (CRC) and non-CRC gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, according to a study publis...
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Among healthy, term infants, not being infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in the first year of life is associated with a substantially lower risk for developing childhood asthma, according to a s...
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Hormone preparations are associated with an increase in lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal women, according to a study published online May 2 in Menopause.Yiran Wang, M.D., and Chao Sun...