FRIDAY, April 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment guided by cerebral oximetry monitoring for the first 72 hours after birth is not associated with a lower incidence of death or severe brain injury by 36 weeks of postmenstrual age for infants born e...
FRIDAY, April 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Daytime napping for more than 30 minutes is significantly associated with the risk for developing atrial fibrillation (AF), according to a study presented at the annual congress of the European Association of...
FRIDAY, April 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- SPPADE symptoms (sleep disturbance, pain, physical function impairment, anxiety, depression, and low energy/fatigue) are common among cancer patients, according to a study published in the May issue of the Jo...
VIERNES, 21 de abril de 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- A principios de la pandemia del COVID-19, la población hispana de Estados Unidos se enfrentó a un número de casos desproporcionadamente alto. Según la crisis del coronavirus entra en su...
FRIDAY, April 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Growing numbers of people have MRI brain scans to find out what's causing their headaches, see if they have a concussion or for another reason, when a doctor may spot the tell-tale lesions of multiple sclerosi...
FRIDAY, April 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The number of kids who attempted suicide using over-the-counter or easily accessible medications is up sharply, a new study shows.This research spotlights a pediatric mental health crisis, said researchers fr...
FRIDAY, April 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Taking a particular sleep medication may help stave off Alzheimer’s disease, but it’s too soon to say for sure after a preliminary study.Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis fou...
Drug might delay onset of MS symptoms. When a brain scan reveals signs of multiple sclerosis and a patient has no symptoms of the autoimmune disease, doctors debate whether to monitor or treat for MS. A medication may slow onset of MS symptoms in the...
FRIDAY, April 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A good sports bra provides more than sturdy support alone for female runners.The increased breast support affects biomechanics in other parts of the body -- and, a new study shows, the right sports bra could ...
FRIDAY, April 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Traffic deaths are down on U.S. roadways, but the small drop pales in comparison to the surging rate of recent years.Deaths in traffic crashes fell 0.3% last year compared to 2021, according to the U.S. Natio...
FRIDAY, April 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- While overall support for childhood vaccines remains strong, a new UNICEF report documents a significant decline in the public's faith in the importance of these vaccines.Confidence in childhood immunizations...
THURSDAY, April 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Compared with the prepandemic period, during 2021, there was an increase in the overall rate of suspected suicide attempts by self-poisoning among children aged 10 to 19 years, according to research publis...
THURSDAY, April 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Discrimination in U.S. health care settings is associated with differences in the prevalence of nonvaccination against COVID-19, according to research published in the April 21 issue of the U.S. Centers for...
THURSDAY, April 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In 2021, 5.9 percent of adults lived in families experiencing food insecurity, according to an April data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health S...
THURSDAY, April 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Early electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use among adolescents is associated with higher odds of tobacco cigarette use later in adolescence, according to a study published online April 18 in Tobacco Control...
THURSDAY, April 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday delayed a decision on a federal appeals court ruling that seeks to limit access to the abortion pill mifepristone.In a brief order, Justice Samuel Alito Jr. said the pause on ...
THURSDAY, April 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. National Institutes of Health could get a new leader in Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., the Boston cancer surgeon who has led the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) since last fall.The White House plan...
MIÉRCOLES, 19 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los centros de atención de la salud siguen siendo uno de los últimos lugares en Estados Unidos donde los requisitos sobre el uso de máscaras de la época de la COVID siguen en vigor.Ha llegado el momen...
MIÉRCOLES, 19 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- La depresión durante el embarazo podría vincularse con la enfermedad cardiaca incluso apenas dos años más tarde, sugiere una nueva investigación.Esto es cierto incluso cuando las pacientes no tienen h...
MIÉRCOLES, 19 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Casi un tercio de los estadounidenses viven en condados con un aire malsano, según un nuevo informe de la Asociación Americana del Pulmón (American Lung Association).Uno de cada tres, es decir, 120 mi...
MIÉRCOLES, 19 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- En la más reciente medida para restringir el acceso a la pastilla para abortar mifepristona en Estados Unidos, una coalición de grupos antiaborto le pidieron el martes a la Corte Suprema que permita q...
MIÉRCOLES, 19 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Algunas mujeres con múltiples tumores de mama pueden librarse de forma segura de una cirugía para extirpar el seno, y elegir un tratamiento menos invasivo en su lugar, sugiere una investigación recien...
MIÉRCOLES, 19 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Aunque los casos leves conforman la mayoría de los diagnósticos de autismo, el autismo "profundo" afecta a alrededor de un 27 por ciento de los niños estadounidenses que tienen la discapacidad del des...
MIÉRCOLES, 19 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- El cabello de las personas se pone canoso cuando envejecen porque las células madre que producen el color se quedan "atascadas" y desactivadas en el folículo piloso, plantea una nueva investigación co...
MIÉRCOLES, 19 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los adolescentes jóvenes que vapean y fuman cigarrillos podrían estar preparando el terreno para convertirse en fumadores empedernidos en la adolescencia tardía, sugiere un estudio reciente. Los inves...
THURSDAY, April 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- There are more than 100 types of arthritis and related conditions, and they affect at least 54 million adults and 300,000 children in the United States, according to the Arthritis Foundation.Fortunately, th...
THURSDAY, April 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Have you heard the old wives’ tale that knuckle cracking will enlarge your knuckles? What about the one that cracking your knuckles causes arthritis?There are many beliefs about this common behavior, but it...
THURSDAY, April 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Higher intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) is associated with higher all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence and mortality among adults with type 2 diabetes, according to a stu...
THURSDAY, April 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with schizophrenia have measurable differences in neural and vascular integrity of the retina, according to a study published online March 22 in JAMA Psychiatry.Siegfried K. Wagner, M.D., from the ...
THURSDAY, April 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. National Institutes of Health could get a new leader in Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, the Boston cancer surgeon who has led the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) since last fall.The White House plans ...