WEDNESDAY, April 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly one-third of Americans live in counties with unhealthy air, according to a new report from the American Lung Association. One in three, or 120 million, people lives with unhealthy levels of ozone or...
Is it time to end universal masking at hospitals? Many experts think so. Vaccines and treatments have made COVID more manageable, they say, and the latest strains do not produce as much life-threatening illness. Read moreDo you live in one of America'...
WEDNESDAY, April 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- When you mention arthritis, most people think of osteoarthritis, where aging and wear-and-tear on the joints take their toll, but there is another type of arthritis that causes devastating damage after you...
WEDNESDAY, April 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Summer is almost here, and its arrival brings opportunities for many people – including those who suffer with allergies and asthma — to plan vacations away from home.A recent article titled “Allergies don’...
WEDNESDAY, April 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- While joint reconstruction surgeries are fairly common, they may be anything but routine for people with sickle cell disease.Patients with the blood disorder who undergo total knee replacement are at a hig...
TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Dietary supplement (DS) use is common in the United States, according to a study published online April 18 in the National Health Statistics Reports, a publication from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For younger adults, the prevalence of electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use increased from 2019 to 2021, especially among those who never smoked cigarettes, according to a study published online April 18 in...
TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Offspring prenatally exposed to maternal hypertensive disorder of pregnancy (HDP) have an increased risk for high refractive error (RE) in childhood, according to a study published online April 18 in JAMA Ne...
TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Risk for nonmedical use of prescription stimulants (NUPS) is higher for schools with a greater proportion of the student body that uses stimulant therapy for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), ...
TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Seniors and people with weakened immune systems can get another booster dose of the bivalent COVID-19 vaccine this spring, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday.Seniors aged 65 years and ol...
TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Damar Hamlin has confirmed the cause of his near-fatal collapse on "Monday Night Football" as commotio cordis, a rare event caused by a blow to the chest."This event was life-changing, but i...
LUNES, 17 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Una vacuna experimental diseñada para dirigirse de forma específica a las células tumorales del melanoma de un paciente reduce significativamente las probabilidades de que el cáncer recurra, muestran los ...
LUNES, 17 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Una prueba de sangre experimental podría ser capaz de detectar docenas de distintos tipos de cáncer con un alto grado de precisión, incluso algunos que son particularmente difíciles de detectar, sugiere u...
LUNES, 17 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los niños cuyas madres tomaron antirretrovirales para el VIH durante el embarazo quizá tengan unos riesgos más altos de retrasos del desarrollo a los 5 años, según una investigación reciente.Sin embargo, ...
LUNES, 17 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Unas pruebas realizadas a un hombre chileno infectado con la gripe aviar mostraron señales de que el virus se ha adaptado, parcialmente, para propagarse entre mamíferos. Pero el riesgo de salud pública si...
LUNES, 17 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Decidirse a ir a terapia es un paso importante, uno que a veces las personas encuentran difícil, por una variedad de motivos.Pero ahora que se ha dado cuenta de que la terapia le resultaría útil, ¿cómo en...
LUNES, 17 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los coches eléctricos se multiplican con una velocidad de récord, pero, ¿los potentes dispositivos de carga que los coches necesitan son seguros para las personas con dispositivos cardiacos implantados?Sí...
LUNES, 17 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Muchos niños y adolescentes de EE. UU. afrontan la depresión y la ansiedad, y, cada vez más, los pediatras intervienen como proveedores de atención de la salud mental. Ahora, un nuevo estudio sugiere que ...
MARTES, 18 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- El virus del papiloma humano (VPH), de transmisión sexual, puede provocar una variedad de tipos de cáncer, pero la concienciación pública sobre este lúgubre hecho se está reduciendo en Estados Unidos, en...
TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Seniors and people with weakened immune systems can get another booster dose of the bivalent COVID vaccine this spring, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday.Seniors age 65 and older can ge...
TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concludes that the current evidence is insufficient for assessing the balance of benefits and harms of screening asymptomatic adults and adolescents for skin ...
TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is associated with an increased risk for diabetes, according to a study published online April 18 in JAMA Network Open.Zaeema Naveed, M....
TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Taking vitamins may drain your wallet without helping your health, yet a new government survey shows most American adults take them, as do about one-third of children. Researchers who were led by Suruchi Mis...
TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with high-risk hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), adjuvant therapy of atezolizumab with bevacizumab (atezo + bev) prolongs recurrence-free survival, according to a study presented at the annual mee...
TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For high-risk outpatients with COVID-19, treatment with oral fluvoxamine plus budesonide reduces the incidence of severe disease needing advanced care, according to a study published online April 18 in the A...
TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For women undergoing hysterectomy for benign conditions, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) is associated with an increased risk for adverse outcomes, according to a study published online April 18 in the...
TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The use of a digital health application with patient-reported outcomes is associated with an increase in disease control rate for adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to a study published online ...
TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Black patients have 71 percent higher odds of cardiotoxicity following cancer treatment versus White patients, according to research presented at the Advancing the Cardiovascular Care of the Oncology Patient...