TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- There have been some increases in diversity in early-phase cancer clinical trials since 2000, according to a study presented at the 16th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Et...
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Sexual and gender-minority (SGM) patients with chronic inflammatory skin diseases (CISDs) are more likely to experience cost and noncost barriers to care, according to a study published online Sept. 27 in JAMA...
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The greater the degree of endolymphatic hydrops, the greater the hearing loss in patients with Meniere disease, according to a study published in the September-October issue of the Brazilian Journal of Otorhin...
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Minimally invasive transperineal laser ablation (TPLA) of the prostate appears effective for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), according to a review published online Sept. 21 in Therapeutic Advances in Urolo...
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is strongly associated with gout, according to a study published online Sept. 1 in JGH Open.Osama Hamid, M.B.B.S., from the Cleveland Clinic, and colleagues investigated the as...
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Loneliness can leave many feeling desolate, but new research now suggests it may also leave people vulnerable to Parkinson's disease.Among more than 490,000 people listed in the UK Biobank who were followed fo...
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Health care workers who serve millions of Americans could strike Wednesday if Kaiser Permanente and union workers don’t reach an agreement.More than 75,000 members of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions ...
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Federal regulators are cautioning doctors not to give probiotics to preterm infants.An infant given probiotics at an undisclosed hospital has died, U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials said in a recent ...
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A popular type of off-road vehicle known as a “side-by-side” has been linked to high rates of severe hand injuries, according to a new study.Side-by-sides are utility terrain vehicles (UTVs) designed to carry ...
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Exposure to ubiquitous chemicals known as PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, may delay puberty in girls, new research indicates.The study is the first to consider the role hormones play in the delay,...
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Women who have breast reconstruction using their own tissue instead of implants ma be more satisfied with the results, new research shows."The findings were unexpected, since autologous breast reconstruction is...
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- New ways to deliver drugs that prevent infection with HIV are out there, but many people still prefer the standard daily PrEP pill, a new study shows. “The oral pill is very efficacious when people take it eve...
MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- About one-third of participants with transient new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) during hospitalization for noncardiac surgery or medical illness have recurrent AF within one year, according to a study publish...
MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Maternal COVID-19 vaccination provides some protection against COVID-19-related hospitalization among infants, especially those aged younger than 3 months, according to research published in the Sept. 29 issue...
MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Most adolescent electronic cigarette users do not use cessation resources in their attempts to quit, according to a study published online Oct. 2 in Pediatrics.Hongying Daisy Dai, Ph.D., from the University of ...
MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with bipolar disorders have a higher body mass index (BMI) and a higher prevalence of obesity than the general population, according to a study published online Sept. 20 in the The American Journal of Ps...
MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Young Black patients with type 1 diabetes have clinically relevant higher average hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) at any given level of mean blood glucose level than White patients, according to a study published online...
MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is poised to recommend use of a powerful antibiotic to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs). On Monday, the CDC issued draft recommendations, recomm...
MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- This year's Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine has been awarded to two scientists who laid the groundwork years ago for the mRNA research that made COVID-19 vaccines possible.Katalin Karikó, M.D., the 13th ...
MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Good news for couch potatoes — bursts of activity as short as one to three minutes in duration can prompt a steep decrease in the risk of heart attack, stroke and early death, a new study reports.Researchers tr...
VIERNES, 29 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) – A pesar de los informes de problemas la semana pasada, donde algunas personas podrían haber sido rechazadas por la cobertura del seguro al buscar vacunas COVID en farmacias, la administración Biden ...
LUNES, 2 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) - Frente a crecientes informes de pruebas clínicas de laboratorio inexactas, la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE. UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) anunció el viernes que por primera vez r...
LUNES, 2 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) - La semana pasada, el expresidente Jimmy Carter llamó la atención de muchos cuando hizo una visita sorpresa al Plains Peanut Festival en Georgia.Carter, quien cumple 99 años el domingo, decidió en febrero ...
LUNES, 2 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) – Cuando las mujeres embarazadas reciben una vacuna contra COVID, contribuyen a proteger a sus recién nacidos del virus, muestra un nuevo estudio gubernamental."Estos hallazgos indican que la vacunación ma...
LUNES, 2 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los recien estrenados padres que llevan a casa su pequeño paquete de alegría a menudo llevan consigo otra cosa cuando salen del hospital: deuda médica.Así lo indica una nueva investigación de Michigan Me...
LUNES, 2 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Algunos niños que tienen una forma común de eczema también deberían ser sometidos a pruebas de reacciones alérgicas, ya que podrían tener un segundo tipo de eczema alérgico, sugiere un nuevo estudio.Aunq...
LUNES, 2 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- La infección sanguínea potencialmente mortal llamada sepsis fue más común de lo que se pensaba entre los pacientes con COVID-19 al inicio de la pandemia.Investigadores de Massachusetts relacionaron el SA...
LUNES, 2 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Planificar tu futuro financiero a largo plazo no solo tiene sentido económico: también podría salvarte la vida.Las personas en Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido tienen un mayor riesgo de morir prematurament...