WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. officials said Wednesday that they plan to strengthen existing privacy rules to prevent the sharing of private legal reproductive health care information for use in investigations and prosecutions aga...
MARTES, 11 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Casi un 20 por ciento de la población estadounidense tiene un pariente que murió a causa de un arma de fuego, lo que incluye al suicidio, y 1 de cada 6 ha sido testigo de un tiroteo, encontró una nueva e...
MARTES, 11 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Ir hasta la escuela en un autobús amarillo destartalado y que echa humo es prácticamente un rito de paso para la mayoría de los estudiantes estadounidenses.Pero los autobuses anticuados en realidad al fi...
MARTES, 11 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las emergencias nacional y de salud pública por la COVID-19 finalizaron oficialmente el lunes, después de que el presidente Joe Biden firmara una ley respaldada por los republicanos para finalizar la eme...
MARTES, 11 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- La tasa de mortalidad entre los bebés nacidos de madres adolescentes se ha reducido en los últimos 25 años, pero las disparidades raciales persisten tercamente, encuentra un nuevo estudio del gobierno de...
MARTES, 11 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Añadir sabor de mentol a los cigarrillos electrónicos podría dañar a los pulmones más que los cigarrillos electrónicos regulares, revela un nuevo estudio.El sabor común a menta ayuda a administrar muchas...
MARTES, 11 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- En los últimos años, la intensificación de la crisis de opioides ha provocado un complejo debate sobre la mejor forma de controlar el riesgo de suicido entre los pacientes a quienes se recetan estos anal...
MARTES, 11 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- El descenso en los nacimientos que afectó a Estados Unidos en el primer año de la pandemia de la COVID no afectó a todos los estados por igual: los estados con una mayor diversidad racial o más "azules" ...
MARTES, 11 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las infecciones de transmisión sexual (ITS) se están disparando en Estados Unidos, y se han observado aumentos notables en los conteos de casos de la sífilis, la gonorrea y la clamidia.En general, las IT...
WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Molly E. came down with COVID last February when she was 36 weeks pregnant.“My symptoms were mild, and after speaking to my obstetrician, I felt reassured to hear that if anything, my baby would maybe have...
WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. officials said Wednesday that they plan to strengthen existing privacy rules to prevent the sharing of private legal reproductive health care information for use in investigations and prosecutions aga...
WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Less than half of psoriasis patients report high levels of shared decision-making, according to a study published online April 1 in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.Danielle Yee, M.D., fr...
WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- While the immediate goal of bariatric surgery is to help obese patients shed significant weight, new research shows it may also reduce diabetes complications, including nerve damage.Investigators followed ...
WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to put the pedal to the metal in America’s transition to clean electric vehicles.The EPA today announced proposed federal emissions standards aimed at acceler...
WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. officials are intensifying efforts to crack down on illicit use of the veterinary tranquilizer xylazine, which can cause painful and deadly side effects in humans.The drug, when mixed with the opioid ...
WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For women with multiple ipsilateral breast cancer, breast-conserving therapy (BCT) with adjuvant radiation results in a low five-year local recurrence rate, according to a study published online March 28 i...
WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Germline genetic testing followed by consultation with a genetic counselor is clinically impactful and yields high satisfaction for patients with advanced prostate cancer, according to a study published in...
WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For frail older adults, a multifaceted antibiotic stewardship intervention can reduce antibiotic prescribing for suspected urinary tract infections, according to a study published online Feb. 22 in The BMJ...
WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Transcatheter leadless pacemakers (TLP) can be successfully implanted in pediatric patients, according to a study published online April 11 in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.Maully Shah, M.B...
WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with noncastrate advanced prostate cancer, docetaxel, abiraterone, enzalutamide, apalutamide, or darolutamide are each recommended as standards of care with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT),...
WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For adults with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), parathyroidectomy has no effect on long-term kidney function versus nonoperative management, according to a study published online April 11 in the Annals...
WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnancy rates in the United States suffered a steep decline during the last decade, new government data shows.The overall U.S. pregnancy rate fell by 12% between 2010 and 2019, according to figures relea...
WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For low-grade lymphomatoid granulomatosis, interferon alfa-2b is efficacious, according to a study published online March 31 in The Lancet Haematology.Christopher Melani, M.D., from the National Institutes...
WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients undergoing echocardiographic quantification of cardiac function, initial assessment of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) by artificial intelligence (AI) is noninferior to assessment by...
WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. adults with post-COVID-19 condition (PCC) are more likely than other adults to have difficulty getting and paying for health care, according to a study published online April 10 in JAMA Network Open.M...
WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Getting care in the United States for lingering COVID-19 symptoms can be challenging, affecting long-term health and ability to work, a new study finds. Adults with so-called long COVID have had greater ch...
WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- High blood pressure – sometimes referred to as "the silent killer" because it can do serious heart and brain damage before symptoms appear – is common in adults.But what about children?Amo...
MIÉRCOLES, 12 de abril de 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- La presión arterial alta, a veces llamada "el asesino silencioso" porque puede dañar gravemente el corazón y el cerebro antes de la aparición de los síntomas, es común en los adultos....
WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The United States is in the middle of an opioid crisis, yet new research shows that only about 7% of Americans on Medicaid who have opioid use disorder receive residential treatment. This means that many p...