MONDAY, April 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Dangerously low blood pressure is considered an “invisible” consequence of paralysis, adding to the woes of as many as 9 out of 10 people with spinal cord injuries.Now, a new implant has been developed that t...
SUNDAY, April 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Far more people need an organ transplant than there are organs available.It doesn’t have to be that way.Dr. Johnny Hong, chief of transplantation at Penn State Health’s Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hers...
SATURDAY, April 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Spring allergies can be brutal, and many -- but by no means all -- sufferers reach for synthetic medications to combat their symptoms.Many others want something more natural, however. “These allergies cause ...
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Two ongoing outbreaks of Marburg virus in Africa prompted U.S. health officials to issue an alert on Thursday for doctors to be on the lookout for any cases that might surface in the coming weeks.The U.S. Cent...
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Receipt of bivalent respiratory syncytial virus prefusion F protein-based (RSVpreF) vaccine during pregnancy is safe and effective for preventing RSV illness in infants, according to a study published online A...
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Sleep disorders may contribute to the perceived cognitive decline in women with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study published in the March issue of the Multiple Sclerosis Journal.Tiffany J. Braley, M...
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Nurse-led primary palliative care increases advance care planning (ACP) uptake among patients with advanced cancer, according to a study published in the April issue of the Journal of the National Comprehensiv...
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Nonoperative outcomes for acute appendicitis differ by age of the patient, according to a study published online April 5 in JAMA Surgery.Jennie Meier, M.D., M.P.H., from the University of Texas Southwestern in...
JUEVES, 6 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los problemas del sueño, desde roncar hasta dormir demasiado o demasiado poco, podrían asociarse con un mayor riesgo de accidente cerebrovascular (ACV), advierten unos investigadores.Roncar durante el sue...
JUEVES, 6 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Todo el mundo sabe que tener sobrepeso o ser obeso puede aumentar los riesgos para la salud. Pero un nuevo estudio encuentra que los motivos por los cuales una persona es obesa podrían tener cierto efecto...
JUEVES, 6 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Quizá los centenarios vivan 100 o más años gracias en parte a un sistema inmunitario más ágil y adaptativo, revela un nuevo estudio.Unas pruebas de sangre de siete centenarios, con una edad promedio de 10...
JUEVES, 6 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Una vacuna contra el VSR desarrollada por Pfizer provee una protección segura y efectiva tanto a los adultos mayores como a los recién nacidos, muestran los resultados de ensayos clínicos.La vacuna tiene ...
JUEVES, 6 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- ¿Le parece a veces que su hijo que es quisquilloso para comer convierte cada comida y refrigerio en una épica batalla por el poder, y no está seguro de cómo proveerle la nutrición que necesita?Si es así, ...
JUEVES, 6 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Una terapia que equipa al sistema inmunitario para que encuentre y destruya a las células tumorales muestra un potencial temprano contra un cáncer pediátrico raro y agresivo.Los expertos afirmaron que los...
JUEVES, 6 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Por primera vez, unos científicos han creado una estructura parecida a un embrión a partir de células madre embrionarias de mono, parte de un esfuerzo para comprender mejor el desarrollo humano y la forma...
JUEVES, 6 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- El jueves, la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE. UU. retiró formalmente su aprobación de un fármaco que buscaba prevenir los nacimientos prematuros.El medicamento, que se vendía con e...
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) – The typical timing of seasonal respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) epidemics (October to April) was disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research published in the April 7 issue of the U.S. Center...
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Phototherapy may improve cognitive function in patients with dementia, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published online April 5 in Brain and Behavior.Xinlian Lu, from the School of Psycholog...
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Screening all adults aged 35 to 70 years, regardless of weight, identifies the greatest proportion of adults with prediabetes and diabetes, according to a study published online March 24 in the American Journa...
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- High dietary sugar consumption is generally more harmful for health, especially in cardiometabolic disease, according to an umbrella review published online April 5 in The BMJ.Yin Huang, from Sichuan Universit...
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Hospitalized patients with COVID-19 report higher rates of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) than those without COVID-19, according to a study published in the March issue of Gut.Giovanni Marasco, Ph.D., from the...
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with symptomatic, radiographic, moderate-to-severe osteoarthritis or osteonecrosis of the hip or knee, total joint arthroplasty (TJA) should not be delayed in order to pursue additional nonoperati...
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Routine third-trimester ultrasound or point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is associated with a reduction in the proportion of undiagnosed term breech presentations, according to a study published online April 6 i...
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In minimal adjusted models, higher estimated 24-hour sodium excretion (est24hNa) is associated with coronary and carotid atherosclerosis, according to a study published online March 31 in the European Heart Jo...
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Infants with in utero exposure to COVID-19 have lower birth weight and increased weight gain in the first year of life, according to a study published online March 29 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology &...
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For adults with hematologic malignancies receiving chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy, quality of life (QoL) deteriorates and physical and psychological symptoms worsen one week after infusion an...
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Sleep apnea is a very disruptive breathing disorder that’s believed to rob millions of Americans of sound, restful sleep. Now, a small, new study suggests the disorder may also prompt a decline in brain health...
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- You may be struggling with stomach pain and digestive distress without understanding why, thinking it might be something you ate. Can stress cause stomach pain?Stress, especially chronic stress, can indeed inc...
FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Heather Baker was 28 and a school administrator in Pecatonica, Illinois, when she walked into a conference room for a meeting. She was chatting and joking with her colleagues when she was hit ...