JUEVES, 30 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Aunque la investigación ha mostrado que tener mascotas puede reducir las probabilidades de alergias respiratorias en los niños, un nuevo estudio encuentra que también podría reducir el riesgo de alergias...
JUEVES, 30 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Millones de estadounidenses se mueven con la ayuda de sillas de ruedas, desde lo que nacen con discapacidades hasta los que han desarrollado discapacidades en un momento posterior de la vida. Para muchas...
JUEVES, 30 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- La legalización de la marihuana en Estados Unidos parece estar provocando un aumento en las muertes por accidentes de coche, debido al incremento en la "conducción bajo la influencia de la droga", señala...
JUEVES, 30 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las clases universitarias a una hora temprana de la mañana pueden ser una receta para una asistencia floja y unas calificaciones más bajas, sugiere un nuevo estudio.Pero comenzar las clases a una hora má...
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Dozens of studies have purportedly shown that a daily glass of wine or mug of beer could reduce your risk of heart disease and death.But these studies are flawed, a new evidence review asserts, and the potent...
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. public health officials want high-risk individuals who haven’t been vaccinated for mpox — previously called monkeypox — to do so before a potential resurgence of the virus in the coming months. That surg...
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Mediterranean and low-fat dietary programs seem beneficial for reducing mortality and morbidity among patients with elevated cardiovascular risk, according to a review published online March 29 in The BMJ.Gio...
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Transcatheter arterialization of the deep veins is safe for patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia and no conventional surgical or endovascular revascularization treatment options, according to a stu...
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with chronic pouchitis after undergoing restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) for ulcerative colitis, treatment with vedolizumab is more effective than placebo for ...
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- System- and patient-level interventions, including taking a best possible medication history (BPMH) in the emergency department, can reduce medication discrepancy rates, according to a study published online ...
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Atopy is associated with a reduction in the risk for melanoma, according to a study published online Feb. 28 in Melanoma Research.Jenni Komulainen, M.D., from the University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio, and ...
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The opportunistic bacterial pathogen Vibrio vulnificus is projected to expand its current range, and infections may be present in every Eastern U.S. state by 2081 to 2100, according to a study published onlin...
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Prescriptions for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new government report shows.The trend may reflect both greater awareness among adults of AD...
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For men with one high-risk factor, initiating post-radical prostatectomy salvage radiation therapy (sRT) when prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels are greater than 0.25 ng/mL is associated with an increased...
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The incidence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes is increasing among children and young people aged 0 to 19 years, according to a study published in the April issue of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.Lynne E. ...
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with the glutamate modulator, memantine, a drug commonly used to treat Alzheimer disease, results in a significant reduction in hair-pulling and skin-picking symptoms, according to a study published...
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Three weeks of oral azithromycin seems to be equivalent to six weeks of doxycycline for treatment of severe meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), according to a study published online March 23 in JAMA Ophthalmol...
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer screening may be free for women with health insurance, but high costs may still keep some from getting needed follow-up tests, a new study finds.The study, of more than 230,000 U.S. women who un...
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- There is little doubt that caregiving for someone with dementia can be demanding and challenging, and that knowing how best to care for both the patient and yourself can be hard to figure out. Here are some t...
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Parents who harshly discipline their young children may be putting them on a path toward lasting mental health symptoms, a new study suggests.Researchers found that among 7,500 children followed from age 3 to...
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- New research has provided answers to a mystery involving an outbreak of severe hepatitis in children last year. A total of about 1,000 cases emerged around the world in spring 2022, after the easing of COVID-...
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental injectable drug appears effective in reducing bleeds in patients with hemophilia A and B, according to a pair of new clinical trials.Two-thirds of people with treatment-resistant hemophilia wh...
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Children should feel safe at school, but learning of a mass shooting — like this week's tragedy at Covenant School in Nashville — can threaten their sense of security. For parents, it can be challenging to kn...
'Harsh' parenting can bring mental health harms to kids. In a new study, yelling and physical punishment were more likely than calm, consistent parenting to lead to emotional issues, researchers found. Read moreTalking to your kids about school shooti...
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Despite a longstanding assumption that babies’ gut microbiome development could be affected by whether they were born vaginally or through cesarean section, scientists report this doesn't appear to be the cas...
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cats constantly licking and chewing because of a skin condition called feline allergic dermatitis may benefit from a new generic treatment approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA approved M...
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Telehealth appointments — meetings with a doctor through a phone or video call — are valuable tools in the fight against opioid use disorder in the United States, researchers say.The use of telehealth during ...
THURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Emergency department visits for firearm injuries were higher during 2020, 2021, and 2022 than 2019, according to research published in the March 31 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevent...