THURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- While research has shown that having pets can lower the chances of respiratory allergies in children, a new study finds it might also reduce the risk of food allergies.Japanese investigators found that youn...
THURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Your body's internal clock appears to play a big part in the time of day when severe headaches happen. Migraines and cluster headaches have different characteristics and treatments, but experts have long no...
THURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Drug overdose deaths -- both accidental and intentional -- have quadrupled over the past 20 years among older adults in the United States, a new study finds.This increase in people ages 65 and older suggest...
THURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The United States has more excess deaths than high-income European countries, a divide that widened during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study.Excess deaths are those from all causes above and b...
THURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Assessing heart roundness may be a new way to diagnose cardiovascular conditions, new research suggests.While doctors now use measures like heart chamber size and systolic function to diagnose and monitor c...
Pets could prevent food allergies in kids. Having a dog lowered the risk of egg, milk and nut allergies, while cats lowered the chances of egg, wheat and soybean allergies, new research shows. Read moreMigraines may follow daily circadian patterns. Yo...
THURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Pope Francis will remain hospitalized for several days because of a respiratory infection that isn't COVID-19, the Vatican announced Wednesday.“In recent days, Pope Francis complained of some respiratory di...
THURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Living with a lot of transportation noise can increase your risk of suicide, new research suggests.A study from Switzerland found that with every 10-decibel increase of average road traffic noise at home, r...
THURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A new report from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reveals deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning are increasing in the United States.The report looked at carbon monoxide (CO) deaths from 2...
THURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of Americans get around with the help of wheelchairs, from those born with disabilities to those who have been struck with disabilities later in life.Home is a sanctuary for many -- a place where c...
THURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For older Americans, a fall is no laughing matter.According to the National Council on Aging, more than 1 in 4 people over age 65 fall each year, and falls are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injur...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Receipt of opioid use disorder (OUD)-related telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a reduced risk for fatal drug overdose, according to a study published online March 29 in J...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Greater light exposure in the three hours before bed is associated with an increased risk for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), according to a study published online March 10 in the American Journal of ...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the over-the-counter (OTC) use of naloxone (Narcan)."Today's approval of OTC naloxone nasal spray will help improve access to naloxone, increase ...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Congressional leaders introduced a bill on Tuesday that would further restrict access to the veterinary drug xylazine, which is now being added to fentanyl powder.Also known as "tranq," the drug is meant t...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- New advice from the World Health Organization says healthy children and teens may not need additional COVID-19 shots, though they may need to catch up on other routine vaccines."The public health impact of...
MARTES, 28 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- El embarazo debería ser una época especial, pero las alergias pueden provocar mucho sufrimiento.Se estima que hasta un 20 por ciento de las mujeres embarazadas sufren alergias.En algunos casos, las mujer...
MARTES, 28 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cuando un niño es hospitalizado, el costo quizá no sea la mayor preocupación, pero sus gastos de desembolso pueden ser sustanciales en Estados Unidos, incluso para los que tienen seguro.Un estudio de Mic...
MARTES, 28 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cuando una persona sobrevive a una sobredosis de opioides, tomar el medicamento buprenorfina reduce su riesgo de morir si sufre otra sobredosis, según una nueva investigación. La buprenorfina es un medic...
MARTES, 28 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Unas relaciones cercanas, y si las experiencias con estas relaciones son positivas o negativas, podrían influir en la salud física.Una nueva investigación encontró que lo que siente respecto a sus relaci...
MARTES, 28 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Un nuevo estudio encuentra que, en comparación con sus contrapartes heterosexuales, los jóvenes gais, lesbianas y bisexuales son el doble de propensos a reportar problemas para quedarse o mantenerse dorm...
MARTES, 28 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Unos investigadores han descubierto que dos medicamentos quizá sean mejor que uno para las mujeres que tienen un cáncer de endometrio avanzado.Combinar la quimioterapia con la inmunoterapia o un anticuer...
MARTES, 28 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los niños con problemas de la salud mental están inundando a los hospitales de EE. UU.Un nuevo estudio de 4.8 millones de hospitalizaciones pediátricas entre 2009 y 2019 encontró que el número de hospita...
MARTES, 28 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Si usted es una de los millones de personas que tiene asma alérgica o eczema, quizá sea más probable que desarrolle la forma de desgaste de la artritis al envejecer.Este es el principal hallazgo de un nu...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- New advice from the World Health Organization (WHO) says healthy children and teens may not need additional COVID-19 shots, though they may need to catch up on other routine vaccines.“The public health imp...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- People suffering from sciatica gain lasting relief from a procedure that uses a fine needle to heat nerve roots near the spine, a new clinical trial shows.The minimally invasive procedure, called pulsed ra...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term waterborne-ingested nitrate is associated with an increased risk for prostate cancer, especially aggressive tumors, according to a study published online March 8 in Environmental Health Perspecti...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with higher body mass index (BMI) have higher revision rates for cemented unicompartmental knee replacements (UKRs), but not for the cementless UKRs, according to a study published online March 7 ...