WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Racial and ethnic-minority populations may experience disparities in pulmonary fibrosis (PF)-related outcomes, according to a study published online March 10 in JAMA Network Open.Ayodeji Adegunsoye, M.D., ...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A novel risk assessment tool can be used preoperatively to identify patients at risk for contrast-associated acute kidney injury (CA-AKI) after elective endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR)...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Successful pulmonary vein isolation is achieved in the majority of patients undergoing atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation, with a low rate of complications, according to a study published in the March 7 iss...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Poor sleep, especially for individuals with sleep-related breathing disorders, is negatively associated with a cardiovascular disease (CVD)-free life, according to a study published online March 2 in BMC M...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Emergency department visits for attempted suicides rose globally among youth during the pandemic, according to a review published online March 9 in The Lancet Psychiatry.Sheri Madigan, Ph.D., from the Univ...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Genomic loci significantly associated with addiction have been identified in a genome-wide association meta-analysis, the results of which were published online March 22 in Nature Mental Health.Alexander S...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the over-the-counter use of a nasal spray that can reverse an opioid overdose.Research has shown that wider availability of naloxone (Narcan) cou...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with moderate-to-severe hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), bimekizumab shows promise in phase 3 trials, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Screening mammography outcomes are better for women undergoing digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) versus digital mammography (DM), according to a study published online March 14 in Radiology.Emily F. Conan...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The consequences of COVID-19 during pregnancy are still unfolding, but a new study delivers sobering news: Prenatal exposure to the virus may be linked to childhood obesity. Looking at nearly 280 infants,...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For those who want to get active but feel that joining a gym or exercising on a daily basis is a bridge too far, new research may have found the sweet spot: walking.After stacking the walking habits of 3,1...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Don Young already had been through an excruciating ordeal with throat cancer that included removal of his larynx, multiple hospitalizations and a doctor's prediction of six months to live ...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Children’s screen use could be altering their developing brains as they enter adolescence and increasing their risk for mood disorders, a major new study finds.Children ages 9 and 10 who spend more time on...
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 to b...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Getting the flu isn’t fun for many reasons, but it can also trigger a heart attack, a new study suggests.A heart attack is six times more likely in the week after a person is diagnosed with flu than in the...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Following a mass shooting that killed three children and three adults at a private Christian school in Tennessee on Monday, public officials are again talking about how to stop the never-ending cycle of gu...
Too much time online might raise kids' odds for mental health woes. A new study links excessive screen time to the mood disorders, and found brain changes that contribute to the disorders. Read moreFlu ups short-term odds for heart attack 6-fold. Besi...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Giving patients who have septic shock a combo of two steroids could potentially be a lifesaver, according to a new study.Researchers found that patients receiving a combination of hydrocortisone and fludro...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers are closing in on another immune system “hideout” that HIV uses to persist in the human body for years.A subset of white blood cells called myeloid cells can harbor HIV in people who’ve been vi...
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- People who are blind are better at sensing their own heartbeats, according to a new study that found blindness appears to heighten one's ability to feel signals from the inner body.Researchers from Sweden ...
TUESDAY, March 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Health care providers rarely screen for firearm access, according to a study published in the April issue of Preventive Medicine.Allison E. Bond, from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and col...
TUESDAY, March 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Recent COVID-19 infection seems not to be associated with the risk for adverse postoperative outcomes, according to a research letter published online March 28 in JAMA Network Open.William J. O'Brien, from t...
TUESDAY, March 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The number and proportion of pediatric medical health hospitalizations is increasing, with most mental health hospitalizations in 2019 due to attempted suicide, suicidal ideation, or self-injury, according t...
TUESDAY, March 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Adults exposed in utero to the antiemetic Bendectin (doxylamine/pyridoxine/dicyclomine), prescribed during pregnancy in the 1960s, have an increased risk for colorectal cancer (CRC), according to a study pub...
TUESDAY, March 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Following onset of COVID-19, there was a decrease in activity, represented by a reduction in daily step counts, according to a research letter published online March 20 in JAMA Network Open.Stacy Desine, fro...
LUNES, 27 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Si bien todos los estadounidenses podrían beneficiarse de unas nuevos límites propuestos sobre lo que se conoce como contaminación atmosférica con PM2.5, una investigación reciente indica que el cambio ti...
LUNES, 27 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los adolescentes con apnea del sueño, un trastorno nocturno de la respiración, quizá tengan unos cerebros con un aspecto un poco distinto que los de sus pares, sugiere un estudio reciente.Los investigador...
LUNES, 27 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las mujeres que se someten a la extirpación de ambos ovarios antes de los 43 años tienen un riesgo más alto de desarrollar enfermedad de Parkinson, o parkinsonismo, según un estudio reciente. Esto podría ...
LUNES, 27 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Aunque una incubadora le puede salvar la vida a un bebé prematuro, quizá contribuya a la pérdida auditiva en estos bebés vulnerables.Un nuevo estudio, que se publicó en la edición del 27 de marzo de la re...
DOMINGO, 26 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- La detección temprana de la pérdida auditiva infantil es esencial, pero también difícil, porque los bebés no pueden decirles a sus padres o a los médicos exactamente qué está pasando.Alrededor de 2 a 3 ...