FRIDAY, March 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The co-occurrence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and tooth loss is associated with worse cognitive function and a faster cognitive decline in older adults, according to a study published online March 12 in the Jou...
FRIDAY, March 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Maternal opioid prescription after delivery seems not to be associated with adverse infant outcomes, including admission to the hospital or death, according to a study published March 15 in The BMJ.Jonathan S...
FRIDAY, March 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A medical device used to diagnose and treat pancreatic and bile duct disease is getting attention from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after pieces have fallen off and remained in patients’ bodies.Previ...
FRIDAY, March 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The environmental impact of prostate biopsies is considerable, according to a study recently published in European Urology.Michael S. Leapman, M.D., from the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut,...
FRIDAY, March 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- E. coli bacteria are an infamous cause of food poisoning, but a new study suggests those same microbes lurking in meat may be behind nearly half a million cases of urinary tract infections (UTIs).UTIs are ver...
FRIDAY, March 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For individuals with incident type 2 diabetes (T2D), a greater adherence to low-carbohydrate diet (LCD) patterns is associated with lower mortality, according to a study published online Feb. 14 in Diabetes C...
FRIDAY, March 24, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- A good night's sleep is essential for good health, but many Latinos in the U.S. just don't get enough of it.To shed light on possible reasons why, researchers are studying the sleep habits of...
FRIDAY, March 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For men of African ancestry, currently utilized germline testing panels for prostate cancer have poor clinical utility, with clinical value in only 30 percent of current gene panels, according to a study publ...
FRIDAY, March 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with bleeding from some nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal causes, over-the-scope clips (OTSC) may be better than standard treatment for reducing the risk for further bleeding, according to a stu...
VIERNES, 24 de marzo de 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Una buena noche de sueño es esencial para buena salud, pero muchos latinos en Estados Unidos no logran esto.Para arrojar luz sobre los posibles motivos, los investigadores están estudia...
FRIDAY, March 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- While losing a spouse can shorten anyone's life, new Danish research suggests widowers may be far more vulnerable than widows.After six years spent tracking health outcomes among nearly 925,000 Danish seniors...
FRIDAY, March 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Sen. John Fetterman, who checked himself into Walter Reed Hospital for depression five weeks ago, should be back at work soon, his aide said Thursday.The Pennsylvania senator suffered a stroke last May that ne...
FRIDAY, March 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Lots of folks gained their COVID weight during the housebound months of the pandemic, and now those extra pounds are weighing heavy on many, a new survey shows.Nearly a third (29%) of just over 1,700 adults s...
FRIDAY, March 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Breakthrough research shows genetic markers for substance abuse and could lead to more effective ways to prevent and treat drug and alcohol use disorders.These findings could help people who face addiction to...
Losing a spouse may be more lethal for men. In a new study, A widower was 70% more likely to die in the year after loss than his non-widowed peers, while that raised risk was only 27% among widows. Read moreCOVID pandemic got more Americans worried ab...
FRIDAY, March 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Women with mental illness have a risk for cervical cancer that’s twice as high as that for others, according to new research.Swedish researchers noted that women with mental illness, neuropsychiatric disabili...
FRIDAY, March 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- There’s nothing like the comfort and security of home. For many, a home is a place filled with fond memories of happy times.It’s no wonder older adults choose to extend their independence by trying to stay in...
FRIDAY, March 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Florida has yet another new mosquito species in its midst that has migrated from the tropics, settling in at least three counties since 2018.It’s not yet clear whether this one, called Culex lactator, will co...
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Children with autism are less likely than their peers to receive important vision screening despite a high risk for serious eye disorders, researchers report.Only about 36% of children with autism spectrum di...
THURSDAY, March 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) was 2.5 per 100,000 in the United States in 2022, marking an increase since the low of 2.2 cases per 100,000 coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, according to r...
THURSDAY, March 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) per 1,000 children aged 8 years was 27.6 in 2020, and prevalence was higher for boys than girls, according to research published in the March 24 issue of th...
THURSDAY, March 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Reductions in COVID-19 cases and deaths were seen among residents of skilled nursing facilities in association with greater surveillance testing of staff members, according to a study published in the March...
THURSDAY, March 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A single nonprofit has what amounts to a monopoly over all organ transplants performed in the United States, but the federal government said Wednesday that it plans to change that.The Health Resources and S...
THURSDAY, March 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Americans are facing shortages of drugs critical for cancer treatment, respiratory conditions, and more -- shortages that increased nearly 30 percent between 2021 and 2022, a new report shows. The report, c...
MIÉRCOLES, 22 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- La obesidad es un factor de riesgo bien conocido de una COVID-19 grave, y los investigadores piensan que han descubierto un posible motivo.Las personas obesas parecen tener una respuesta inflamatoria ...
MIÉRCOLES, 22 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Tomar pastillas anticonceptivas de progestágeno solo conlleva un ligero aumento en el riesgo de cáncer de mama, alrededor del mismo nivel de riesgo asociado con tomar pastillas que contengan tanto pro...
MIÉRCOLES, 22 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Una bacteria resistente a los medicamentos vinculada con unas gotas para los ojos que se retiraron ya ha acabado con las vidas de tres personas.Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermeda...
MIÉRCOLES, 22 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Se trata de una idea controversial, pero las parejas que se someten a tratamientos de fertilidad quizá pronto puedan elegir el sexo de su bebé, con unas probabilidades de éxito de un 80 por ciento, af...