FRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Former President Jimmy Carter turned quite a few heads last week when he made a surprise visit to the Plains Peanut Festival in Georgia.Carter, who turns 99 on Sunday, decided back in February “to spend his r...
FRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Despite reports of trouble last week where some people may have been denied insurance coverage while seeking COVID shots at pharmacies, the Biden administration said Thursday those issues have been ironed out....
FRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) – When pregnant women get a COVID vaccine, it helps protect their newborns from the virus, a new government study shows."These findings indicate that maternal vaccination during pregnancy could help prevent COVI...
FRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- While guidelines for cancer screening have begun factoring in life expectancy, a new poll shows a majority of older adults disagree with age cutoffs based on how long a person is expected to live.The Universi...
FRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- New parents bringing home their bundle of joy often carry something else with them as they leave the hospital: medical debt.That's according to new research from Michigan Medicine that found postpartum women ...
FRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Delirium is common after older patients have surgery and can cause serious complications and distress, but its cause has been a mystery.New research has found that patients who develop postoperative delirium ...
FRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Some children who have a common form of eczema should also be tested for allergic reactions because they may have a second allergic-type eczema, a new study suggests. While atopic dermatitis is common and usu...
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- There was a decrease in new cancer diagnoses in 2020, according to a report published online Sept. 27 in Cancer.Serban Negoita, M.D., Dr.P.H., from the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, and c...
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to job loss during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk for miscarriage and stillbirth, according to a study published online Sept. 27 in Human Reproduction.Alessandro Di Nallo, Ph.D., fr...
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Higher proportions of long nursing shifts are associated with higher rates of patient incidents (e.g., self-injury and disruptive behavior) in mental health and community hospitals, according to a study pub...
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday voted resoundingly against recommending a stem cell-based experimental treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).Although the ...
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The Biden administration is allocating $232.2 million in grants to help stem suicides and improve behavioral health care for at-risk groups.Suicide is happening at an "alarming" rate, according to the U.S. ...
JUEVES, 28 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los bochornos y sudores nocturnos encabezan la lista de síntomas molestos para las mujeres que atraviesan la menopausia.Ahora, un nuevo estudio sugiere que los bochornos, especialmente durante el su...
JUEVES, 28 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Padecer Trastorno por Estrés Postraumático (TEPT) puede afectar la vida sexual si eres mujer, revela una nueva investigación.Aproximadamente el 10% de las mujeres presentan síntomas de TEPT debido a...
MIÉRCOLES, 27 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las mujeres mayores de 50 años están recurriendo al cannabis en grandes cantidades, y los síntomas de la menopausia podrían ser una gran razón, sugiere una nueva investigación.Sin embargo, estas ...
JUEVES, 28 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Solo el 23% de los adultos estadounidenses dicen que 'definitivamente' se vacunarán con la nueva vacuna contra COVID-19, mientras que otro 23% dice que 'probablemente' lo harán, según una nueva encu...
JUEVES, 28 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Todos hemos visto una película o programa de televisión en el que alguien camina dormido, con los ojos medio cerrados, dando tumbos y tropezando con los muebles.Sin embargo, las personas que caminan ...
JUEVES, 28 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Un nuevo estudio está fortaleciendo la evidencia de que los trasplantes de células madre pueden ser altamente efectivos para algunas personas con esclerosis múltiple (EM), logrando que la enfermedad...
JUEVES, 28 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Hasta 2 millones de personas en EE. UU. experimentan taquicardia o latidos cardíacos acelerados de vez en cuando, y muchos terminan en el hospital para recibir tratamiento.Pero un aerosol nasal en i...
JUEVES, 28 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Ozempic, un medicamento para la diabetes tipo 2 que se ha utilizado cada vez más para ayudar en la pérdida de peso, ahora estará etiquetado como posible causante de obstrucción intestinal.La Adminis...
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Megan Thee Stallion is urging you to check on your friends. The rapper, whose offstage name is Megan Pete, is part of a new public service announcement called Seize the Awkward, a national campaign to encou...
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The Biden administration is allocating $232.2 million in grants to help stem suicides and improve behavioral health care for at-risk groups.Suicide is happening at an “alarming” rate, according to the U.S. ...
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A pharmacist-led intervention (UCMyRx) can result in a significant reduction in hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) concentration among Hispanic patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to a study published online...
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with major depressive disorder, an electroencephalography (EEG)-based model can predict response to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) medications, according to a study published onl...
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Deviations from a normal "clock" of physical activity and sleep during pregnancy are associated with pregnancy outcomes, including preterm birth (PTB), according to a study published online Sept. 28 in npj ...
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Carbohydrate quality and source are important for long-term weight management, according to a study published online Sept. 27 in The BMJ.Yi Wan, Ph.D., from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health in...
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), tight glucose control does not affect the length of time that ICU care is needed, according to a study published in the Sept. 28 issue of the Ne...
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Women with prolonged exposure to endogenous hormones have a smaller burden of cerebral small vessel disease, according to a study published online Sept. 27 in Neurology.Samantha Cote, from the Université de...
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Critics of a law that decriminalized drug possession in Oregon have blamed the policy for rising overdose deaths in the state, but a new study finds no evidence of that.Researchers discovered that while dru...
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- There is a significant association between short-term exposure to air pollutants and the incidence and mortality rate of stroke, according to a review published online Sept. 27 in Neurology.Ahmad Toubasi, M...