WEDNESDAY, March 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Opioids pose the greatest poison risk to children in the United States, accounting for more than half of poisoning deaths in infants and toddlers, a new study reports.About 52% of poisoning deaths of childr...
WEDNESDAY, March 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A water heater set to 120 degrees Fahrenheit can release water from the tap hot enough to cause a second-degree burn in about nine minutes. Turned up to 130 degrees, that injury happens in just 25 seconds. ...
WEDNESDAY, March 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Women are more likely than men to die after coronary artery bypass surgery, according to a large new study.Researchers still don’t understand why women have these poorer outcomes.“This should be a ‘wake-up ...
WEDNESDAY, March 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Add gastrointestinal problems to the long list of lingering conditions that can follow COVID-19.New research has found that people who have had COVID-19 are at an increased risk of gastrointestinal disorder...
Consuming opioids causes half of all U.S. poisonings to kids age 5 and younger. Experts say the opioid epidemic has made it more likely that kids will come across and accidentally ingest a pill. Read moreIs your tap water too hot? Scalds send thousand...
WEDNESDAY, March 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Some people may have a gene that helps protect them from respiratory diseases like COVID-19 -- and helped their ancestors fight the plague.It comes at a cost.This same gene variation may be linked to an inc...
WEDNESDAY, March 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with painful endometriosis can help reclaim their lives by managing flare-ups at home and getting medical care, a specialist in women's health assures.Dr. Kristin Riley, chief of minimally invasive...
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with coronary artery disease, a treat-to-target low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) strategy is noninferior to high-intensity statin therapy, according to a study published online March 6...
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The prevalence of diabetes and obesity increased and the prevalence of hypertension did not decrease among young adults in the United States from 2009 through March 2020, according to a study published online...
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The current relative value unit (RVU) system undervalues cleft procedures versus craniofacial procedures performed by plastic surgeons, according to a study published online Feb. 24 in Plastic and Reconstruct...
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Vaginal Erbium YAG laser is beneficial for postmenopausal women with overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) and vaginal atrophy, according to a study published online Feb. 28 in Menopause.Keerati Chiengthong, M.D....
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. federal health officials have issued recall notices for two more brands of eye drops. In the latest round of recalls, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration posted notices after the companies voluntarily ...
LUNES, 6 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- No todo el mundo puede tolerar las estatinas para reducir el colesterol alto, pero ahora, un nuevo estudio encuentra que un medicamento, el ácido bempedoico (Nexletol) redujo la tasa combinada de eventos c...
LUNES, 6 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Un brote de unas infecciones bacterianas graves en 13 estados de EE. UU., vinculado con el uso de lágrimas artificiales, ha llevado a los expertos a ofrecer consejos para mantener seguros a los ojos secos....
LUNES, 6 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Tras recibir una carta de advertencia de fiscales generales republicanos en 20 estados, Walgreens dijo que no planifica distribuir unas pastillas para abortar en esos estados, ni siquiera aquellos donde el...
LUNES, 6 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Se determinó que una lesión que se encontró y extirpo en el pecho del Presidente Joe Biden durante su examen físico reciente era un tipo común de cáncer de piel conocido como carcinoma de células basales. ...
LUNES, 6 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las autoridades de salud pública ofrecieron muchos consejos para prevenir la propagación de la COVID-19 a principios de la pandemia, pero parece que muchos padres se hicieron de oídos sordos.Alrededor de 1...
LUNES, 6 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los adultos jóvenes en Estados Unidos soportan una creciente carga de factores de riesgo de la enfermedad cardiaca, lo que hace que sea más probable que sufran un ataque cardiaco o un accidente cerebrovasc...
LUNES, 6 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cambiar ese filete por pescado o por una hamburguesa vegetal no solo es bueno para su salud, sino también para la del planeta, sugiere un estudio reciente.El estudio, que se publicó en la revista American ...
LUNES, 6 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Hace años que los consumidores utilizan un descongestionante oral de venta libre llamado fenilefrina, pero quizá esta situación no continúe mucho tiempo.La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) ...
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. Federal health officials have issued recall notices for two more brands of eyedrops.In the latest round of recalls, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration posted notices after the companies voluntarily pu...
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- New research offers up some good news for diehard marathon runners: You don’t necessarily have to give up running if you are experiencing hip or knee pain.Contrary to widespread opinion, running marathons doe...
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In a study of men of African ancestry, published online March 3 in European Urology, nine novel prostate cancer risk variants have been identified.Fei Chen, Ph.D., from the Keck School of Medicine at the Univ...
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In a report published in the March 3 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, interim clinical treatment considerations are presented for severe mani...
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- When a country makes progress in women's rights, both women and men are likely to live longer, a new global study shows.Researchers found that across 156 countries, people living in places with greater gender...
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Pelvic floor myofascial pain (PFMP) is not associated with bladder conditions among women with interstitial cystitis or bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS), according to a study recently published in Pain Physicia...
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Full vaccination cuts the risk for all-cause mortality for breakthrough severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection among chronic liver disease (CLD) patients with cirrhosis by two-...
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Significant benefits are seen with motavizumab, nirsevimab, and palivizumab for prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants and children, according to a review published online Feb. 17 in JAMA ...