THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- There are racial/ethnic differences in the cardiorenal effects of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) and glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP1-RAs) in patients with type 2 diabet...
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Rock star Bruce Springsteen announced Wednesday that he has postponed all of his remaining shows this year as he deals with peptic ulcer disease. Springsteen said he’s continuing to “recover steadily from p...
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- People who abuse marijuana may be setting themselves up for heart problems down the road, Canadian researchers report.The new study found that people with so-called cannabis use disorder may have a 60% high...
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 ALS.Although the FDA isn't bound by the votes of i...
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Rabies virus is incurable and almost always fatal once it has invaded the central nervous system, with the victim doomed to suffer a horrible death.But researchers now think they’ve found an effective and s...
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to air pollution, even for just a short time, drives up your risk of having a stroke over the next few days, new research warns.That conclusion stems from a review of 110 studies conducted across A...
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Type 1 diabetes has long been viewed as a childhood disease, but a new study suggests it might be time to revise that thinking.Investigators concluded that nearly 4 in 10 Americans with type 1 diabetes aren...
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking during pregnancy is a significant risk factor for premature births, but drinking coffee is not, new research suggests.Women who smoked during pregnancy were 2.6 times more likely to give birth prema...
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Adding 3,000 extra steps a day can help older adults with hypertension significantly lower their blood pressure.About 80% of older adults in the United States have high blood pressure. Keeping it down can h...
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- New research shows that an antibiotic effective for bacterial pneumonia also appears to fight treatment-resistant staph infections.The drug is ceftobiprole. It appeared successful in fighting methicillin-re...
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A new study suggests there may be a link between job loss and miscarriage or stillbirth.The risk of miscarriage or stillbirth doubled after a pregnant woman or her partner lost a job, European researchers f...
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Being exposed to more estrogen throughout life -- or a longer reproductive life span -- may be good for the brain, according to new research that found a lower risk of cerebral small vessel disease in women...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Bariatric surgery is associated with reduced incidence of hematological cancer, especially for women, according to a study published online Sept. 13 in The Lancet Healthy Longevity.Kajsa Sjöholm, Ph.D., fr...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), smoking is associated with an increased risk for adverse cardiovascular outcomes, according to a study published online Sept. 27 in the Eur...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Twenty-two states have an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35 percent, up from 2021, according to data recently released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.State-based adult obesity...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Ozempic will now be labeled as having the potential to block intestines. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently made the label update for the drug made by Novo Nordisk, without directly citing Ozem...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Just 23 percent of American adults say they "definitely" will get the new COVID-19 vaccine, while another 23 percent say they will "probably" get it, according to a new poll, which also reveals that intere...
MIÉRCOLES, 27 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Enfermeras, técnicos de salud y trabajadores de apoyo sanitario enfrentan un mayor riesgo de suicidio que la población general de EE. UU., muestra un nuevo y alarmante estudio.Los investigadores ...
MIÉRCOLES, 27 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las herramientas de Inteligencia Artificial (IA) pueden ayudar a aumentar la confianza de los radiólogos en sus diagnósticos, pero no se pueden confiar para identificar enfermedades pulmonares co...
MIÉRCOLES, 26 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Uno de cada 14 adultos estadounidenses ha sufrido de COVID prolongado, según una nueva encuesta federal.Aproximadamente el 7% de los adultos ha tenido COVID prolongado y más del 3% aún lo tiene, ...
MIÉRCOLES, 27 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Siempre es un buen momento para revisar el espacio de sueño de tu bebé.La Comisión de Seguridad de Productos del Consumidor de EE. UU. (CPSC por sus siglas en inglés) ha publicado su informe anua...
MIÉRCOLES, 27 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) – La laxa aplicación de los límites de edad por parte de muchos dispensarios de marihuana en línea facilita que los menores compren cannabis, afirma una nueva investigación que analizó las ventas de...
MIÉRCOLES, 27 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Las personas transgénero enfrentan dificultades al recibir atención médica adecuada debido a problemas como el voyerismo, ser tratadas como anormales e incluso negárseles la atención debido a su i...
MIÉRCOLES, 27 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las madres con niveles prenatales más altos de químicos en plásticos conocidos como ftalatos pueden enfrentar un riesgo ligeramente aumentado de depresión posparto, según un nuevo estudio.La depr...
MIÉRCOLES, 27 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las altas temperaturas parecen impulsar las visitas al hospital relacionadas con las drogas, un problema que podría empeorar con el cambio climático, sugiere un nuevo estudio."Vimos que durante p...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Up to 2 million people in the U.S. experience rapid-fire heartbeats from time to time, and many end up in the hospital for treatment.But an investigational nasal spray may help folks with paroxysmal suprav...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Ozempic, a type 2 diabetes drug that has increasingly been used to help with weight loss, will now be labeled as having the potential to block intestines.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently made...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A new study is strengthening the evidence that stem cell transplants can be highly effective for some people with multiple sclerosis -- sending the disease into remission for years, and sometimes reversing...