FRIDAY, March 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- America’s aging population means that more families are soon going to be grappling with a heartbreaking issue -- a loved one living with dementia who then develops cancer.These families will have to work their...
FRIDAY, March 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Alarmed by the increasing spread of medical misinformation, 50 U.S. medical and science organizations have announced the formation of a new group that aims to debunk fake health news.Called the Coalition for T...
FRIDAY, March 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) – A brain-eating amoeba has killed a Florida man, state health officials reported.The man may have acquired this very rare infection after rinsing his sinuses with tap water, the Florida Department of Health in C...
FRIDAY, March 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Don’t put lip balm on your eyelid, even if you saw it on TikTok. It’s bad for your eyes, according to a Michigan Medicine expert. The trend first began back in the 2010s, but has seen a resurgence in 2023.Call...
FRIDAY, March 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- It won’t come as a surprise to those who love their furry friends, but a new poll finds many Americans saying their pets offer them mental health benefits and are a part of the family.Roughly 86% of cat and do...
FRIDAY, March 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Locking up firearms can help prevent injury and death, yet a majority of gun owners say they keep at least one gun unlocked in case of emergency.Rutgers University researchers surveyed more than 2,100 adult gu...
Tough journeys: When cancer strikes people with dementia.The number of people suffering with both conditions is expected to rise as America’s population continues to age. Read moreDozens of medical groups form coalition to counter misinformation. Comp...
FRIDAY, March 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- About 48 million Americans have some degree of hearing loss, but there are ways to preserve this important sense. Together, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and the Hearing Loss Associat...
FRIDAY, March 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Sewage-polluted Southern California coastal waters become airborne in sea spray aerosol, and can spread to people on land, even beyond the beach, according to a new study.For this research, scientists sampled ...
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of firearm owners report storing at least one firearm unlocked and hidden, according to a study published online March 2 in JAMA Network Open.Michael D. Anestis, Ph.D., from the New Jersey Gun...
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors incur costs of $259,324 over their lifetime, according to a study published online Feb. 24 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.Susan K. Parsons, M.D., from T...
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Rates of mental health-related emergency department visits are highest among non-Hispanic Black adults, according to research published online March 1 in the National Health Statistics Reports, a publicatio...
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Following hours of discussion over safety concerns, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Wednesday recommended approval of a second respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, this one made b...
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Two cases of bird flu in Cambodia, in a girl and her father, were not spread from one to the other. Both got the virus from poultry, according to health officials, easing concerns about a potential public he...
If you’re on edge, you’re not alone. More than a quarter of adults in the United States reported they’re too stressed out to function, according to a 2022 survey by The Harris Poll for the American Psychological Association (APA).What’s so stressful? ...
MIÉRCOLES, 1 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- En un apretado voto, los asesores de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE. UU. recomendaron el martes la aprobación de una vacuna contra el virus sincitial respiratorio (VSR) que s...
MIÉRCOLES, 1 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Una caminata de 11 minutos al día puede ayudarle a vivir más tiempo, informa un nuevo estudio de la Universidad de Cambridge.Los investigadores encontraron que 75 minutos por semana (11 minutos al día)...
MIÉRCOLES, 1 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Tras un ataque cardiaco, la rehabilitación a domicilio puede literalmente salvarle la vida, encuentra un nuevo estudio.La participación en un programa de rehabilitación cardiaca a domicilio redujo el r...
MIÉRCOLES, 1 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Durante décadas, las personas recurrían al tabaco en los momentos de estrés. Ahora, un estudio preliminar apunta que los jóvenes usan el vapeo de la misma forma.El estudio, de casi 2,000 adolescentes y...
MIÉRCOLES, 1 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Aunque las barandillas de cama para adultos se mercadean para la seguridad, se deben usar con cuidado, aconseja la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE. UU."Se han reportado muchos in...
MIÉRCOLES, 1 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Pronto, más estadounidenses pagarán menos por la insulina.Eli Lilly, uno de los tres fabricantes de insulina, planifica reducir sus precios de lista del medicamento en un 70 por ciento, y limitar los c...
MIÉRCOLES, 1 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- El cáncer de colon continúa en aumento entre los adultos más jóvenes de EE. UU., y la Sociedad Americana Contra El Cáncer (American Cancer Society) informa que los casos se han duplicado entre las pers...
MIÉRCOLES 1 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cuando el Dr. Yezaz Ghouri atiende a pacientes con los calambres, el dolor abdominal y la diarrea que son los síntomas del síndrome de intestino irritable (SII), en general les pregunta cómo les va la v...
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- People who strongly adhere to a set of eight lifestyle behaviors and heart-health metrics may have a lower risk for coronary heart disease and stroke than those who don't, new research shows...
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Two cases of bird flu in Cambodia, in a girl and her father, were not spread from one to the other.Both got the virus from poultry, according to health officials, easing concerns about a potential public hea...
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- While the idea of getting 10,000 steps a day is bandied about as a good walking goal, that can be intimidating to some people, depending on how fit they are. Now, new research in adults between the ages of ...
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Premature births dropped during lockdowns in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. A groundbreaking study, which included a group of mostly high-income countries — including the United States, Belgium, ...
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The Mediterranean diet score is associated with cognition among persons with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study scheduled for presentation at the upcoming annual meeting of the American Academy of...
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Women have a significantly higher risk for adverse outcomes following coronary artery bypass graft surgery, with no significant change in risk from 2011 to 2020, according to a study published online March 1...
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Time from breast cancer diagnosis to surgery of nine weeks or longer is associated with worse overall survival, according to a study published online March 1 in JAMA Surgery.Alyssa A. Wiener, M.D., from the ...