WEDNESDAY, March 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In a tight vote, U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisors on Tuesday recommended the approval of an RSV vaccine that could be used in Americans ages 60 and up. The vaccine, known as RENOIR, was developed ...
WEDNESDAY, March 1, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Much is known about the heart-health benefits of adopting a Mediterranean-style diet, with its heavy focus on whole grains, fruits, vegetables, fish and healthy oils. But what about the res...
What exactly is hospice care? After the announcement that former President Jimmy Carter, 98, was entering end-of-life hospice care, many wondered what such care entailed. An expert outlines what to expect. Read moreVaping tobacco or marijuana appears ...
WEDNESDAY, March 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Most food and water contains "nano-sized" microplastics, and new animal research suggests these tiny particles pass from pregnant rats to their unborn offspring and may impair fetal development. The same co...
WEDNESDAY, March 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- When expectant or new moms experience depression, known as perinatal depression, loneliness may be a driving factor.“We found that loneliness was central to the experiences of expectant and new mothers with...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients at high cardiovascular risk, nonacceptance of a statin therapy recommendation is common, especially among women, according to a study published online Feb. 28 in JAMA Network Open.C. Justin Brown...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Breath analysis seems promising for COVID-19 detection, according to a study published online Feb. 28 in JAMA Network Open.Ruchi Sharma, Ph.D., from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and colleagues exa...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Organ impairment persists in 59 percent of individuals one year after COVID-19, according to a study published online Feb. 14 in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.Andrea Dennis, Ph.D., from Perspectum ...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it has taken action to restrict imports of the veterinary tranquilizer xylazine to prevent illicit use of the drug.While veterinarians use products cont...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Whether women will continue to be able to get a medication abortion using the drug mifepristone in the United States hinges on the impending ruling of a federal judge in Texas. The case will soon be decided b...
MARTES, 28 de febrero de 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Mucho se sabe acerca de los beneficios para la salud cardíaca de la adopción de una dieta estilo mediterráneo, con su gran énfasis en granos integrales, frutas, verduras, pescados y ac...
LUNES, 27 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las personas que tienen problemas para quedarse o permanecer dormidas son más propensas a sufrir un ataque cardiaco.Esta es la principal conclusión de una nueva investigación que vincula el insomnio con...
LUNES, 27 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cuando la depresión ataca, las actividades cotidianas, como trabajar, socializar, dormir e incluso comer pueden convertirse en todo un desafío.James Maddux, psicólogo clínico de la Universidad George Ma...
LUNES, 27 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las autoridades de salud pública están advirtiendo sobre un aumento en las cepas resistentes a los medicamentos de la bacteria shigella. Alrededor de un 5 por ciento de las infecciones con shigella repo...
LUNES, 27 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Ciertas mutaciones genéticas ponen a las mujeres en un riesgo alto de cáncer de mama, y ahora un estudio temprano insinúa que la obesidad podría empeorar las cosas.Los hallazgos provienen de un estudio ...
LUNES, 27 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Una nueva prueba a domicilio ayudará a las personas que sufren síntomas respiratorios superiores a saber si tienen la COVID-19 o la gripe.La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE. UU. a...
LUNES, 27 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las autoridades federales planifican restringir el acceso a unos medicamentos que tienen el potencial de abuso, al restaurar los requisitos federales de emisión de recetas, que se aflojaron durante la p...
LUNES, 27 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Estados Unidos es uno de los pocos países desarrollados sin una protección federal de licencia por enfermedad paga, debido al menos en parte a preocupaciones sobre el daño potencial para los negocios, s...
LUNES, 27 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- La exposición a unos niveles elevados de contaminantes atmosféricos se asocia con el daño óseo en las mujeres postmenopáusicas, según un nuevo estudio, que señaló que los efectos más evidentes fueron en...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay Now) -- A long-established Alzheimer’s drug can help people with a disorder that causes them to compulsively pull at their hair or pick at their skin, a new clinical trial has concluded.Memantine considerably improved...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- An intervention increases prevention but not treatment engagement for alcohol use disorder (AUD) in primary care, according to a study published online Feb. 27 in JAMA Internal Medicine.Amy K. Lee, M.P.H., fr...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it has taken action to restrict imports of the veterinary tranquilizer xylazine to prevent illicit use of the drug.While veterinarians use products cont...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A school-based screening and referral intervention can reduce and prevent psychotic experiences in adolescents, according to a study published online Feb. 1 in BMC Public Health.Lorna Staines, from the Royal ...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Exercise is associated with a tripled likelihood of achieving a clinically meaningful treatment response for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), according to a systematic review and meta-analysis publis...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Individuals with psoriasis have double the odds of having celiac disease (CD) versus individuals without psoriasis, according to a research letter published online Feb. 9 in the Journal of the American Academ...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Rural counties and counties with a higher percentage of Black residents continue to experience higher cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality despite overall declines in CVD mortality, according to a study pub...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Caregivers of patients receiving hospice care report worse care experiences at for-profit hospices, according to a study published online Feb. 27 in JAMA Internal Medicine.Rebecca Anhang Price, Ph.D., from th...