AHA News: Mom's Exposure to Air Pollution, Even Before Pregnancy, May Raise Baby's Heart Defect Risk
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Maternal exposure to air pollution may raise the risk for heart defects in an unborn child, according to new research from China that suggests the risks are just as high in the three months p...
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Rates of overweight and obesity in adults with type 1 diabetes are similar to rates in the general population, while those with type 1 diabetes are least likely to increase physical activity or reduce caloric...
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In a synopsis of the latest U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) clinical practice guideline, published online Feb. 14 in the Annals of Internal Medicine, updated reco...
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Certain phthalate metabolites are associated with an increased incidence of diabetes in women, especially among White women, according to a study published online Feb. 8 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinolo...
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking cessation for >10 years is significantly associated with reduced overall mortality and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)-specific mortality, according to a study published online Jan. 18 i...
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A highly infectious strain of avian influenza is tearing through commercial and backyard poultry flocks, causing egg prices to rise as sick chickens are culled across the United States.Now, some experts are w...
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Children who were exposed to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications their moms took during pregnancy are not more prone to neurodevelopmental disorders such as ADHD or autism, researchers...
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- While rates of pancreatic cancer are increasing for both men and women, they’re climbing the fastest among young women, particularly those who are Black. “We can tell that the rate of pancreatic cancer among ...
How worried should the world be about bird flu in humans? A year-long avian flu epidemic has raised concern that the virus could spread to humans. It is already passing from mammal to mammal -- an important step in a virus jumping into humans, althou...
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors have dubbed kids' progression from eczema to asthma the "atopic march," and they know more about how it affects white children than their Black counterparts. Research scheduled for presentation at an ...
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Type 1 diabetes has long been considered a thin person’s disease, but a new study challenges that notion.About 62% of adults with type 1 diabetes were overweight or obese, the researchers found. That compare...
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Active physicians providing direct patient care experienced excess deaths during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online Feb. 6 in JAMA Internal Medicine.Mathew V. Kiang, ...
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to certain air pollutants is associated with changes in blood pressure (BP) among adolescents, according to a study published online Feb. 8 in PLOS ONE.Alexis Karamanos, Ph.D., from King's College Lo...
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Early-life adversity has lasting effects on mental health and cognitive abilities later in childhood, according to a study published online Feb. 8 in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.Tochukwu Nwe...
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 is associated with significantly higher mortality in older adults in the intensive care unit (ICU) versus pneumonias from bacterial or other viral etiologies, according to a study published online Feb...
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Access to medication abortion could be at risk nationwide because of a Texas lawsuit working its way through the court system. Alliance Defending Freedom, the group involved in the case in Mississippi that led...
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Adolescent girls are experiencing increasing levels of sexual violence and persistent levels of sadness or hopelessness, according to a report published online Feb. 13 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control a...
VIERNES, 10 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Quizá la clave para vivir más sea comer menos.En un nuevo estudio, que se publicó en la revista Nature Aging, los investigadores encontraron que una dieta con restricción de calorías tenía unos benefi...
VIERNES, 10 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Algunos pacientes que se someten a una cirugía para un cáncer de pulmón en etapa temprana quizá no tengan que perder un lóbulo completo de su pulmón, muestra una investigación reciente.Los resultados ...
VIERNES, 10 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las autoridades de salud de EE. UU. están sopesando el uso de vacunas en las aves, para frenar un brote en curso de gripe aviar.Los científicos comenzarán a evaluar las primeras vacunas para las aves ...
VIERNES, 10 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Una investigación reciente vincula al uso de cannabis en el primer trimestre del embarazo con unos malos resultados, relacionados de cerca con el funcionamiento de la placenta.Esta es una información ...
VIERNES, 10 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- ¿Va a ver el gran partido en un gran televisor? Si hay niños pequeños cerca, esté pendiente de la seguridad.Siete de cada 10 incidentes letales en que se vuelca mobiliario en niños implica un televiso...
VIERNES, 10 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los jóvenes sanos que vapean o fuman quizá se estén poniendo en un mayor riesgo de desarrollar una COVID grave, encuentra una investigación reciente.Tanto fumar como vapear cigarrillos electrónicos po...
VIERNES, 10 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Se sabe que el atún enlatado contiene unos niveles bajos de mercurio, pero una nueva investigación de Consumer Reports encontró máximos de la neurotoxina en algunas latas.La organización evaluó cinco ...
VIERNES, 10 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las personas con alergia al cacahuate (maní) deben tener cuidado y evitar el alimento, y siempre estar preparadas con el tratamiento de emergencia. Ahora, unos científicos afirman que han dado un paso...
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A growing number of U.S. kids are landing in hospital emergency rooms for a mental health crisis. Now a new study finds that many do not get follow-up care after they're discharged.Experts said the findings, p...
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- A woman's heart health prior to becoming pregnant greatly affects her risk for pregnancy-related complications and the long-term cardiovascular health of both mother and child, according to a ...
LUNES, 13 de febrero de 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- La salud cardíaca de una mujer antes de quedar embarazada afecta considerablemente su riesgo de complicaciones relacionadas con el embarazo y la salud cardiovascular a largo plazo, tant...
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- If you're one of the millions seeking The One this Valentine’s Day, here’s a tip: Try swiping less.This is the main message from a new study that found excessive swiping on dating apps can cause partner choice...
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of people worldwide live with a pacemaker that regulates their heartbeat, but exactly what are these devices and how do they work?Pacemakers can save the lives of heart patients by preventing conditio...