FRIDAY, Feb. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) – New research links cannabis use in the first trimester of pregnancy to poor outcomes, closely related to functioning of the placenta.This is important information given that more U.S. states are legalizing mari...
FRIDAY, Feb. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Watching the big game on a big TV? Keep safety in mind if young children are around.Seven of 10 fatal furniture tip-over incidents in children involve a falling television, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Com...
FRIDAY, Feb. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Healthy young people who vape or smoke may be putting themselves at greater risk for developing severe COVID, new research finds.Both smoking tobacco and vaping electronic cigarettes may predispose people to i...
Emailing your doctor could soon cost you. Some health care systems have started charging for doctor’s emailed responses to certain patient messages, but experts worry that could keep poorer patients from needed services. Read moreLess may be more when...
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The 2023 Adult Immunization Schedule, which includes the COVID-19 vaccine for the first time, was published as a clinical guideline on Feb. 9 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Neil Murthy, M.D., M.P.H., from...
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- From 2018 to 2021, age-adjusted suicide rates increased among most race/ethnic groups, according to research published in the Feb. 10 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity an...
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The American Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule has been updated for 2023 and published as a schedule in the Feb. 10 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Co...
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Massachusetts legislators have proposed a bill that would allow prison inmates to donate their organs or bone marrow as a way to trim the length of their sentence.While some experts wonder about the ethics of...
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A new treatment for chronic constipation may bring relief without having to use drugs. It is a vibrating pill called Vibrant that stimulates the colon as it passes through the body. Although the pill was appr...
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Using a "neuroprotectant" drug alongside the standard surgical removal of a clot may slash the risk of death and disability following a stroke, a new study finds.The new medication, called ApTOLL, shields bra...
MIÉRCOLES, 8 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los padres de Estados Unidos quizá den por sentado que la comida para bebés está libre de impurezas, pero una revisión reciente de la investigación resalta una realidad muy distinta: la mayoría de la...
MIÉRCOLES, 8 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Ha habido mucho debate científico sobre si vapear es más seguro que el tabaco, y si podría ayudar a algunas personas a dejar de fumar.Según un análisis reciente de 78 estudios de Cochrane Review, los...
MIÉRCOLES, 8 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- En medio del brote reciente de COVID-19 en China, los científicos afirman que parece que no se han desarrollado nuevas variantes."Dado el impacto que las variantes han tenido en el curso de la pandem...
MIÉRCOLES, 8 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Se prevé que la temporada de gripe de EE. UU. se alargue hasta la primavera, y los expertos señalan que no es demasiado tarde para vacunarse contra la gripe.La temporada de la gripe del año pasado fu...
MIÉRCOLES, 8 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las mujeres embarazadas pueden ayudar a proteger a sus hijos recién nacidos de la tosferina poniéndose la vacuna Tdap durante el tercer trimestre del embarazo. Los Centros para el Control y la Preven...
MIÉRCOLES, 8 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Aunque una alerta de salud advirtió a los médicos a finales del año pasado de un aumento en los casos graves de infección por estreptococos en los niños, las autoridades de EE. UU. afirman ahora que ...
MIÉRCOLES, 8 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los estadounidenses recibieron un acceso sin precedentes a la atención de la salud durante la pandemia, lo que incluyó un seguro público de fácil acceso y pruebas, tratamientos y vacunas gratis contr...
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Some toddlers who don't interact with their parents may have early signs of autism, a new study suggests.Researchers showed kids between 12 and 48 months of age "split-screen" moving images, then used eye tra...
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For the first time, COVID-19 vaccines have been added to the list of routine immunizations recommended for adults -- a further sign the virus is here to stay.The addition is being made to the 2023 Recommended...
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A new treatment for chronic constipation may bring relief without having to use drugs. It’s a vibrating pill called Vibrant that stimulates the colon as it passes through the body.Although the pill was approv...
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Many football fans fondly remember Rick Arrington as the Philadelphia Eagles' quarterback from 1970 to 1973, but his daughter’s memories are tainted by years spent watching her dad suffer from late-stage chro...
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For a predominantly vaccinated adult population with COVID-19, the incidence of hospitalization or emergency department visit is significantly lower for those receiving a single dose of pegylated interferon l...
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Sublobar resection is not inferior to lobar resection for patients with peripheral non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a tumor size of 2 cm or less, according to a study published in the Feb. 9 issue of t...
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Oral treatment with difelikefalin results in greater reductions in itch intensity scores than placebo among patients with notalgia paresthetica, but it does not improve secondary outcomes, according to a stud...
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Maternal COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy is highly effective against delta and moderately effective against omicron infection and hospital admission among infants, according to a study published online ...
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The global prevalence of eczema is 6.0 percent in children and has increased over time, according to a study published online Feb. 8 in Clinical & Experimental Allergy.Sinéad Máire Langan, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., fr...
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Poor socioeconomic position (SEP) at age 30 years is associated with a higher risk for a subsequent mental disorder diagnosis, according to a study published online Feb. 6 in the Journal of Epidemiology & Com...
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The Geriatric Fracture Program (GFP), implemented in a mixed-practice health system, resulted in improved inpatient outcomes and reduced costs of care, according to a study published in the February issue of ...