WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Americans received unprecedented access to health care during the pandemic, including hassle-free public insurance and free tests, treatments and vaccines for COVID-19.Now, they need to prepare for most of t...
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) – While a health alert warned doctors late last year about rising cases of severe strep in children, U.S. officials now say those numbers were actually a return to normal.“Based on preliminary 2022 data, iGAS [...
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Primary care doctors are no longer just in the physical health business: Americans are increasingly turning to them for mental health care, too, a new study finds.Looking at Americans' primary care visits be...
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Getting hitched could help middle-aged and older folks get a better handle on their blood sugar, a new study reports.People living with a spouse appeared to be better able to maintain lower blood sugar level...
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Many cancer patients who are infected with COVID-19 are left with lingering symptoms.A new study, published Feb. 7 in eLife, found that more than half of cancer patients develop long COVID, and women were es...
Big changes are coming to health care after pandemic emergencies expire. People will soon have to pay part or all the cost of COVID tests, treatments and vaccines, and as many as 15 million people will likely lose their Medicaid coverage. Read moreAme...
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. flu season is expected to extend into spring, and experts say it's not too late to get a flu shot. Last year’s flu season was mild, but this season has already seen triple the number of flu-related ...
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women can help protect their newborns from whooping cough by getting a Tdap vaccine during the third trimester of pregnancy.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracked cases of infan...
TUESDAY, Feb. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Abuse in childhood and young adulthood is associated with an increased risk for long-term welfare receipt, according to a study published online Feb. 7 in Pediatrics.Pascale Domond, Ph.D., from Ste-Justine Uni...
TUESDAY, Feb. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly half of older adults report at least one symptom of addiction to highly processed food, according to the results of the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging released on Jan. 30.Ashley ...
TUESDAY, Feb. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Vaccine protection against severe outcomes from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) lasts at least six months after the second dose, but protection is lower for older patients, accordi...
TUESDAY, Feb. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- An alcohol brief intervention (BI) in primary care can improve health outcomes for adults with hypertension, according to a study published online Jan. 19 in BMJ Open.Felicia W. Chi, M.P.H., from Kaiser Perman...
TUESDAY, Feb. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A variety of sandwiches, salads, wraps, snacks, and yogurt made by the company Fresh Ideation Food Group have been recalled because of potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.All of the products have a ...
LUNES, 6 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- El mejor tratamiento para una forma de cáncer de pulmón de origen genético sigue mostrando unos beneficios duraderos, según una nueva actualización de un ensayo clínico.Tagrisso (osimertinib) casi duplic...
LUNES, 6 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Muchos de los médicos de EE. UU. que fueron héroes de primera línea durante la pandemia pagaron el precio más alto por sus esfuerzos, muestra un nuevo análisis.Hubo un estimado de 622 muertes adicionales...
LUNES, 6 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Tras vivir con un dolor lumbar que lo dejaba discapacitado durante casi 30 años, Dennis Bassett, de 64 años, por fin tiene una nueva oportunidad en la vida. El nativo de Hampstead, Nueva York, se lesionó...
LUNES, 6 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Un brote de sarampión en la parte central de Ohio entre niños que no estaban vacunados del todo ha terminado, anunciaron el sábado las autoridades de salud pública.Columbus Health declaró el final del br...
LUNES, 6 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Unos investigadores han descubierto unas evidencias revolucionarias de que las farmacias en las áreas turísticas del norte de México están vendiendo pastillas falsas que contienen fentanilo, heroína y me...
LUNES, 6 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las personas que viven cerca del ruido del tráfico, sobre todo cuando continúa de noche, son más propensas a desarrollar unos sonidos repetitivos de silbidos o zumbidos en los oídos, lo que se conoce com...
LUNES, 6 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los genes podrían tener una fuerte influencia en si un niño desarrolla o no un trastorno de la alimentación caracterizado por unas opciones de comida extremadamente limitadas, encuentra un nuevo estudio....
LUNES, 6 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Quizá no piense en su colesterol con demasiada frecuencia, si es que alguna vez piensa en él, pero conocer sus niveles es muy importante.Según un experto cardiaco, es incluso útil si los revisa a una eda...
TUESDAY, Feb. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- That feeling of crushing pain in your chest can be a medical emergency, but it can also be angina pectoris, or “stable angina” — a symptom of coronary heart disease that can be managed with medication.Angina c...
TUESDAY, Feb. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends all pregnant people undergo blood pressure measurement throughout pregnancy to identify hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (Grade B recommendation)....
TUESDAY, Feb. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with aflibercept versus sham, initiating aflibercept only if vision-threatening complications develop, yields anatomic improvement but no improvement in visual acuity for patients with nonproliferati...
TUESDAY, Feb. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The rates of in-hospital mortality and failure to rescue decrease from a hospital volume threshold of more than 25 liver resections per year, according to a study published online Feb. 2 in the British Journal...
TUESDAY, Feb. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Lung cancer screening strategies based on personal risk are more cost effective than the 2021 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations, according to a study published online Feb. 7 in the A...
TUESDAY, Feb. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For individuals with prediabetes, vitamin D supplementation is associated with a reduced risk for progression to diabetes, according to a review published online Feb. 7 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Anast...
TUESDAY, Feb. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Defensive information processing (DIP) is a barrier to colorectal cancer screening uptake, according to a study published online Feb. 6 in Cancer.Nicholas Clarke, Ph.D., from Dublin City University in Ireland,...
TUESDAY, Feb. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Kidney disease patients on dialysis are 100 times more likely to contract a dangerous blood infection than people not receiving the treatment -- and that risk is borne primarily by Hispanic and Black Americans...
TUESDAY, Feb. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with a moderately accelerated personalized backup pacing rate (myPACE) is beneficial for patients with stage B and C heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), according to a study publi...