FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that pregnant women and new moms in rural U.S. areas are at greater risk of adverse outcomes, including death, because they are more likely to be uninsured.Women living in rural communitie...
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- People with health conditions like type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes or polycystic ovarian syndrome may have been advised about the value of an insulin-resistance diet.But this way of eating can benefit mos...
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The Affordable Care Act's expansion of Medicaid makes it more likely that a woman will be diagnosed with breast cancer earlier rather than at an advanced, harder-to-treat stage, new research suggests.Not all U....
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Laws bar advertising cannabis to teens, but that doesn’t mean they always work.In a new survey, researchers found that teens still see a lot of positive cannabis messages through social media posts.These messag...
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- While COVID-19 variants Alpha, Gamma and Delta are no longer circulating among humans, they continue to spread in white-tailed deer. The animals are the most abundant large mammal in North America. Scientists a...
Working gets tough when grieving a lost spouse. People who returned to work within three months of losing a spouse had higher stress, a new study has found. And the less these folks earned at their job, the worse the mental health effects. Read morePr...
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Women with adverse pregnancy outcomes have an increased long-term risk for ischemic heart disease, according to a study published online Feb. 1 in The BMJ.Casey Crump, M.D., Ph.D., from the Icahn School of Me...
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Depression and poor mental health are associated with premature cardiovascular disease (CVD) and suboptimal cardiovascular health (CVH) among young adults, according to a study published online Jan. 23 in the...
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Sports-related sudden cardiac arrest (SrSCA) is rare in older adults, according to a study published online Jan. 18 in JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology.Lauri Holmstrom, M.D., Ph.D., from the Cedars-Sinai Heal...
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A new simulation suggests Medicare drug savings from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will be substantial, according to a study published online Jan. 27 in JAMA Health Forum.Benjamin N. Rome, M.D., from Br...
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) – The wildly popular weight-loss drug Wegovy has become hard to find, but that could soon change.Novo Nordisk, which makes the medication, said Wednesday that it has increased production to meet demand. "We know...
MIÉRCOLES, 1 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los refrescos con gas, las comidas para el microondas y las galletas empacadas son cómodos para las personas que tienen prisa, pero estas personas quizá no lleguen tan lejos como les gustaría si eso ...
MIÉRCOLES, 1 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las personas mayores que toman con frecuencia somníferos quizá aumenten su riesgo de desarrollar enfermedad de Alzheimer, advierte un nuevo estudio.Los somníferos están entre los medicamentos de uso ...
MIÉRCOLES, 1 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Una variedad de productos de salchicha y charcutería listos para comer se están retirando, porque podrían haber entrado en contacto con superficies que tuvieron resultados positivos de Listeria monoc...
MIÉRCOLES, 1 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las autoridades de salud de EE. UU. están investigando si una marca específica de gotas para los ojos sin receta es responsable de una muerte y docenas de infecciones bacterianas en varios estados.No...
MIÉRCOLES, 1 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Más mujeres que ya han tenido todos los hijos que quieren, incluso las que tienen un riesgo bajo de cáncer de ovario, deberían someterse a una extirpación de las trompas de Falopio como medida de pre...
MIÉRCOLES, 1 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los cánceres de los conductos y la vesícula biliares se desarrollan en unos órganos que se encuentran en lo más profundo del cuerpo, lo que hace que su detección sea difícil.Conocer las señales de es...
MIÉRCOLES, 1 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los cambios en las leyes sobre el aborto en EE. UU. han provocado confusión entre las mujeres sobre el aborto con medicamentos y la anticoncepción de emergencia, la pastilla del "día después".Una nue...
MIÉRCOLES, 1 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Dave Conway sufrió un ataque cardiaco en 2018. Tenía apenas 30 años.El residente de Clintonville, Ohio, había estado experimentando fatiga y falta de aliento, y al final fue a la sala de emergencias,...
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A phone call from a nurse may be the lifeline needed to help improve survival for heart failure patients. New research from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles finds that check-in calls m...
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Antidepressants are often prescribed to people suffering from chronic pain, but a new evidence review argues that the science behind these prescriptions is shaky at best.These drugs helped people in chronic p...
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Complete vaccination with the four-component, protein-based meningococcal serogroup B vaccine (4CMenB) is effective for preventing invasive meningococcal disease in children younger than 5 years, according to...
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Evidence for the efficacy of antidepressants for pain is limited and often inconclusive, according to research published online Feb. 1 in The BMJ.Giovanni E. Ferreira, Ph.D., from the University of Sydney, an...
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnancy-associated deaths increased in the United States in 2020, according to a research letter published online Feb. 1 in JAMA Network Open.Claire E. Margerison, Ph.D., from Michigan State University in ...
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Having a stroke is a life-altering experience, and complications can crop up afterwards, but a new study finds the color of your skin may determine whether you are treated for them. In the year following a st...
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Few high-quality educational surgical videos are available for green-light laser vaporization of the prostate for benign prostatic hyperplasia, according to a study published in the December issue of Translat...
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Supplementation with vitamin D is associated with a reduced risk for suicide and intentional self-harm among U.S. Veterans, according to a study published online Feb. 1 in PLOS ONE.Jill E. Lavigne, Ph.D., M.P...
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Lifetime cumulative exposure to estrogen is associated with a reduced risk for stroke, according to a study published online Feb. 1 in Neurology.Leying Hou, Ph.D., from Zhejiang University School of Medicine ...
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For brain-dead organ donors, therapeutic hypothermia is inferior to machine perfusion of the kidneys for reducing delayed graft function after transplantation, according to a study published in the Feb. 2 iss...
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Uncomplicated urinary tract infections (uUTIs) pose a substantial burden on U.S. women, according to a study published online Feb. 1 in PLOS ONE.Jeffrey Thompson, Ph.D., from Cerner Enviza in Malvern, Pennsyl...