TUESDAY, Sept. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Nurses, health technicians and health care support workers face a higher risk of suicide than the general U.S. population does, an alarming new study shows.Researchers pointed out these workers have to perfo...
TUESDAY, Sept. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- AI tools may help boost radiologists’ confidence in their diagnoses, but they can't be relied on to identify common lung diseases on chest X-rays, a new study says.Researchers pitted 72 radiologists against ...
TUESDAY, Sept. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- One in every 14 American adults has suffered from long COVID, a new federal survey has found.About 7% of adults have ever had long COVID and more than 3% still have it, according to the 2022 National Health ...
TUESDAY, Sept. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Heart failure can make everyday activities and exercise tough to carry out, but yoga might be a beneficial add-on to standard care.A new study from India finds this ancient practice improves quality of life ...
TUESDAY, Sept. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Transgender people have a tough time receiving adequate medical care due to issues like voyeurism, being treated as abnormal and even being denied care due to their gender identity, a new study finds. “I wo...
TUESDAY, Sept. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) – The lax enforcement of age limits by many online marijuana dispensaries makes it easier for minors to buy weed, claims new research that looked at online weed sales in 32 states.“It is imperative to require s...
TUESDAY, Sept. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) – A Pfizer plant that makes vital drugs, anesthesia and hospital supplies has restarted production after a 10-week shutdown.The plant, located in Rocky Mount, N.C., sustained severe tornado damage on July 19, w...
TUESDAY, Sept. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- It’s always a good time to check your baby’s sleep space.The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has released its annual report on the topic, showing that risks associated with nursery products co...
TUESDAY, Sept. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Moms with higher prenatal levels of plastics chemicals known as phthalates may face a slightly increased risk of postpartum depression, according to a new study.Postpartum depression affects up to 20% of new...
TUESDAY, Sept. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Sweltering temperatures appear to fuel drug-related hospital visits, a problem that could be worsening with climate change, a new study suggests.“We saw that during periods of higher temperatures, there was ...
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Diagnosis of type 1 diabetes often occurs after age 30 years, more so in men and racial/ethnic minorities, according to a research letter published online Sept. 26 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Michael F...
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients infected with omicron at high risk for progression to severe disease, treatment with nirmatrelvir or molnupiravir is associated with reductions in mortality and hospitalization, according to a st...
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For individuals with a pathogenic variant in the major genes responsible for hereditary breast cancer or Lynch syndrome, having a first-degree family history is associated with increased cancer risk, accordin...
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A second human patient has received a genetically altered pig heart as he battles the ravages of end-stage heart disease. The 58-year-old man, Lawrence Faucette, received the pig organ at the University of Ma...
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Phoenix, already the hottest major city in the nation, experienced its most scorching summer on record this year, new data show. And that will likely prompt the highest number of heat-associated deaths ever r...
LUNES, 25 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Aunque el inicio del año escolar puede ofrecer a los niños y adolescentes la oportunidad de reconectar con amigos y disfrutar de deportes y actividades escolares, también puede desencadenar factores ...
LUNES, 25 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Mientras que el impacto neurológico de una lesión cerebral traumática (LCT) ha sido estudiado durante mucho tiempo, una nueva investigación sugiere que estas lesiones también son perjudiciales para e...
LUNES, 25 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) - Alrededor de 500,000 niños y familias recuperan su Medicaid después de que algunos estados lo eliminaron erróneamente debido a un problema en los sistemas, dijo el jueves el Centro de Servicios de Med...
LUNES, 25 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) - Una nueva investigación sugiere que algunos tratamientos nuevos para la diabetes podrían no ser tan beneficiosos para los pacientes afroamericanos, después de que ensayos anteriores de medicamentos in...
LUNES, 25 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Una nueva investigación resalta los daños de los cigarrillos electrónicos, demostrando que el vapeo aumenta el riesgo de asma en adolescentes que nunca han fumado cigarrillos convencionales.Aunque lo...
LUNES, 25 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Kraft Heinz anunció el retiro del mercado de más de 83,000 paquetes de sus productos de queso procesado Kraft Singles American debido a un defecto en la envoltura de plástico que protege las rebanad...
LUNES, 25 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los estadounidenses que buscan las nuevas dosis de refuerzo de las vacunas contra COVID se encuentran limitados por complicaciones de seguros de gastos médicos y retrasos en la entrega.Algunas asegur...
LUNES, 25 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- La obesidad está en aumento en los Estados Unidos.En 22 estados, el 35% o más de los adultos eran obesos el año pasado, muestran nuevos datos de los Centros de Control y Prevención de Enfermedades de...
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Many older adults are savvy about telephone scams, but a sizable minority remain vulnerable, a new study suggests.Researchers found that when they simulated a "government impersonation" scam -- contacting sen...
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with metastatic breast cancer receiving the PI3K inhibitor alpelisib, hyperglycemia often occurs, with a median time to onset of 16 days, according to a study published online Sept. 25 in Cancer....
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) barriers vary globally according to region, according to a study published online Sept. 24 in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology.Gabriela Lima de Melo Ghisi, P.T., Ph.D., from the ...
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- An exercise intervention has biological effects on the immune system among patients with Lynch syndrome (LS), according to a study published online Sept. 19 in Clinical Cancer Research.Nan Deng, from The Univ...
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) has a strong, consistent association with all-cause mortality, regardless of body mass index (BMI), according to a study published online Sept. 20 in JAMA Network Open.Irfan Khan, fro...
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), the benefit of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) may be attenuated, according to a stud...
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For certain patients with advanced breast cancer, a drug called Piqray (alpelisib) may extend survival. But new research confirms the medication often causes seriously high blood sugar levels.“This is a very ...