MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Intravenous (IV) lines are generally associated with medical centers — picture a patient in a hospital bed, an IV drip-dropping needed fluids, nutrients and medicines into their arm.But millions now are receiv...
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- When kids suffer a concussion, an extended period of rest at home is always the best course, right? Perhaps not.In fact, a new study suggests that -- despite what many people may presume -- getting kids back t...
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Trouble continues for Abbott Laboratories, which shut down an infant formula plant last year amid reported illnesses. The U.S. Department of Justice is now investigating the company, though Abbott did not say s...
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The COVID-19 Omicron variant caused fewer cases of a rare but sometimes deadly complication for children than the earlier Delta variant did, new research shows.“Our study is one of the first to show that durin...
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) – “Pharma bro” Martin Shkreli may have violated a judge’s order banning him from being involved in the pharmaceutical industry, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced Friday.Shkreli, who was convicted for an...
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that there's one potential way to reduce demand for prescription codeine: legalizing recreational cannabis.Exactly what brought scientists to that conclusion? States that legalized cannab...
Home drug infusions can be hazardous, but many home care staff aren't trained. There are no standard protocols for training home care nurses, caregivers or patients themselves how to watch out for and report signs of infections caused by IV lines, a s...
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Despite distance and occasional technical glitches, a new study finds that most patients like seeing a surgeon for the first time via video.The study was published Jan. 19 in the Journal of the American Colleg...
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- When the deadly Camp Fire swept through Northern California in 2018, it may have damaged more than the landscape.University of California, San Diego researchers studying survivors' mental functioning in the wa...
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- When it comes to picking the best exercise to lose weight, there is no one right answer. That's because the right answer is variety, mixing and matching types of exercise to keep the body guessing and improvin...
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- When it comes to picking the best exercise to lose weight, there is no one right answer. That's because the right answer is variety, mixing and matching types of exercise to keep the body guessing and improvin...
SUNDAY, Jan. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The key to keeping those New Year’s resolutions from fading out by February: Make sure you've set achievable goals.Resolutions are often lifestyle changes and those are best managed when the goal is something ...
SATURDAY, Jan. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Winter is no friend to the body’s delicate skin, but an expert offers three key tips: moisturize, moisturize, moisturize.“It’s pretty intuitive, but it bears repeating,” said dermatologist Dr. David Pearson,...
FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly half of American adults are not prepared for a medical emergency, according to a new poll from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and Morning Consult.About 76 percent felt prepared to c...
FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Two cases of a new strain of gonorrhea reported in Massachusetts were at least partly resistant to several antibiotics, state officials announced Thursday."The discovery of this strain of gonorrhea is a seriou...
FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Organic food will soon have to comply with stricter labeling guidelines under new requirements announced Thursday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).In what the Organic Trade Organization (OTA) calle...
FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Underweight and severe obesity are associated with decreased survival in patients with multiple myeloma (MM), according to a study published online Jan. 12 in the Blood Cancer Journal.Urvi A. Shah, M.D., from ...
FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The pandemic brought the utility of testing wastewater to gauge viral spread to the fore. Now, experts at the independent National Academies of Sciences (NAS) have issued a report outlining a roadmap for the b...
JUEVES, 19 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Tras las decisión de la Corte Suprema de EE. UU. de derogar Roe contra Wade en junio de 2022, el acceso al aborto quirúrgico ha experimentado crecientes restricciones en varios estados, lo que ha llevado...
JUEVES, 19 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cuando han llegado a la adolescencia, los bebés que nacieron de forma prematura quizá tengan unas peores calificaciones escolares que sus pares que no fueron prematuros.Los investigadores encontraron que...
JUEVES, 19 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Mientras varios estados de EE. UU. toman medidas para restringir la atención de salud transgénero, un nuevo estudio muestra que este tipo de atención puede mejorar de forma sustancial la salud mental de ...
JUEVES, 19 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- El único ensayo en etapa avanzada sobre una vacuna contra el VIH ha fracasado, anunciaron el miércoles los líderes del estudio, lo que constituye otro revés para el futuro de la prevención del VIH.El ens...
JUEVES, 19 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las vitaminas B. Estos poderosos nutrientes ayudan a sus células a funcionar de la mejor forma posible, protegen a su cerebro y a su corazón, respaldan a su sistema inmunitario, y pueden incluso mejorar ...
JUEVES, 19 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- No importa cuál diurético le receten para trata la insuficiencia cardiaca, porque los datos de un nuevo ensayo muestran que todos funcionan igual de bien.Dos diuréticos de uso común para tratar la insufi...
JUEVES, 19 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cuando las personas se someten a una cirugía por una fractura de brazo o de pierna, con frecuencia les inyectan anticoagulantes recetados para reducir su riesgo de desarrollar unos coágulos sanguíneos po...
JUEVES, 19 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- El trastorno de déficit de atención e hiperactividad (TDAH) quizá sea un predictor incluso más potente de la depresión y la ansiedad en la adultez que el autismo, encuentra un nuevo estudio, que resalta ...
FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The pandemic brought the utility of testing wastewater to gauge viral spread to the fore. Now, experts at the independent National Academies of Sciences (NAS) have issued a report outlining a roadmap for the...
FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A cancer diagnosis can be devastating.Now, new research shows that patients diagnosed with cancer have a risk of suicide 26% higher than the general population.A variety of factors contribute to the elevated r...