SATURDAY, Jan. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Travel can be fun, but taxing. As the pandemic ebbs and people venture back out into the world, an expert from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston offers tips for ensuring a healthier, more peaceful vacatio...
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Implementation of a restrictive opioid prescription protocol (ROPP) -- prescribing an opioid supply of three or fewer days -- to surgical patients after hospital discharge is feasible for most patients, accordi...
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The number of applicants to plastic surgery and other surgical residencies have changed only minimally, despite the increase in residency positions, according to a study published in the January issue of Plast...
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The automated audiogram image recognition feature in the iPhone has low accuracy, according to a research letter published online Jan. 5 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.Janet S. Choi, M.D., from the ...
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a second drug for Alzheimer disease, Leqembi (lecanemab-irmb), despite reports of rare brain bleeds linked to use of the drug in some patients.Leqembi, m...
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Two major pharmacy chains, CVS and Walgreens, plan to offer abortion pills in states that do not have restrictions that would prevent dispensing the medications. This likely will not increase access in states t...
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a second Alzheimer's drug, lecanemab, despite reports of rare brain bleeds linked to use of the drug in some patients.However, the FDA pointed to the dru...
JUEVES, 5 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Un método breve pero intensivo de "psicoterapia" puede ayudar a muchos veteranos de combate a vencer el trastorno por estrés postraumático (TEPT), encontró un nuevo ensayo clínico.El estudio evaluó unos f...
JUEVES, 5 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cuando la Corte Suprema de EE. UU. derogó la histórica sentencia de Roe contra Wade el pasado junio, muchos temían que las prohibiciones del aborto pondrían en peligro la salud de las mujeres embarazadas....
JUEVES, 5 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los cigarros se han asociado con las victorias, los nuevos bebés y Winston Churchill, no con la adicción a la nicotina. ¿Pero en realidad son mejores para la salud que los cigarrillos?No, enfatizan unos e...
JUEVES, 5 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Un nuevo estudio con cerdos se muestra promisorio para reparar las lesiones penianas en los humanos.Unos científicos de China desarrollaron un tejido sintético que, según informan, repara las lesiones y r...
JUEVES, 5 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Unas políticas generosas de licencia de maternidad en el trabajo puede hacer maravillas por la salud mental de una nueva madre.Este es uno de los principales mensajes de una nueva revisión de 45 estudios ...
JUEVES, 5 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Tener un "enero abstemio", es decir, renunciar al alcohol durante el primer mes del año, es tendencia.Y no es mala idea, según un consejero de rehabilitación de las drogas y el alcohol de la Clínica Cleve...
JUEVES, 5 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Jasmine Quezada, una contable fiscal de Los Ángeles, dice que sabía desde los 10 años que nunca querría ser madre."Nunca pensé que la maternidad fuera para mí, y no era un secreto para mi familia o mis am...
JUEVES, 5 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los cigarrillos de hierbas: tienen cierto aire de "elegancia", y suenan como una alternativa más saludable al tabaco, ¿pero en realidad fumarlos es más seguro?En realidad no, señalan unos expertos."Inclus...
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A quality improvement (QI) program reduces but does not eliminate disparities in blood pressure (BP) control between Black and White patients, according to a study published online Jan. 6 in JAMA Network Open.T...
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In consensus guidelines issued by the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and published online Jan. 5 in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, recommendations are presented for the perioper...
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) interact with apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 to confer increased prevalence of Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) in veterans, accor...
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with an incurable, genetic liver disease have new hope after an animal study showed that a single drug could reverse its effects.Alagille syndrome is caused by a mutation that prevents the formation an...
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Losing weight is a popular New Year's resolution. But people often fail to keep this commitment or quickly gain back the pounds.Instead of jumping on the latest fad diet, experts advise improvi...
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Circulating microparticle (CMP) proteins can identify placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) before delivery, according to a study published online Jan. 5 in Scientific Reports.Noting that approximately half of pregna...
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Air pollution is an independent risk factor for asthma exacerbations among children living in urban areas, according to a study published in the January issue of The Lancet Planetary Health.Matthew C. Altman, M...
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Lifestyle habit changes are associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) risk, according to a study published online Dec. 2 in The American Journal of Gastroenterology.Edoardo Botteri, Ph.D., from the Cancer Registr...
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) seems to be more common and more severe than previously thought, according to a study published online Jan. 5 in JAMA Network Open.William Encinosa, Ph.D., ...
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with isolated medial knee osteoarthritis, unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) yields faster functional recovery than total knee arthroplasty (TKA), according to a study published online Dec. 2...
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- VV116 is noninferior to nirmatrelvir-ritonavir with respect to time to sustained clinical recovery for adults with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 at risk for progression, according to a study published online Dec. 2...
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In practice guidelines issued by the American Society of Anesthesiologists and published in the January issue of Anesthesiology, recommendations are presented for reducing residual neuromuscular blockade after ...
VIERNES, 6 de enero de 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Perder peso es un propósito popular de Año Nuevo. Pero las personas a menudo no pueden mantener este compromiso o recuperan rápidamente las libras perdidas.Los expertos recomiendan que, ...