FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- An antidote to teenage depression might be found in school gymnasiums and on sports fields, a major new review argues.Supervised exercise programs are associated with significant reductions in symptoms of depre...
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 won’t increase access in states that...
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) – In the mammalian world, there are the hairy, the less hairy and the hairless. But why that is has remained a mystery.Until now.In a new study that compared the DNA of 62 animals, researchers found that while hum...
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For teens who are obese, weight-loss surgery can be life-changing — but not always in a good way.A new study finds a troubling downside to weight-loss surgery among 13- to 19-year-olds: They're at increased ris...
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) – While NFL safety Damar Hamlin is still critically ill after suffering cardiac arrest during a game on Monday, he is making a "fairly remarkable recovery," his doctors said during a news conference on Thursday.“T...
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) – New research has confirmed that a three-dose malaria vaccine is both safe and effective in West African adults, including those previously exposed to malaria.Researchers at the University of Maryland Center for ...
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- People should test for the naturally occurring radioactive gas radon in their homes to help prevent ill health, the American Lung Association urges.In some areas, like the state of Connecticut, radon was found ...
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Air pollution may trigger more asthma attacks in urban children and teens, a new study reports.Even moderate levels of ozone and fine airborne particulates — two ingredients of smog — appear to increase kids’ r...
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- You’ve cut back on your eating, started an exercise routine and just can’t seem to lose weight. What’s going on?It could be a number of issues that are causing you to ask yourself, "Why can’t I lose weight?" Th...
Could weight-loss surgery in teens lead to alcohol abuse? The rise in risk is partly due to quicker absorption of alcohol into the bloodstream after these procedures, which causes more rapid impairment, researchers believe. Read moreExercise, sports c...
THURSDAY, Jan. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Racial/ethnic disparities are seen in COVID-19 vaccination coverage among children and adolescents, according to research published in the Jan. 6 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
THURSDAY, Jan. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Mpox cases reported in cisgender women represent 2.7 percent of all reported cases, according to research published in the Jan. 6 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mor...
THURSDAY, Jan. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Most patients seen at a primary care clinic for underserved minority patients report positive experiences with telemedicine, according to a study published online Dec. 14 in Cureus.Heather N. Abraham, M.D., f...
THURSDAY, Jan. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Spouses of patients with cancer have an increased risk for psychiatric disorders, according to a study published online Jan. 5 in JAMA Network Open.Kejia Hu, M.D., from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm,...
THURSDAY, Jan. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Before the omicron wave, increasing vaccination for staff at U.S. nursing homes was associated with fewer COVID-19 cases and deaths among residents and fewer cases among staff, according to a study published ...
Without stepping foot inside a gym, you still do some sort of physical activity every day (yes, even if you spend your workweek sitting behind a desk). This can include activities such as bringing groceries in from the car, climbing stairs, walking fr...
THURSDAY, Jan. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The Grammy-winning singer Adele told a crowd at her New Year's Eve concert that “really bad sciatica” is causing her to wobble on stage.The award-winning singer first talked about her chronic back problems in...
THURSDAY, Jan. 5, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Racial and ethnic diversity among medical workers is critical to Americans' health, but more needs to be done to recruit, train and support those professionals, a new report says.The report, ...
MIÉRCOLES, 4 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- El martes, la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE. UU. finalizó un cambio en las regulaciones que permite que las farmacias minoristas ofrezcan pastillas para abortar. Antes de ahora...
MIÉRCOLES, 4 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los refuerzos de las vacunas contra la COVID parecen ser del todo seguros para el corazón, muestran unos datos reunidos de casi 5,000 usuarios de teléfonos inteligentes.Los investigadores monitorizaron...
MIÉRCOLES, 4 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los cibersecuestros de datos contra los sistemas de atención de la salud de EE. UU. se han multiplicado por más de dos en los últimos años, lo que ha afectado a la atención médica necesaria y ha expues...
MIÉRCOLES, 4 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los estudiantes universitarios que lo dejan todo para el último minuto quizá no solo vean sufrir a sus calificaciones, sino también a su salud, sugiere un estudio reciente.Los investigadores encontraro...
MIÉRCOLES, 4 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Millones de estadounidenses están a punto de perder la cobertura de Medicaid que obtuvieron (y que mantuvieron sin dificultades) durante toda la pandemia.El proyecto de ley de gastos de fin de año que ...
MIÉRCOLES, 4 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Un hombre de Pensilvania que persuadía a los dueños de mascotas desesperados de que podía ayudar a curar el cáncer de sus perros fue condenado por un jurado federal de fraude electrónico y de envío int...
MIÉRCOLES, 4 de junio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Un examen exhaustivo de la vista podría ser la clave para determinar si tiene glaucoma, un silencioso ladrón de la visión.El glaucoma es un conjunto de enfermedades oculares que afectan al nervio óptic...
THURSDAY, Jan. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A short but intensive approach to "talk therapy" can help many combat veterans overcome post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a new clinical trial has found.The study tested "compressed" formats of a standar...
THURSDAY, Jan. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Generous parental leave policies at work can do wonders for a new mom's mental health.This is among the key messages from a new review of 45 studies examining how parental leave policies affect mom and dad’s ...
THURSDAY, Jan. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Lecanemab: It's an experimental medication that's been shown in trials to slow cognitive decline in people with Alzheimer’s disease. It's also up for accelerated approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administrat...
THURSDAY, Jan. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For adults and adolescents with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE), the addition of the modified Atkins diet (MAD) to standard drug therapy (SDT) is more effective for reducing seizure frequency and improving qual...
THURSDAY, Jan. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Individuals with diabetes mellitus (DM), especially women, have an increased risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE), according to a study published in the December issue of Diabetes Research and Clinical Pract...