WEDNESDAY, Dec. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Many Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander adults may have trouble accessing health care and insurance because of language barriers, a new analysis indicates. In a new report by the Urban Inst...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For people with heart disease, new research suggests loneliness, social isolation and living alone can shave years off your life. This trio puts people with established cardiovascular disease at greater ris...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If you struggle with urinary incontinence and worry that diet drinks may make matters worse, new research suggests they may not have a significant effect."This study is important in that it may guide clinic...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. communities with higher Hispanic, American Indian or Black populations also have the highest concentrations of metal in public water systems, new research reveals.Researchers from Columbia University M...
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TUESDAY, Dec. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The estimated annual per-patient costs attributable to metastatic prostate cancer are $31,427, according to a study published in the January issue of Urology Practice.T. Anders Olsen, from the Emory Universit...
TUESDAY, Dec. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The overall negotiated price for total joint arthroplasty (TJA) varies considerably for hospitals within a regional health system and prices are not associated with measures of hospital quality, such as compl...
TUESDAY, Dec. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The number of pediatric mental health visits with prolonged emergency department length of stay (LOS) was much higher in 2021 than in 2020, according to a study published online Dec. 20 in the Journal of the ...
TUESDAY, Dec. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Only 14 percent of cancers diagnosed in the United States are diagnosed after the patient had a recommended screening test, according to a report released Dec. 14 by NORC at the University of Chicago.The perc...
TUESDAY, Dec. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Target Corp. have issued a recall for more than 200,000 Pillowfort weighted blankets for children because they can create an asphyxiation risk.Four children have...
JUEVES, 22 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los preadolescentes que pasan gran parte de su tiempo libre viendo videos en línea o jugando videojuegos quizá tengan un riesgo más elevado de desarrollar el trastorno obsesivo compulsivo (TOC), sugi...
JUEVES, 22 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- En algunas partes de Estados Unidos, los hombres jóvenes se enfrentan a un riesgo más alto de morir por violencia con las armas de fuego que si hubieran ido a la guerra en Afganistán e Irak, informa ...
JUEVES, 22 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los expertos en salud pública han estado advirtiendo sobre una "triple pandemia" de virus respiratorios este otoño e invierno, y la Asociación Americana del Pulmón (American Lung Association) ofrece ...
JUEVES, 22 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Unos investigadores están estudiando si la estimulación cerebral profunda podría ayudar a las personas con Alzheimer a retener su memoria más tiempo, y, ahora, un nuevo hallazgo podría ayudar a refin...
JUEVES, 22 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La esperanza de vida del estadounidense promedio al nacer sufrió otro gran revés en 2021, según los datos finales sobre las tasas de mortalidad de ese año de pandemia.Mientras que en 2019 el estadoun...
JUEVES, 22 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las cefaleas en brotes son más comunes en los hombres, pero quizá sean más intensas en las mujeres, según un nuevo estudio.Los investigadores encuestaron a casi 900 pacientes diagnosticados con cefal...
JUEVES, 22 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Diez niños con una forma especialmente rara y difícil de tratar de la enfermedad del "niño burbuja" están viviendo vidas normales tras recibir un nuevo método de terapia genética, señalan unos invest...
JUEVES, 22 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Un grupo nacional de expertos en control de enfermedades recomiendan a los centros de atención de la salud de EE. UU. que dejen de hacer pruebas de la COVID-19 a los pacientes antes de la admisión al...
TUESDAY, Dec. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The Mediterranean diet delivers plenty of health dividends, and new research now discovers it may lower complications during pregnancy.Specifically, women who stuck to the diet had a 21% overall reduced risk ...
TUESDAY, Dec. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pediatric mental health emergency department visits are increasing, and markers of severe disease and health care access are associated with mental health revisits, according to a study published online Dec. ...
TUESDAY, Dec. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A computer vision approach can accurately identify posterior thoracolumbar hardware, according to a study published in the December issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine.Adrish Anand, from the Baylor Co...
TUESDAY, Dec. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Living in an area with easy access to parks and rivers appears to slow the progression of devastating neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.That's the conclusion of a new study based on ...
TUESDAY, Dec. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Atopic dermatitis (AD) in children is associated with an increased risk for subsequent fracture, according to a research letter published online Nov. 9 in Allergy.Seung Won Lee, M.D., Ph.D., from Sungkyunkwan...
TUESDAY, Dec. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Acupressure may be better than acupuncture for reducing sleep disturbance in cancer patients, according to a systematic review and network meta-analysis published online Dec. 21 in Worldviews on Evidence-Base...
TUESDAY, Dec. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The implementation of an on-site, guideline-based genetic testing model for prostate cancer patients significantly improves compliance with genetic testing, according to a study published in the January issue...
TUESDAY, Dec. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients receiving peritoneal dialysis, peritonitis is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular mortality, according to a study published in the November issue of Kidney International Reports....
TUESDAY, Dec. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with multiple vestibular conditions have an increased risk for persistent postural perceptual dizziness (PPPD), according to study published online Oct. 27 in Audiology Research.Valeria Gambacorta, M...
TUESDAY, Dec. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are more effective and cost-effective than low-molecular-weight heparin for cancer-associated thrombosis (CAT), with the results sensitive to monthly drug costs, according t...