THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There was a surge in pediatric firearm injuries presenting to U.S. children’s hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online Dec. 19 in JAMA Pediatrics.Stephanie E. Iantorno, M...
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- From 2020 to 2021, life expectancy decreased by 0.6 years among U.S. residents, reaching 76.4 years in 2021, according to a December data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventio...
MIÉRCOLES, 21 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Elon Musk es fan del medicamento para perder peso Wegovy, y se rumorea que Kim Kardashian lo ha usado para perder 16 libras (7 kilos) en tres semanas para caber en el vestido retro que una vez usa...
MIÉRCOLES, 21 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los humanos han continuado evolucionando tras separarse de los ancestros de los chimpancés hace casi 7 millones de años, según un nuevo estudio, que encontró 155 genes nuevos exclusivos de los hum...
MIÉRCOLES, 21 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Grupos de ballenas, delfines y marsopas quedan varados con regularidad en las aguas poco profundas alrededor de las costas de Reino Unido.Los investigadores deseaban comprender el motivo, así que ...
MIÉRCOLES, 21 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La menopausia y los años que la preceden puede hacerla sentir como si estuviera perdiendo la cabeza.Algunos de estos sentimientos son cambios que ocurren naturalmente en esta etapa de la vida, per...
MIÉRCOLES, 21 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- El aire frío y seco del invierno, y un trío de virus que se propagan, podrían provocar exacerbaciones del asma en los niños en este invierno.Pero los expertos de un hospital pediátrico ofrecen alg...
MIÉRCOLES, 21 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los investigadores creen que han averiguado por qué las personas pueden reinfectarse con la COVID-19, a pesar de la inmunidad obtenida mediante la vacunación o una infección anterior.Resulta que l...
MIÉRCOLES, 21 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Muchas personas disfrutan de una o dos tazas de café, o quizá de tres o cuatro, cada día.Sin embargo, una nueva investigación muestra que las personas con una presión arterial alta ("hipertensión"...
La vacuna contra la COVID es más efectiva que la infección para prevenir muertes y hospitalizaciones
MIÉRCOLES, 21 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La vacunación contra la COVID-19 es más efectiva que la inmunidad natural cuando se trata de evitar la hospitalización, encontró un importante estudio en el mundo real.Las personas de todos los gr...
FRIDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- As doctors have tried to steer their chronic pain patients away from highly addictive opioids, many have turned to two antiseizure drugs, but a new review finds they are only "modestly effective" at treating p...
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Preteens who spend much of their free time watching online videos or playing video games may have a heightened risk of developing obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), a new study suggests.Researchers found t...
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Subcutaneous dupilumab administered weekly is associated with improved histologic outcomes and alleviation of symptoms among patients with eosinophilic esophagitis, according to a study published in the Dec....
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Significant differences are seen between men and women with cluster headache, according to a study published online Dec. 21 in Neurology.Carmen Fourier, Ph.D., from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, an...
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Incorporation of an innovative patient-centered communication tool (UR-GOAL tool) is feasible for older adults with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to study published online Dec. 19 i...
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Low levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) are associated with increased risk of loss of muscle strength in adults ≥50 years, according to a study recently published in Calcified Tissue International....
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Black patients are more likely to undergo emergency surgery for colorectal cancer, which is associated with worse short- and long-term outcomes, according to a study recently published in the Annals of Surge...
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Rates of child homicide recently increased across several subpopulations, with some racial and ethnic disparities persisting for more than 20 years, according to a study published online Dec. 19 in JAMA Pedi...
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In mental and behavioral health (MBH) emergency department visits for children, higher rates of pharmacologic restraint are associated with male sex, Black race, timing of visits, and revisits, according to ...
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In some parts of the United States, young men face a higher risk of dying from gun violence than if they’d gone to war in Afghanistan and Iraq, a new study reports.Young men living in certain high-violence Z...
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Moderately-to-severely reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), specifically among those with lo...
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with Ménière disease (MD) have increased risk of osteoporosis, and those with osteoporosis have increased risk of MD, according to a study published online Nov. 18 in Nutrients.Hyo Geun Choi, M.D., fr...
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers are studying whether deep brain stimulation could help people with Alzheimer's hold on to their memory longer, and now a new finding may help refine the approach.Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a...
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Public health experts have been warning of a “tripledemic” of respiratory viruses this fall and winter, so the American Lung Association has some tips for breathing easier this holiday season.Flu, respirator...
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Two weeks after giving birth and a week before Christmas 2016, Ashley Hammontree was enjoying a snowy day at home in Greenwood, Missouri. Wearing pajamas, she nursed her baby, Elijah, and se...
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The average American's expected life span at birth took another big hit in 2021, according to final data on death rates for that pandemic year. Whereas in 2019 the average American could have expected to li...
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Call it a good idea that seems to have backfired: A tough new labeling law that requires even the smallest amount of sesame be listed on food products has instead spurred some companies to add it to their pr...
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Ten children with an especially rare and hard-to-treat form of "bubble boy" disease are living normal lives after receiving a new gene therapy approach, researchers say.Experts said the findings are a major ...
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A nationwide group of infection control experts recommends U.S. health care facilities stop testing patients for COVID-19 before hospital admission or scheduled surgeries if they have no virus symptoms.The S...
Gene therapy breakthrough for children born without immune systems. Ten children with an especially rare and hard-to-treat form of "bubble boy" disease are living normal lives after receiving a the new treatment, researchers say. Read moreStop screeni...