THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Death rates following a first heart attack decreased for those without diabetes or with type 2 diabetes (T2D), but not for those with type 1 diabetes (T1D), according to a study scheduled to be presented ...
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A new government report finds that federal regulators need to do more to help in the battle to keep kids and teens off tobacco.Among the report’s findings were that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration nee...
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Americans will once again be able to get free at-home COVID tests.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Wednesday that it will spend $600 million to buy and offer the tests, produ...
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A longstanding core belief of mental health maintains that people must confront their fears to ease the anxiety and depression stemming from those negative thoughts.Now a new study argues that, for some peo...
You're probably familiar with the dangers of cigarette smoking, but chewing tobacco and snuff are other tobacco products that can have serious health effects, as well.Learn more about the long-term effects of chewing tobacco and snuff, including oral ...
Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers in the United States.Learn more about what colorectal cancer is, including its causes, types, symptoms, staging, treatment and survival rate.What is colorectal cancer?If your health care team finds c...
Here, you’ll find out eight top causes of groin pain in men, including their causes, symptoms and the most effective ways to treat them so you can get back to doing more of what you love.What causes groin pain in men?Pulled groinWhen you injure your p...
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The United States is experiencing an alarming wave of congenital syphilis, and one southern state saw a 1,000% rise in babies born with the infection between 2016 and 2022.The number of babies born with the...
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- As working class neighborhoods gentrify, you'll likely see rents rise, pricey restaurants move in — and maybe also a rise in gunshot wounds, researchers say.In U.S. neighborhoods that gentrified, gun injuri...
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- More people around the world are exposed to wildfire smoke that has the potential to harm human health, and their numbers are growing, new research finds. More than 2 billion people are exposed to at least ...
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Helping undocumented immigrants in the United States connect with primary care doctors could be a money-saver, substantially reducing emergency department use and lowering health costs, a new study finds.Th...
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Substance abuse and pregnancy may be a dangerous combination.New research finds that pregnant women with a history of substance abuse had a dramatically increased risk of death from heart attack and stroke ...
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A lot of people who think they don’t have secondhand smoke exposure actually do, according to a new study that compared survey answers with blood tests.According to the results of sensitive blood tests, mor...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- More children with overweight move to a healthier weight over two years than do children with obesity, according to a study published online Sept. 20 in PLOS ONE.Byron A. Foster, M.D., from the Oregon Heal...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Standardized rehabilitation interventions are associated with improvements in functional exercise capacity in patients with post-COVID-19 condition (PCC), according to a review published online Sept. 19 in...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with schizophrenia often have adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), according to a study published online Aug. 28 in Frontiers in Psychiatry.Lei Zhang, Ph.D., from Tongji University in Shanghai, a...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In a surprising move, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has opted not to approve a needle-free alternative to the EpiPen for emergency treatment of severe allergic reactions.Approval of the Neffy (epin...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Another diabetes drug maker is taking legal action against businesses in several states, alleging that they are "fraudulently claiming" that their compounded products are the same as its medication.This ti...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- When Canadian wildfire smoke shrouded the New York City skyline and spread to parts of New England this summer, millions of East Coast residents saw firsthand just how pervasive it can be.Now, a new study ...
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Highly processed packaged foods and drinks may be quick, cheap and tasty, but new research suggests they’re also likely to up your risk for depression.Among big consumers of ultra-processed foods, depressio...
MIÉRCOLES, 20 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Millones de estadounidenses padecen artritis y muchos recurren a medicamentos para aliviar el dolor y la inflamación en sus articulaciones.Las opciones pueden parecer abrumadoras. La Fundación de...
MIÉRCOLES, 20 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cuando un terremoto sacudió el centro de Marruecos a principios de este mes, matando a casi 3,000 personas e hiriendo a miles más, nadie lo esperaba.Ese repentino y rápido movimiento de rocas deb...
MIÉRCOLES, 20 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Practicar deportes puede ofrecer muchos beneficios para los niños, pero también es importante contribuir a protegerlos de las lesiones.Los padres y entrenadores pueden hacer una gran diferencia a...
MIÉRCOLES, 20 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) - Se espera que la primera píldora anticonceptiva de venta libre llegue a las farmacias a principios de 2024, pero surgen preguntas sobre el costo y la cobertura del seguro.La Administración de Alim...
MIÉRCOLES 20 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cuando se trata de mantenerse en forma, el momento de hacer ejercicio puede ser crucial.Esto es según una nueva investigación que encontró que los adultos que regularmente practicaban ejercicio mo...
MIÉRCOLES, 20 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) - Una nueva encuesta realizada a médicos estadounidenses especializados en el cuidado de niños transgénero muestra que están alarmados por la presión para limitar la atención al paciente, las amenaz...
MIÉRCOLES, 20 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Los perjudiciales "químicos eternos" están ampliamente distribuidos en el medio ambiente, y una nueva investigación sugiere que representan un riesgo particular para la salud de las mujeres.Un nue...
MIÉRCOLES, 20 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Asesores de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) analizarán las posibilidades y parámetros para experimentos con úteros artificiales para bebés ...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In a surprising move, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has opted not to approve a needle-free alternative to the EpiPen for emergency treatment of severe allergic reactions.Approval of the Neffy...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) occurs in 31.5 percent of patients with psoriasis, with disease severity and duration associated with increased risk, according to a study published in the October ...