WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The new director of the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., announced the news Wednesday, saying the breast cancer was diagnosed early and h...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In U.S. states with more restrictive abortion policies, rates of pregnant women, new mothers, and infants dying were higher, a new report shows.The analysis, conducted by the Commonwealth Fund, revealed tha...
MARTES, 13 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Dos compañías farmacéuticas dijeron el martes que han logrado notables avances con una vacuna que podría prevenir el melanoma.Moderna, famosa por su trabajo en la vacuna contra la COVID, y Merck, que...
MARTES, 13 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los bebés nacidos de forma prematura que son alimentados con fórmula podrían necesitar complementos de hierro, como sus contrapartes que reciben leche materna, sugiere una investigación reciente."Sol...
Los pacientes negros son más propensos a necesitar una cirugía de emergencia para el cáncer de colon
MARTES, 13 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los pacientes negros son más propensos que sus pares blancos a necesitar una cirugía de emergencia para el cáncer de colon, lo que aumenta sus riesgos de complicaciones y muerte, señalan los autores ...
MARTES, 13 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Sorprendentemente, la mayoría de las personas que sufren de enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC) tienen una excelente salud mental, informan unos investigadores canadienses.Dos tercios de l...
MARTES, 13 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Un intento de bloquear la prohibición de tabaco con sabores en California fracasó el lunes, cuando la Corte Suprema rehusó escuchar el caso.Esto significa que la prohibición ya entrará en vigor el 21...
MARTES, 13 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Se prevé que la escasez de Adderall, el medicamento para el trastorno de déficit de atención e hiperactividad (TDAH), continúe durante meses, lo que obliga a las familias a esforzarse para encontrar ...
MARTES, 13 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Una nueva investigación reveló un vínculo entre un síndrome cardiaco menos conocido y la infección con la COVID, y se observó un vínculo mucho más pequeño entre la afección y la vacunación contra la ...
MARTES, 13 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los investigadores ya sabían que inyectarse drogas puede conducir a una infección del corazón, peligrosa y letal, llamada endocarditis.Ahora, saben que infectarse con la COVID-19 también parece aumen...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The new director of the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) has been diagnosed with breast cancer.Dr. Monica Bertagnolli announced the news Wednesday, saying the breast cancer was diagnosed early and her p...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Almost 15 million people likely died as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, nearly three times more than previously reported, a new World Health Organization study estimates.The researchers ...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- So much for vaping as a smoking-cessation tool: New research finds most folks who use both traditional cigarettes and e-cigarettes are likely to continue smoking rather than quit, a new study finds.How much...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In U.S. states with more restrictive abortion policies, rates of pregnant women, new mothers and infants dying were higher, a new report finds.The analysis, conducted by the Commonwealth Fund, found that st...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Comedian and actor Amy Schumer has struggled with numerous health conditions over the years but feels "like a new person" since having surgery to treat endometriosis. Schumer detailed the experience in the ...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Peppermint, like Santa Claus, seems to be everywhere you turn at the holidays. And also like Santa, when it comes to evaluating claims about it, the most scientific minds will tell you they...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The odds of experiencing major postoperative cardiovascular morbidity are reduced with increased time from COVID-19 diagnosis to surgery, according to a study published online Dec. 14 in JAMA Network Open.J...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For overweight or obese patients with knee osteoarthritis, diet and exercise result in a small but statistically significant difference in knee pain over 18 months compared with an attention control, accord...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A remotely delivered self-directed behavioral lifestyle intervention results in greater weight loss for adults with obesity than usual care at 12 months, but the difference is not clinically important, acco...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Among infants born very preterm, iron deficiency is more likely for those fed only with formula, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology, held from Dec. 10...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to air pollution is associated with having multimorbid, multiorgan conditions, according to a study published online Dec. 2 in Frontiers in Public Health.Amy Ronaldson, Ph.D., from King’s College L...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who undergo upper-extremity nerve decompression for median nerve compression or multiple nerve decompressions have increased odds of migraine, according to a study published in the December issue o...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Quality improvement initiatives can be implemented to reduce costs and the environmental impact of the operating room, according to a review published in the Nov. 30 issue of the Journal of the American Col...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), treatment with acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs) and/or memantine is associated with reduced hospital admissions and mortality, according to a study...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Most women diagnosed with breast cancer before age 45 years report an impact to their sexual health, according to the results of a survey presented at the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held fr...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have pinpointed four genes that seem to play a part in how vulnerable you are to suicidal thoughts or behaviors."It's important to note that these genes do not predestine anyone to problems, but ...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For young women with early-stage hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer (BC) desiring pregnancy, temporary interruption of endocrine therapy does not confer a greater short-term risk for recurrence th...
MIÉRCOLES, 14 de diciembre de 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- La menta, como Santa Claus, parece estar dondequiera que miras durante las fiestas decembrinas. Pero también como Santa, en lo que se refiere a evaluar lo que se alega acerca de e...