THURSDAY, Dec. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Older adults who harbor more vitamin D in their brains may stay mentally sharper, a new study suggests.Researchers found that when older adults had higher levels of vitamin D in their brain tissue, they tende...
THURSDAY, Dec. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Singer Celine Dion announced Thursday that she is living with a rare neurological condition called stiff-person syndrome.Dion said she has canceled and postponed tour dates to deal with her health issues.“As ...
THURSDAY, Dec. 8, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- On a sunny fall day, Baltimore dads Joe Greco and John Holschuh teamed up to take on their teenage sons in a game of 2-on-2 basketball in the Greco family's driveway.The boys were tough foes....
THURSDAY, Dec. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A relatively new drug is boosting survival rates for women with a specific type of advanced breast cancer who haven't responded to other treatments, according to a pair of clinical trials.The targeted antibod...
THURSDAY, Dec. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pausing longer-term hormonal therapies to have a baby will not raise a breast cancer survivor's risk of her tumor recurring, a new clinical trial concludes. Women whose cancer is fueled by female hormones su...
THURSDAY, Dec. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental therapy that uses the body's own immune system cells may beat a standard treatment for patients with advanced melanoma, a new clinical trial finds.Researchers found that the therapy doubled th...
THURSDAY, Dec. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Lasik eye surgery is a common vision-correcting procedure that many Americans view as safe and effective, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has now drafted guidance that warns of potential complication...
THURSDAY, Dec. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Statins may do more than help your heart: New research shows the cholesterol-lowering drugs may also lower your risk for a bleeding stroke.An intracerebral hemorrhage, which involves bleeding in the brain, co...
THURSDAY, Dec. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Adding a little yoga to an exercise routine can be the fix someone needs to drop high blood pressure, a small study suggests.“As observed in several studies, we recommend that patients try to find exercise an...
THURSDAY, Dec. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A proposed U.S. federal ban on menthol cigarettes doesn't go far enough and needs to include other menthol products, from pipe tobacco to cigarette tubes, researchers say. New evidence shows both the appeal a...
THURSDAY, Dec. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- That special link you may have with a purring, four-legged friend has been going on between the species for millennia, new research shows.The human-cat relationship was probably forged over a shared interest ...
THURSDAY, Dec. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Some Americans appear to be moving from areas with frequent hurricanes and heat waves to places threatened by wildfire and rising heat. They’re trading in the risk of one set of natural disasters for another ...
Melanoma patients who fail standard meds may have new option. An experimental therapy that uses the body's own immune system cells may beat a standard treatment for patients with advanced melanoma, a new trial finds. Read moreStatins may lower risk of...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A multicomponent intervention delivered on a web-based platform can improve blood pressure (BP) control among individuals with hypertension, according to a study published online Dec. 7 in JAMA Network Open....
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Statin use, especially prolonged statin use, is associated with a reduced risk for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), according to a study published online Dec. 7 in Neurology.Nils Jensen Boe, M.D., from Odense...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Completing a primary COVID-19 vaccination series is associated with significant protection against reinfection among previously infected individuals, according to a study published online Nov. 22 in PLOS Med...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration foods program is in "constant turmoil" and needs stronger leadership, a panel said Thursday.The Reagan-Udall Foundation, a group with close ties to the FDA, released a 5...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The antiviral Paxlovid has kept patients from becoming severely ill and dying from COVID-19 since it became available -- at no cost to them. But by the middle of next year, the U.S. government will stop subs...
MARTES, 6 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La actriz Kirstie Alley, mejor conocida por su exitoso rol en el popular programa de televisión "Cheers", y en la gran pantalla por "Look Who's Talking", murió de un cáncer a los 71 años."Nos entriste...
MARTES, 6 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Ahora, los farmacéuticos pueden recetar anticonceptivos hormonales en 20 estados de EE. UU., además de Washington, D.C., lo que da a las mujeres un acceso más fácil a la anticoncepción, señala un info...
MARTES, 6 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los expertos les piden a los adultos mayores que se vacunen contra la gripe lo antes posible, mientras una temporada de gripe excepcionalmente desagradable se despliega por todo Estados Unidos.Ya se h...
MARTES, 6 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Un pequeño sensor de sonido en el inodoro, que puede diferenciar entre orinar, defecar y la diarrea, podría algún día ayudar a prevenir los brotes de cólera. "La esperanza es que este sensor, que tien...
MARTES, 6 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los anuncios nos hacen creer que un gran bol de cereal azucarado o un café helado dulcísimo harán que nos brillen los ojos y estemos felices en la mañana.Pero ese tipo de desayuno rico en azúcar podrí...
MARTES, 6 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La depresión quizá sea un trastorno del cerebro, pero una nueva investigación amplía las evidencias de que también implica a los intestinos.Aunque la depresión es compleja, una investigación reciente ...
MARTES, 6 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Papitas, pizza, galletas: deliciosas, pero una dieta llena de alimentos ultraprocesados como estos podría contribuir al deterioro del cerebro, informan unos investigadores.Los alimentos ultraprocesado...
MARTES, 6 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Una de cada 10 mujeres desarrollará hipertensión por primera vez en su vida durante el año posterior a dar a luz a un hijo, encuentra un estudio reciente."Los hallazgos del estudio tienen implicacione...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The antiviral Paxlovid has kept people from getting really sick and dying from COVID-19 since it became available -- at no cost to them. But by the middle of next year, the U.S. government will stop subsidiz...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Many Americans believe that suicide rates spike every time the holiday season comes around. There’s just one catch: It's not true.Yet, a new analysis reveals that 56% of stories published last year in U.S. n...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with diabetes subsequently diagnosed and hospitalized with COVID-19, use of a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor (SGLT-2i) before COVID-19 infection is associated with lower COVID-19-relat...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The number and rate of twin births decreased from 2019 to 2020, according to the Dec. 7 National Vital Statistics Reports, a publication from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Isabelle Hor...