MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Actor and musician Rob Benedict was in his natural habitat, onstage and entertaining an audience, when two of his friends decided to pull a practical joke on him.They were all gathered in Toron...
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Actor and musician Rob Benedict was in his natural habitat, onstage and entertaining an audience, when two of his friends decided to pull a practical joke on him.They were all gathered in Toron...
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- People who've had a bout of shingles may face a heightened risk of heart attack or stroke in later years, a new, large study suggests.Anyone who ever had chickenpox can develop shingles — a painful rash that is...
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Seizures tend to get progressively worse over time in people with epilepsy, and a new study in mice suggests why that might be the case.Seizures appear to prompt the brains of mice to produce more myelin, the i...
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The last of six COVID monoclonal antibody treatments has lost its federal authorization because, like the others, it no longer works against the newest Omicron subvariants.This last monoclonal antibody was bebt...
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Mpox cases are down significantly in the United States, prompting the federal government to plan not to renew an emergency designation for the virus when it expires late next month. “Given the low number of ca...
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) – The Laundress, a laundry and cleaning products company, has recalled nearly 8 million of its products over concerns they may be contaminated with various bacteria.The bacteria include Burkholderia cepacia comple...
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Finally, more than two years into the pandemic, Americans are sleeping better. A new survey from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) found that 31% of people have had insomnia since the pandemic began...
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors give men and women different advice to head off heart disease, even though guidelines for both are the same.Men were 20% more likely to be prescribed statins to lower blood levels of bad cholesterol com...
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Firearm injuries traumatize children, saddling them with mental health issues that include stress disorders and drug or alcohol use, according to a new study.In all, 35% of kids injured by firearms receive a ne...
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Young girls tend to babble their way to bigger vocabularies earlier than boys, and researchers now think they might know why.It has nothing to do with gender, and everything to do with parental interaction, res...
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While people's immune system T-cells can still target the spike proteins of the COVID coronavirus, their power to do so is waning over time, researchers report.As the virus continues to mutate, T-cell recogniti...
Shingles ups odds for heart attack, stroke by almost 30%. Luckily, getting a shingles vaccine guards against the condition and thereby may also protect against heart issues. Read moreVicious cycle: Epilepsy seizures can prompt more epilepsy seizures. ...
SUNDAY, Dec. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Getting toys for some of the tots in your life this holiday season? Experts at Penn State Health offer tips on making safe choices.Each year, about 200,000 U.S. children end up in the emergency room with a toy-...
SATURDAY, Dec. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Winter weather brings with it plenty of hazards, including risks from carbon monoxide poisoning, and fires. But the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) offers suggestions for staying safe on those ...
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Up to 7 percent of pregnant women in the United States report using cannabis, according to a study published online Nov. 28 in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.Kathak Vachhani, from University of ...
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Herpes zoster (HZ) is associated with an elevated long-term risk for a cardiovascular event, according to a study published online Nov. 16 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.Sharon G. Curhan, M.D....
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients undergoing lower-extremity bypass, cannabis use is associated with reduced graft patency, increased amputation, and increased opioid use, according to a study published online Sept. 22 in the Annal...
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Individuals with type 2 diabetes face an increased risk for advanced tumor stage at cancer diagnosis, particularly for nonscreenable cancers, according to a study presented at the annual European Breast Cancer ...
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The national hotline that people can call in a mental health emergency went down for a day before it was restored late Thursday.Those in crisis could still reach counselors by texting 988 or visiting 988lifelin...
JUEVES, 1 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Estados Unidos va a renovar su enfoque en haber acabado con la epidemia de VIH/SIDA en 2030, con nueva financiación y una estrategia de cinco años, anunció el jueves la Casa Blanca.La administración d...
JUEVES, 1 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Tras repetidos brotes de salmonella en EE. UU. vinculados con productos de pollo congelados, empanados y rellenos, los investigadores apuntan ahora a la cocción en el microondas como un factor clave e...
JUEVES, 1 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Dos medicamentos comunes que los veterinarios usan para matar a los parásitos en las mascotas podrían ser la solución para deshacerse de las chinches.Tanto fluralaner como ivermectina, que se usan par...
JUEVES, 1 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las autoridades de salud de EE. UU. comenzarán a hacer pruebas del poliovirus en las aguas residuales de ubicaciones selectas de todo el país, lo que incluye posiblemente a lugares en Michigan y Pensi...
JUEVES, 1 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Si necesita mejorar su imagen corporal, salga al aire libre.Ya sea que esté en un espacio verde, en un espacio azul cerca de un río o el océano, o incluso en un ambiente nevado, esto puede hacer una d...
JUEVES, 1 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE. UU. podría pronto aflojar las políticas que han limitado las donaciones de sangre de los hombres que tienen sexo con hombres.Ahora, la políti...
JUEVES, 1 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La COVID-19 podría dañar al hígado, sugiere un estudio de tamaño reducido.El virus parece aumentar la rigidez del hígado, una señal de una potencial lesión a largo plazo, pero es demasiado pronto para...
JUEVES, 1 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Un simulador podría hacer que la conducción sea más segura para los adolescentes que sufren del trastorno de déficit de atención e hiperactividad (TDAH), al entrenarlos para que desvíen la mirada de l...