FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- With wind power picking up as a viable energy source, new research shows U.S. air quality is getting better, benefiting all Americans' health.There was one caveat to the findings, however: Only about a third of...
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- More biosimilars have been marketed in Germany and Switzerland than in the United States, but uptake has increased over time in all countries, according to a study published online Dec. 2 in JAMA Network Open.D...
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Residual lung abnormalities are estimated in up to about 11.7 percent of patients discharged following COVID-19-related hospitalization, according to a study published online Dec. 2 in the American Journal of R...
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The prevalence of methamphetamine-associated heart failure (MethHF) is increasing and is associated with significant morbidity, according to a review published online Dec. 1 in Heart.Veena Manja, Ph.D., from th...
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- It's thought that for an HIV vaccine to be widely effective, it will have to spur the body to make special antibodies that can neutralize a broad range of HIV strains. Now scientists say they have taken an esse...
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- For more than 50 years, Stan Goldstein has donned his red, black, white and gold – the colors of the University of Maryland's Terrapins – to cheer for his alma mater's men's basketball team at ...
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Supraphysiological oxygen administration during surgery is associated with increased odds of kidney, myocardial, and lung injury, according to a study published online Nov. 30 in The BMJ. David R. McIlroy, ...
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Deep learning can estimate cardiovascular risk from a routine chest X-ray image similar to the current clinical standard, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of Nort...
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other psychiatric disorders have a heightened risk for severe adverse outcomes with COVID-19, according to a study published online Nov. 22 in Translationa...
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Lack of knowledge and decision-making difficulties are associated with non-follow-up to positive fecal immunochemical test (FIT) results, according to a study published in the November/December issue of the Ann...
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There seems to be no statistically significant association between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, according to a systematic review and meta-an...
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Among U.S. adolescents with severe obesity, sleeve gastrectomy is significantly associated with lower rates of health care utilization but similar rates of death, complications, reoperation, and revision versus...
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Women with benign breast disease have an elevated long-term risk for breast cancer, according to a study presented at the annual European Breast Cancer Conference, held from Nov. 16 to 18 in Barcelona, Spain, a...
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A 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 988lifeline...
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Costs for epilepsy medications in the United States are skyrocketing, outpacing inflation and straining federal insurers Medicare and Medicaid, according to new research.Spending on antiseizure medications more...
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Dementia patients who suffer from seizures tend to decline faster and die younger, according to a new study that urges caregivers to watch for these sudden brain changes."Our hope is that controlling seizures b...
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If you've ever left a medical appointment confused, it's probably not you: A new study finds that the medical jargon doctors use can be completely misunderstood by patients.Common medical lingo that makes perfe...
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Alcohol increases the risk of cancer, but some Americans think it does the opposite, a new study shows. Researchers set out to understand people's awareness of the links between alcohol and cancer, finding that...
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Methamphetamine wreaks havoc on the heart, warns new research that shows heart failure rates linked to the illicit drug are on the rise around the world. Not only are these cases increasing, but they are more s...
FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The winter holidays are a time of celebrating and sharing precious time with family and friends, but they can also be deadly: More people die of heart attacks on Christmas Day than on any other day of the year....
Few Americans understand alcohol's impact on cancer. Only one-third of 3,800 adults surveyed knew about the heightened cancer risk for liquor, while 25% were aware of the risk with beer and 20% were aware of the risk with wine. Read morePatients often...
THURSDAY, Dec. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- One in seven U.S. parents have not talked about vaccines with their child's regular provider in the past two years, according to the results of a survey released by the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National...
THURSDAY, Dec. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The United States will renew its focus on ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030, with new funding and a five-year strategy, the White House said Thursday. The Biden administration announced its ambitious plans...
THURSDAY, Dec. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first fecal microbiota treatment, aimed at helping adults battling tough-to-treat Clostridioides difficile infections (CDIs)."Today's approval o...
THURSDAY, Dec. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. Food & Drug Administration policies that have limited blood donations from men who have sex with men may soon ease.At the moment, FDA policy does not allow blood donation from men who have had sex with o...
THURSDAY, Dec. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials will begin testing wastewater for poliovirus in select locations around the country, including possibly at sites in Michigan and Pennsylvania.The testing will happen in communities that ...
MIÉRCOLES, 30 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Si desea reducir su riesgo de enfermedad cardiaca, tire el salero, sugiere un estudio reciente.Aunque ya siga una dieta baja en sal, echarle sal a la comida puede aumentar el riesgo de enfermedad ...
MIÉRCOLES, 30 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Más estadounidenses están muriendo por violencia con armas de fuego, tanto en homicidios como en suicidios, que en décadas, muestra un informe reciente.La tasa de muertes por armas de fuego de EE....