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....
MIÉRCOLES, 30 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los estadounidenses están comiendo más granos integrales que nunca antes, pero todavía no lo suficiente.Además, no todo el mundo está de acuerdo en qué constituye en realidad un grano integral, se...
MIÉRCOLES, 30 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las inyecciones de corticosteroides para aliviar el dolor en los pacientes con osteoartritis de rodilla podrían en realidad estarlos empeorando.Dos nuevos estudios descubrieron que, a pesar del al...
MIÉRCOLES, 30 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los niños expuestos al virus del Zika quizá necesiten un mayor respaldo cuando comiencen la escuela, aunque no fueran diagnosticados con defectos congénitos relacionados con el Zika y con el síndr...
MIÉRCOLES, 30 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Unos investigadores advierten que unas tasas altas de pruebas de detección del cáncer de cuello uterino en las mujeres de a partir de 65 años sugieren que algunas estadunidenses mayores están reci...