TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) levels are associated with diabetes risk in African-Americans (AAs), according to two studies published online in Nutrition & Diabetes and BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care...
The annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology was held this year from Nov. 3 to 6 and attracted participants from around the world, including nephrology specialists, researchers, scientists, and other health care professionals. The confere...
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- About 10 percent of patients with appendix cancer (AC) who undergo testing for hereditary cancer disposition harbor a gene sequence variation associated with cancer susceptibility, according to a study publis...
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Education interacts with genetic variants to confer susceptibility to myopia, according to a study published online Nov. 17 in PLOS Genetics.Rosie Clark, Ph.D., from Cardiff University in the United Kingdom, ...
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Annual lung cancer screening for heavy smokers can provide a big boost in lung cancer survival over the long term, a new study shows.When low-dose CT screening identifies early-stage lung cancer, patients ha...
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Whether served in a casserole, almondine or roasted with garlic, green beans are sure to make an appearance on many a table this holiday season.And unlike many of the tempting treats that mak...
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Research in wild bats is reinforcing a notion crucial to stopping future pandemics: When wildlife populations stay healthy, the odds of "crossover" viruses infecting humans subsides.In Australia, deforestatio...
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Many women feel a lump in their breast or receive an abnormal result on a screening mammogram that turns out to be a cyst or other type of non-cancerous growth.With this news comes a huge sigh of relief, but ...
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to even low levels of alcohol while in the womb can change the structure of the fetus’ brain, according to Austrian researchers.The study results suggest that pregnant women should strictly avoid alc...
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The genetic abnormality that drives Down syndrome causes the same sort of abnormal brain plaques and protein tangles that are found in Alzheimer's disease patients, a new study reports.Amyloid beta plaques an...
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A happy holiday can go sour quickly when food poisoning joins the party. Experts from Rutgers New Jersey Poison Control Center offer some tips on safely thawing, preparing and storing food, as well as avoidin...
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Bacterial infections are to blame for 1 in 8 deaths and are second only to heart disease as the world’s leading cause of death, a new report reveals.About 7.7 million people died in 2019 from infection with o...
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Eating a Thanksgiving feast, while still maintaining healthy blood sugar levels, may seem challenging if you have diabetes, but it's doable, experts say.Nearly 40 million Americans deal with this issue every ...
MONDAY, Nov. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Mental health professional workforce shortages are associated with increased youth suicides, according to a study published online Nov. 21 in JAMA Pediatrics.Jennifer A. Hoffmann, M.D., from the Northwestern U...
MONDAY, Nov. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccines PRIORIX and M-M-R II are interchangeable, according to research published in the Nov. 18 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity a...
MONDAY, Nov. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A diagnosis of psychosis in adolescence is associated with long-term functional morbidity, meeting the criteria for not being in education, employment, and training (NEET), according to a study published onlin...
MONDAY, Nov. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Most pivotal trials of new cancer, cardiovascular, and neurologic drugs recruit from low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), according to a study published online Nov. 22 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Fa...
MONDAY, Nov. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Vitamin D supplementation does not reduce the risk for asthma exacerbation in children overall, but does reduce the risk in those with low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) concentrations, according to a rev...
MONDAY, Nov. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Opioid initiation among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with similar major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and all-cause mortality risk versus nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NS...
MONDAY, Nov. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Flu season has struck the United States hard and early, burdening hospitals that are also coping with a surge in other respiratory viruses, including respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and COVID-19.The nation h...
VIERNES, 18 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Su supervivencia a un cáncer podría depender, en parte, del lugar en que viva.Investigadores de la Sociedad Americana Contra El Cáncer (American Cancer Society) y de la Universidad de Clemson, en Ca...
VIERNES, 18 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Es un poco como el principio de Ricitos de Oro: una habitación que está demasiado seca o húmeda puede influir en la transmisión de la COVID-19, y provocar más enfermedades y muertes, señalan investi...
VIERNES, 18 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Cada año, las armas de fuego provocan más de la mitad de los suicidios en Estados Unidos, y una nueva investigación encuentra que la mayoría son pistolas de propiedad del fallecido que estaban guard...
VIERNES, 18 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Quizá sea tentador comprar medicamentos recetados en línea, pero los compradores deben tener cuidado, advierte la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE. UU.Aunque algunos sitios web...
VIERNES, 18 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- El jueves, la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE. UU. aprobó el primer fármaco que podría retrasar el desarrollo de la diabetes tipo 1 (DT1).El teplizumab (Tzield) se dirige a la...
VIERNES, 18 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Una persona con una parálisis grave ya no tiene que someterse a una cirugía para intentar guiar una silla de ruedas motorizada con la mente, informan unos investigadores. A través de un gorro lleno ...
VIERNES, 18 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las vacunas de refuerzo contra la COVID actualizadas de Pfizer están mostrando su temple contra las variantes emergentes de la ómicron, anunció la compañía el viernes.La versión más reciente de la v...
VIERNES, 18 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Algo, o más bien alguien, quizá evite que las mamás tengan una rutina de ejercicio regular: sus hijos.Una investigación reciente de las universidades de Cambridge y Southampton, en Reino Unido, sugi...