THURSDAY, Oct. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Universities sometimes offer "Pet Your Stress Away" events offering a chance to relax while gently patting the head and stroking the back of a calm dog.But some people are more interested in interacting with...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Blacks and Hispanics are less likely than Whites to receive bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, according to a study published in the Oct. 27 issue of the New E...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- From 2007 to 2017, there was an increase in the incidence of nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), according to a study published online Oct. 26 in Neurology.Christina Xia, M.D., from SUNY Upstate Med...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Excess acute myocardial infarction (AMI)-associated mortality seen during the COVID-19 pandemic persisted through the omicron surge and was most pronounced in younger-aged adults, according to a study publi...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For people living with dementia (PLWD), psychological therapy is beneficial for symptoms of depression and anxiety, but improvement or recovery is less likely than among matched controls without dementia, a...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For individuals with diet-sensitive conditions, implementation of medically tailored meals (MTMs) could potentially avert about 1.6 million hospitalizations and yield net savings of $13.6 billion annually, ...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- China announced Wednesday that it has started giving its citizens a COVID-19 booster that can be inhaled through the mouth.The oral vaccine was distributed in Shanghai. A video appeared on Chinese state med...
MARTES, 25 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Es una pregunta que muchos se han hecho: ¿cómo se hace que los recuerdos perduren?Ahora, un nuevo estudio afirma que se solidifican durante el sueño, mediante la interacción de dos regiones cerebrales ...
MARTES, 25 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Mientras mayor sea la frecuencia con que hace ejercicio, más efectiva será su vacuna contra la COVID-19, sugiere un estudio reciente.Las personas vacunadas del todo que hacían unos niveles altos de act...
MARTES, 25 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Unilever anunció el lunes que ha retirado ciertos aerosoles de champú en seco, porque podrían contener unos niveles elevados de benceno.El propelente utilizado en los productos, que se venden bajo las ...
MARTES, 25 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Una nueva investigación canadiense ofrece noticias alentadoras en medio de las preocupaciones sobre la epidemia de opioides.Los médicos están recetando una dosis más baja de analgésicos después de que ...
MARTES, 25 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Mientras los médicos buscan desarrollar una atención más personalizada para el cáncer, un nuevo estudio observa si los pacientes con un cáncer de pulmón pueden faltar unos días a radioterapia y compens...
MARTES, 25 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Cuando un hombre tiene un cáncer en un área que afecta a la función sexual, es probable que su médico lo hable con él.Pero lo mismo no sucede cuando una mujer tiene un cáncer en un órgano sexual, según...
MARTES, 25 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Hacer una rápida caminata o unas sentadillas después de comer podría ayudarlo a conservar la masa muscular al envejecer, sugiere una nueva investigación.El llamado "ejercicio a bocados" (unas sesiones ...
MARTES, 25 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Una deficiencia de vitamina D lo pone en riesgo de mucho más que huesos débiles, informa un nuevo e importante estudio.Una deficiencia de vitamina D en el sistema puede aumentar el riesgo general de mu...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Perhaps to no one's surprise, new research has determined that men do, in fact, have a much stronger sex drive than women.After reviewing more than 200 studies, investigators "found that men consistently r...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A “virtual autopsy” of a mummified 17th century Austrian infant has shed new light on Renaissance childhood — as well as the importance of vitamin D to health.The researchers used CT scans to examine the re...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A new trend promoted on the social media platform TikTok has people taping their lips shut at bedtime -- a practice that could be dangerous, an expert warns.The purpose of mouth taping is to keep from breat...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Flash radiotherapy, a new technology that uses targeted proton beams, is safe and effective in relieving pain for terminal cancer patients, a new, small study suggests. Flash radiotherapy delivers radiation...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- China announced Wednesday that it has started giving its citizens a COVID booster that can be inhaled through the mouth.The oral vaccine was distributed in Shanghai. A video appeared on Chinese state media,...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking is an incredibly hard habit to break. Anne Levine of Baltimore can attest to that.But Levine, 58, is getting help from a potential new tool: psychedelics. The four-decade smoker has tried to quit a ...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Like many actors in Los Angeles, Michael Shutt had a second job. As a bartender at a restaurant, he had flexible hours and a reliable income with benefits.Shutt worked the day shift so he c...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For persons living with HIV (PLWH), a three-dose hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine adjuvanted to a TLR-9 agonist (HepB-CpG) yields 100 percent seroprotection, according to a study presented at the annual meet...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For women with a singleton pregnancy receiving vaginal cervical cerclage due to a history of pregnancy loss or premature birth, monofilament suture does not reduce the rate of pregnancy loss compared with s...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Telehealth follow-up consultations following an emergency department visit are associated with more repeat emergency department visits and more return hospital admissions versus in-person follow-ups, accord...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Irregular and long menstrual cycles are associated with increased rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study published online Oct. 25 in JAMA Network Open.Yi-Xin Wang, M.D., Ph.D., from the...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Among medical school students, there are significant disparities in publication rates across sex and race and ethnicity, according to a study published online Oct. 25 in JAMA Network Open.Mytien Nguyen, fro...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Among heart failure patients with high-risk features, there is less utilization of ventricular assist devices (VADs) and transplant among Black patients, with no increase in mortality, according to a study ...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There is familial aggregation of stillbirth, according to a study published online Sept. 26 in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.Tsegaselassie Workalemahu, Ph.D., from the Univers...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In most U.S. counties, a Google search of the phrase "eye doctor near me" may underrepresent ophthalmologists, according to a study published online Oct. 20 in JAMA Ophthalmology.Rebecca R. Soares, M.D., fr...