TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The United States is still among one of the most dangerous developed nations for childbirth, especially in rural areas and communities of color, according to a new March of Dimes report. About 36 percent of U...
LUNES, 10 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Escuchar a un bebé respirar con sibilancia por primera vez puede ser terrorífico para los nuevos padres, ya que se sabe que la sibilancia aumenta el riesgo de un niño de desarrollar asma.No ha habido un...
LUNES, 10 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Mientras los políticos y las autoridades de salud buscan soluciones para una epidemia de opioides que acaba con las vidas de decenas de miles de personas cada año, los médicos que recetan los analgésico...
LUNES, 10 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- En el punto álgido de la pandemia de COVID-19, más de un 40 por ciento de los estadounidenses mintieron respecto a si tenían o no el virus, o ignoraban las medidas de seguridad, muestra una encuesta nac...
Se retrasa la atención del paciente en una gran cadena de hospitales tras un cibersecuestro de datos
LUNES, 10 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Un cibersecuestro de datos (ransomware) en una de las mayores cadenas de hospitales del país interrumpió la atención en hospitales desde Seattle a Tennessee la semana pasada.El ataque contra CommonSpiri...
LUNES, 10 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los investigadores informan un éxito temprano con el uso de un medicamento existente para la artritis reumatoide (AR), para tratar la esclerosis sistémica, una afección autoinmune rara pero potencialmen...
LUNES, 10 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Aunque hace poco que Estados Unidos hizo un pedido de 290 millones de dólares en suministros de un medicamento para tratar la enfermedad por radiación, las autoridades de salud federales afirman que est...
LUNES, 10 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las mujeres son diagnosticadas con enfermedad de Alzheimer con el doble de frecuencia que los hombres. Ahora, los investigadores piensan que conocen el motivo.Un nuevo estudio encontró evidencias en tej...
LUNES, 10 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Con frecuencia, el cáncer de páncreas resulta letal, pero una prueba molecular que puede distinguir de forma precisa entre los quistes benignos y los que podrían volverse cancerosos podría ser clave par...
MONDAY, Oct. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Women are diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease twice as often as men. Now researchers think they know why.A new study found evidence in mice and human brain tissue that may explain the differences, according to r...
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnancy can be safer and healthier for both mom and baby with good access to quality maternity care. Yet, the United States is still among one of the most dangerous developed nations for childbirth, especia...
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies paint a bleak picture of emergency departments across the United States.There are not enough beds to go around and pronounced staffing shortages. As a result, folks may languish in emergency r...
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Many language skills are "left brain," but a new study shows that when a newborn suffers a stroke in that region, the brain is able to shift those language duties to the right.The researchers said the finding...
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- It started with the ultrasounds. Every time Anita Naglieri had one, her OB-GYN said she could only see half her baby's heart."Don't worry," the doctor told her. "It's probably just the way th...
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Let's talk tofu.It seemed like such a simple, honest food when it caught your eye in the grocery store. But later, after you checked it out online, you began to worry that a long-term relatio...
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for major depressive disorder (MDD) in adolescents aged 12 to 18 years and for anxiety in children aged 8 to 18 years. These recommendatio...
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Participants who are invited to undergo screening colonoscopy have a reduced risk for colorectal cancer at 10 years but no reduction in the risk for death from colorectal cancer, according to a study publishe...
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have a significantly higher frequency of periodontitis than healthy controls, according to a study published online Sept. 16 in the Journal of Periodontology.Gia...
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with complicated urinary tract infection (UTI) or acute pyelonephritis caused by gram-negative pathogens, cefepime/enmetazobactam is noninferior and superior to piperacillin/tazobactam for clinic...
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to a complete course of antenatal steroids is independently associated with greater odds of survival and survival without major morbidity among extremely preterm infants, according to a study publish...
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Lenabasum is well tolerated for the treatment of amyopathic dermatomyositis, according to a phase 2 study published online Oct. 1 in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology.Victoria P. Werth, M.D., from the ...
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Risk for a new diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (T1D) may persist for up to six months following severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in children, according to a research letter ...
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Following stroke, long-term recovery patterns in multifaceted functional domains differ by patient age, stroke severity, and stroke type, according to a study published online Sept. 23 in JAMA Network Open.Se...
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While the United States has recently ordered a $290 million supply of a drug meant to treat radiation sickness, federal health officials say that is not cause for alarm.It is coincidental that the order of Np...
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A ransomware attack at one of the country's largest hospital chains disrupted care at hospitals from Seattle to Tennessee last week.The attack on CommonSpirit Health, the fourth-largest U.S. health system wit...
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Playing video games may seem sedentary, but it can be enough to trigger life-threatening heart arrhythmias in certain vulnerable children, a new report finds.Researchers in Australia pulled together reports o...
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers studying fractures in older adults found a higher death rate when those fractures were closer to the center of the body and also when patients had particular underlying health issues. This informa...
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Parents who make an effort to spend quality time with their teens – while offering affection and understanding -- are more likely to remain close to them as they enter adulthood, new research suggests.“The da...