Could video games trigger dangerous heart rhythms in kids? In an Australian study, nearly all the children had underlying heart conditions — sometimes known, and sometimes unrecognized until the gaming incident. Read moreTeens can be tough on parents:...
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Experts have long suggested that family dinners serve up many health benefits.Now, a new survey from the American Heart Association backs that up: An overwhelming 91% of parents said their family is less str...
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A leading medical journal, the British Journal of Sports Medicine, has retracted nine more articles written by its former editor-in-chief and applied “expressions of concern” on 38 additional articles on whic...
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Do the majority of Americans want government to make sure the products they buy are free of harmful chemicals?Yes, a new survey shows, and they are even willing to pay more to get that assurance of safety.“At...
MONDAY, Oct. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Hearing an infant wheeze for the first time can be scary for new parents, as wheezing is known to raise a child’s risk of developing asthma.There’s been no easy way to predict a child will actually develop the...
MONDAY, Oct. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- With the growing popularity of electric scooters, the number of kids injured while riding them has jumped dramatically, a new study finds. Moreover, those injuries have become more severe: In the past decade, ...
MONDAY, Oct. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While politicians and health officials seek solutions to an opioid epidemic that kills tens of thousands every year, doctors who prescribe the pain medications are seeking alternatives for their patients.New r...
MONDAY, Oct. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 40% of Americans were untruthful about whether they had the virus or were ignoring safety precautions, a nationwide survey shows.The December survey of 1,700 p...
MONDAY, Oct. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- As the 988 crisis line debuts across the United States, a new Harris Poll shows that Americans are ready to make mental health and suicide prevention a top priority.Over eight in 10 adults now believe it's mor...
MONDAY, Oct. 10, 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’s not cause for alarm.It's coincidental that the order of Nplate...
MONDAY, Oct. 10, 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 with ...
Americans are shifting focus to mental health, and new 988 hotline is seeing the effects. Results of a Harris poll find large majorities concerned about issues such as depression and suicide -- and experts say calls to the newly launched crisis line a...
MONDAY, Oct. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers report early success with using an existing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) drug to treat systemic sclerosis, a rare but potentially devastating autoimmune condition. The disease, a subset of scleroderma...
MONDAY, Oct. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pancreatic cancer is often fatal, but a molecular test that can accurately distinguish benign cysts from those that could become cancerous may be a key to saving lives.Researchers tested the technology — calle...
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...
SUNDAY, Oct. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Here's some hope for men who struggle with razor bumps after shaving: Irritated, painful skin isn't inevitable.You can prevent razor bumps by making changes to your shaving routine, according to the American Ac...
SATURDAY, Oct. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- When summer turns to fall, the shorter days can cause some people to feel the "winter blues." Now one expert offers information on how to cope with seasonal depression, which comes during the cold, dark month...
FRIDAY, Oct. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Regular text messages targeting safer sex behaviors in young adults do not cut the incidence of chlamydia or gonorrhea at one year, according to a study published online Sept. 28 in The BMJ.Caroline Free, from ...
FRIDAY, Oct. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking causes substantial economic loss in the United States, according to a study published Oct. 1 in The Lancet Public Health.Nigar Nargis, Ph.D., from the American Cancer Society in Kennesaw, Georgia, and c...
FRIDAY, Oct. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday that it will stop publishing COVID-19 case and death data on a daily basis and instead issue weekly updates, starting Oct. 20."To allow for...
FRIDAY, Oct. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Travelers flying from Uganda will be funneled to one of five U.S. airports so they can be screened for Ebola amid an outbreak in that African country, federal officials announced Thursday.Passengers who have be...
FRIDAY, Oct. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken a major step to curb the largest remaining source of airborne lead pollution. The agency has proposed a so-called endangerment finding that aircraft that...
JUEVES, 6 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A veces, las alergias pueden conducir al enrojecimiento y la irritación de los ojos. Pero la conjuntivitis alérgica podría tener una sencilla solución: la actividad física.Esta es la conclusión de unos ...
JUEVES, 6 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Aunque en todo el país es ilegal vender productos de tabaco a personas menores de 21 años, muchas tiendas de Nueva Jersey todavía lo hacen, reveló un estudio encubierto.Más de un 40 por ciento de las vi...
JUEVES, 6 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Millones de mujeres revisan rutinariamente Instagram tras dar a luz, solo para ver publicaciones de otras nuevas mamás que alardean de lo rápido que volvieron a estar delgadas.Por supuesto, este tipo de...
JUEVES, 6 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Si usted tiene perros, es probable que ya sepa que acariciarlos puede mejorar el ánimo.Unos investigadores se propusieron probarlo usando tecnología, para mostrar lo que sucede en el cerebro cuando una ...
JUEVES, 6 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- El número de estadounidenses que fallezcan de COVID-19 este invierno podría depender de cuántos se ponen las dosis de refuerzo de las vacunas, muestra un nuevo informe.En EE. UU., se podrían prevenir ha...
JUEVES, 6 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Reemplazar los camiones que usan diésel y los contaminantes tóxicos que emiten con vehículos eléctricos salvaría decenas de miles de vidas en EE. UU., señala un nuevo informe de la Asociación Americana ...
JUEVES, 6 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Su afición por los refrigerios de medianoche ha hecho que aumente de peso a lo largo de los años, y ahora los investigadores comprenden mejor los motivos.Aunque hace mucho que comer a una hora tardía de...
JUEVES, 6 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- El vapeo entre adolescentes continúa a unos niveles preocupantes, reportaron el jueves las autoridades de salud de EE. UU.Alrededor de 2.5 millones de estudiantes de escuela intermedia y secundaria repo...