WEDNESDAY, Oct. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of sightless children in the United States did not have to lose their vision, according to a new study.The findings suggest the need to prioritize addressing preventable vision loss in all chi...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A new study has found no evidence that COVID-19 shots increase the incidence of Guillain-Barré syndrome, according to researchers."This is important because we can say that there is no significant increased...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A leading group of U.S. tummy doctors wants Americans to get used to talking about their bowel symptoms, at least with their physicians.People are hesitant to discuss digestive trouble with a medical profess...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Amyloid-beta plaques have long been linked to Alzheimer's disease, with some scientists theorizing that the plaques actually cause the degenerative brain disease.But a new study suggests that the plaques are...
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The incidence rates of breast cancer have increased slowly and breast cancer mortality rates have declined in recent years, with a persistent racial disparity in breast cancer mortality, according to a report ...
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Even in individuals without psychiatric comorbidities, specific behavioral and psychological factors are associated with migraine, according to a study published online Aug. 26 in The Journal of Headache and P...
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Both electronic cigarette advertising and peer influence are significantly associated with e-cigarette initiation among U.S. teens, according to a study published online Sept. 29 in JAMA Network Open.Yu Wang, ...
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Among ophthalmologic residents, there are no differences across performance metrics between residents taking parental leave versus their peers not taking leave, according to a study published online Sept. 29 i...
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Medicare eligibility and enrollment at age 65 years is associated with improvements in some measures of health care access and affordability, according to a study published online Oct. 4 in PLOS Medicine.Rahul...
LUNES, 3 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los investigadores han descubierto otra pista sobe cómo algunas personas mayores se mantienen tan agudas mucho después de cumplir los 80 años. Sus células cerebrales son de verdad grandes. El estudio se ...
LUNES, 3 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Más de 160,000 personas alrededor del mundo tienen fibrosis quística, y los complementos de las vitaminas C y E podrían ayudar a reducir la dañina inflamación en sus pulmones, según una investigación rec...
LUNES, 3 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La exposición a la contaminación atmosférica puede impedir la recuperación de la COVID-19, independientemente de que alguien esté o no vacunado, según una nueva investigación."Estos hallazgos son importa...
LUNES, 3 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las mujeres jóvenes que han sobrevivido a un cáncer están en riesgo de sufrir problemas sexuales, por ejemplo pérdida de la libido e incomodidad, encuentra un nuevo estudio.La calidad de la vida sexual d...
LUNES, 3 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las autoridades de salud de EE. UU. han advertido que varias marcas de queso brie y camembert podrían contener Listeria, una bacteria potencialmente peligrosa.Old Europe Cheese Inc. retiró más de 20 marc...
LUNES, 3 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las pastillas anticonceptivas que contienen tanto estrógeno como progestina no contribuyen al crecimiento de unos senos agrandados en las adolescentes y mujeres jóvenes, y podrían en realidad asociarse c...
LUNES, 3 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Para los adultos mayores, vacunarse provee una protección contra la COVID-19, pero ponerse una dosis de refuerzo es una parte clave de mantener esa inmunidad, confirma un estudio reciente."Los datos resp...
LUNES, 3 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Larry Griner renunció a su trabajo en California y volvió a su hogar de la niñez, en Baltimore, hace casi cinco años, para poder cuidar a su madre, Norma.Norma había recibido un diagnóstico de enfermedad...
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Antidepressant use in pregnancy is not associated with an increased risk for neurodevelopmental disorders in children, according to a study published online Oct. 3 in JAMA Internal Medicine.Elizabeth A. Suarez...
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Specific subgroups of patients diagnosed with dementia may have an increased risk for suicide, including those diagnosed before age 65 years, according to a study published online Oct. 3 in JAMA Neurology.Dana...
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For children with acute infective conjunctivitis, topical antibiotics are associated with a shorter duration of conjunctival symptoms, according to a study published online Oct. 4 in JAMA Network Open.Minna Ho...
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Most cases of monkeypox that occur after vaccination with the modified Vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic vaccine (MVA-BN) occur within 14 days of receipt of the first dose, according to a research letter publish...
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pirfenidone may slow the rate of decline of forced vital capacity (FVC) among patients with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD), according to a study published online Sept. 5 in ...
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Thoughts of suicide are often a first reaction to a diagnosis of dementia before age 65, a new study suggests.Suicide risk is highest in the first three months after the dementia diagnosis and if the patient a...
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis, apremilast appears to have a neutral association with aortic vascular inflammation, generally beneficial associations with certain cardiometabolic biomarkers, an...
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Utilization of living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is low in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, but long-term survival is high, according to a study published online Sept. 25 in the Journ...
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A single infusion of rituximab early after the onset of generalized myasthenia gravis improves outcomes at 16 weeks, according to a study published online Sept. 19 in JAMA Neurology.Fredrik Piehl, M.D., Ph.D.,...
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with a history of bariatric surgery may have an increased risk for developing epilepsy, according to a study published online Sept. 28 in Neurology.Tresah C. Antaya, M.P.H., from Western University in...
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Ambient air pollution is associated with the progression of stroke, according to a study published online Sept. 28 in Neurology.Fei Tian, M.D., from Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China, and colleagues e...
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Could key differences in the trillions of bacteria found in the human gut actually affect the risk of becoming infected with HIV? A small, new study suggests the answer may be yes.The intriguing possibility st...
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- When men become parents, a lot changes in their lives -- less sleep and more time devoted to taking care of their children come to mind -- but new research now suggests that distinct changes also unfold in a n...