TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Seeking to clarify connections between pre-existing heart disease and COVID-19, a study of critically ill patients has found their risk of dying from COVID-19 may stem not directly from heart ...
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Over 30 years since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), some doctors harbor biases toward people with disabilities, and even actively avoid accepting them as patients, a new study finds.I...
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer researchers and clinicians have made tremendous progress in reducing death rates in the past three decades, yet a racial gap persists in the United States. Even with the lower numbers of actual d...
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Almost 8 in 10 U.S. adults have received their primary COVID-19 vaccine series, but only 31% of children ages 5 to 11 have done the same, according to a new report based on late September figures from the U.S....
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Football Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw revealed Sunday that he has been treated for two different types of cancer in the past year. Bradshaw talked about his health while co-hosting Fox NFL Sunday.“Last week on...
Disabled patients face discrimination from doctors. More than three decades after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), some doctors still harbor biases toward people with disabilities, and even actively avoid accepting them as pat...
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- How can you make your home safer for your young children? You might want to start by removing window coverings with cords that could strangle a toddler."Young children can quickly and silently become strangled...
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While certain minority groups are more likely to be diagnosed with dementia than their white counterparts, they may also be less likely to be eligible for new disease-slowing treatments, a new study finds. Cog...
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The global public health community should be on the alert for a family of viruses in African monkeys that have the potential to spill over to humans, researchers warn.In their new study, the scientists noted t...
MONDAY, Oct. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Intake of all types of coffee is associated with reduced incident cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality, according to a study published online Sept. 27 in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology....
MONDAY, Oct. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For a sample of 60 drugs, research and development investments do not explain the variation in list prices, according to a study published online Sept. 26 in JAMA Network Open.Olivier J. Wouters, Ph.D., from th...
MONDAY, Oct. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There is considerable heterogeneity in the prevalence of obesity among different Asian American subgroups in the United States, according to a study published online Oct. 4 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Ni...
MONDAY, Oct. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGTL2) inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP1) receptor agonists are effective as first-line therapy for patients with type 2 diabetes, but are not cost-effective, accordin...
MONDAY, Oct. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials have warned that numerous brands of brie and camembert cheese may contain Listeria.Old Europe Cheese Inc. has recalled more than 20 brands of cheese from retail and wholesale stores nation...
VIERNES, 30 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Usar un monitor de actividad podría ayudarlo a dar más pasos, aunque nunca ni lo mire. Un nuevo estudio encontró que las personas que usaban un podómetro daban en promedio 318 pasos más al día que ...
VIERNES, 30 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Muchos estadounidenses con enfermedad cardiaca también tienen un acceso limitado a la comida, y esta es una combinación peligrosa que aumenta con rapidez, encuentra un estudio reciente."La inseguri...
VIERNES, 30 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Más de 1 millón de estadounidenses intentaron suicidarse en 2020, y un nuevo estudio señala a una forma potencial de reducir ese riesgo: recetar ácido fólico.El estudio, de más de 800,000 estadouni...
VIERNES, 30 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La tasa de suicidio de Estados Unidos aumentaron en 2021, tras dos años de reducción, según datos preliminares de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) de EE. UU.El núme...
VIERNES, 30 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los lugares de culto podrían proveer un alivio a los hombres negros que no solo mejora sus vidas, sino que también las prolonga, sugiere una investigación reciente."Los hombres negros han sido opri...
VIERNES, 30 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las autoridades de salud pública lo han intentado todo para convencer a los estadounidenses de vacunarse contra la COVID, incluso darles dinero en efectivo, pero esto no fue suficiente para cambiar...
VIERNES, 30 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- El Gobierno de EE. UU. invertirá 266 millones de dólares para mejorar la fuerza laboral comunitaria y de salud pública, usando fondos del Plan de Rescate Estadounidense (American Rescue Plan).Alred...
VIERNES, 30 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La devastación que dejó uno de los huracanes más fuertes que han llegado a Florida en años es inmensa. Pero los residentes que tuvieron que abandonar sus viviendas debido a las inundaciones provoca...
MONDAY, Oct. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have discovered another clue as to how some older people stay sharp as a tack into their 80s and beyond: Their brain cells are really big.The study focused on what scientists have dubbed "super-ager...
MONDAY, Oct. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Models have been developed and validated for predicting major complications of laparoscopic or abdominal hysterectomy for benign conditions, according to a study published online Oct. 3 in CMAJ, the journal of ...
MONDAY, Oct. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For individuals with preeclampsia with severe features, extended-release nifedipine reduces the receipt of intrapartum acute hypertensive therapy, according to a study published online Oct. 3 in Hypertension.Er...
MONDAY, Oct. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Folic acid seems to be beneficial for reducing the rate of suicide attempts, according to a study published online Sept. 28 in JAMA Psychiatry.Robert D. Gibbons, Ph.D., from the University of Chicago, and colle...
MONDAY, Oct. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Parents of children with high-powered magnet exposures often do not know if warning labels were present, or they report not reading them, according to a study published online Oct. 3 in Pediatrics.Leah K. Midde...
MONDAY, Oct. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For early-stage invasive breast cancer, involved or close pathological margins after breast-conserving surgery are associated with an increased risk for distant and local recurrence, according to a review publi...