THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Eating well and exercising can make for a longer life, and that holds true for former smokers, too, a new study shows.Researchers found that of nearly 160,000 former smokers, those who exercised, ate health...
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Bryce Cornet is no stranger to a racing heart. His heart beats faster each time he puts on his helmet, slides into the cockpit of his race car, snaps on the buckles of his harness and puts ...
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Terlisa Sheppard knows the value of tracking changes in her body.The Orlando Health patient was eight and a half months pregnant and just 31 years old when she felt a lump under her arm. She left work to g...
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- As Hurricane Ian slams Florida, a new study finds that many hospitals positioned near the Gulf and East Coasts are vulnerable to severe flooding from such storms.Ian struck the West Coast of Florida Wednesd...
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Everyone knows dogs have a keen sense of smell, but now researchers have discovered they can even smell stress in the breath and sweat of humans."Dogs possess an incredible sense of smell. Previous research...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) – The Jynneos vaccine, originally designed to guard against smallpox infection, also seems to protect against monkeypox, new U.S. government data shows.The potency of the vaccine in a real-world setting was i...
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A new technology dubbed the "bionic pancreas" may beat standard treatment in helping people with type 1 diabetes control their blood sugar levels, a clinical trial has found.Among adults and children with t...
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Weight-loss surgery can change a person's life and health, but new research warns it might also come with a slight risk of developing epilepsy.People who had the surgery had a 45% relative increased risk of...
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Regular home monitoring can help with blood pressure control, but only half of people who have hypertension or other related conditions actually do it, a new study found. Of Americans ages 50 to 80 who take...
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Folks having surgery have lots of things to worry about as they go under the knife, but the gender of their surgeon isn't one of them, a new study finds.There's no difference in rates of death or complicati...
'Bionic pancreas' could make life easier for people with type 1 diabetes. If approved by the FDA, the iLet Bionic Pancreas would be the most automated system available for managing the illness — tracking blood sugar levels and delivering insulin with...
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking isn't only costly in terms of health risks, it also cost the U.S. economy $891 billion in 2020.That was almost 10 times the cigarette industry's $92 billion revenue, according to the authors of a ne...
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women who get COVID-19 and then get vaccinated before giving birth are more likely than other moms to pass protective antibodies to their newborns, new research shows.Babies can't get their own sho...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Emotional exhaustion among health care workers (HCWs) worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online Sept. 21 in JAMA Network Open.J. Bryan Sexton, Ph.D., from Duke University...
WDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pulse wave velocity is increased in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published online Aug. 25 in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.Karolis Azukaitis,...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Wednesday that it is updating the marketing term "healthy" to reflect what has been learned about what makes a wholesome diet. The new proposed FDA rule w...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay) -- Japanese drugmaker Eisai on Wednesday said its experimental drug lecanemab helped slow thinking declines among people in the early stages of Alzheimer disease.The findings from a phase 3 clinical trial have yet...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of seniors who had to pay high increases in Medicare premiums this year will get a break in 2023 when they see a rare drop in monthly premiums for Medicare Part B. The rate decrease is 3 percent, ...
MARTES, 27 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Mirar fijamente la pantalla de una computadora durante mucho tiempo puede conducir a unos ojos resecos, irritados y cansados, y a dolores de cabeza.Pero hay una solución rápida.Simplemente deje de m...
MARTES, 27 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Un exceso de ansiedad no es bueno para nadie, pero un nuevo estudio sugiere que conlleva un peligro particular para las mujeres embarazadas, porque puede aumentar las probabilidades de que el niño n...
MARTES, 27 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los adultos con pérdida auditiva pronto podrán entrar a una tienda o farmacia (o visitar un sitio web) y comprar audífonos sin receta.Los audífonos de venta libre llegarán al mercado a mediados de o...
MARTES, 27 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Hace cinco años, "Nugget", un Jack-A-Poo, necesitaba de urgencia la cariñosa atención de un veterinario."Necesitaba vacunas y otras cosas", comenta la nativa de Seattle Grace Stroklund sobre su comp...
MARTES, 27 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las personas que beben dos o tres tazas de café al día parecen vivir más que las personas a quienes la bebida no les gusta, muestra una investigación reciente.Los amantes del café también parecen te...
MARTES, 27 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- El martes, la Casa Blanca publicó un plan nacional para haber acabado con el hambre en 2030, una meta ambiciosa que se lograría sobre todo al ampliar los beneficios de alimentos mensuales para los e...
MARTES, 27 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los niños que contraen la COVID-19 podrían experimentar un ligero aumento en el riesgo de desarrollar diabetes tipo 1, sugiere un estudio reciente.Los investigadores encontraron que, de más de 285,0...
MARTES, 27 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Cada año, miles de personas fallecen mientras esperan un trasplante de hígado. El trasplante con donante vivo tiene el potencial de salvar muchas de estas vidas, pero sigue sin usarse lo suficiente ...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Former smokers may additionally lower their risk for premature death by adhering to healthy lifestyle recommendations, according to a study published online Sept. 22 in JAMA Network Open.Maki Inoue-Choi, P...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Patients using virtual reality (VR) immersion during hand surgery require less anesthesia than those receiving usual monitored anesthesia care, according to a study published online Sept. 21 in PLOS ONE.Ad...