TUESDAY, Sept. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with hearing loss soon will be able to amble into a big box store or pharmacy — or just visit a website — and buy hearing aids without a prescription.Over-the-counter hearing aids will be on the marke...
TUESDAY, Sept. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While many older Americans are experiencing sticker shock when they shop for food, lower-income and less-healthy adults are hurting the most, a new poll reveals.Three-quarters of respondents in the latest Un...
Soaring food prices toughest on frail seniors. In a new poll, more than one-third of 50- to 80-year-olds said rising food costs have had a substantial impact on their well-being. Read moreClinic brings healthcare to the homeless and their pets. The ...
TUESDAY, Sept. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Too much anxiety isn't good for anyone, but a new study suggests it is particularly perilous for pregnant women because it can raise the chances of their child being born early.Given that finding, the resear...
TUESDAY, Sept. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Staring at a computer screen endlessly can lead to dry, irritated, tired eyes and headaches.But there’s a quick fix.Just look away from the screen every 20 minutes. Do this for at least 20 seconds, and look ...
TUESDAY, Sept. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Head lice are ubiquitous still, so there's a good chance your son or daughter could develop an infestation. Now, the nation's leading pediatrics group is issuing new guidelines to help schools and families c...
TUESDAY, Sept. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- When it comes to why U.S. heart patients wind up in the emergency room, uncontrolled high blood pressure (or "hypertension") fuels about one-third of those medical crises.“These visits resulted in hospital a...
MONDAY, Sept. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There was a 23.5 percent national decrease in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment admissions during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a research letter published online Sept. 22 in JAMA ...
MONDAY, Sept. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), continuation of anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) after 24 weeks of pregnancy seems beneficial in terms of IBD activity and prematurity, according to a study pu...
MONDAY, Sept. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Low-income cancer survivors have increased odds of fair/poor health, and reduced odds of having health insurance coverage, according to a study published online Sept. 6 in JCO Oncology Practice.Steven S. Coug...
MONDAY, Sept. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has eased its universal masking recommendation for nursing homes and hospitals, unless those health care institutions are in areas seeing high levels of COV...
MONDAY, Sept. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Both Pfizer and Moderna have asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve their updated coronavirus boosters for children.The "bivalent" shots, like those that adults were able to start receiving th...
VIERNES, 23 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- El daño nervioso es un efecto secundario común de la diabetes tipo 2, y podría comenzar en los ojos mucho antes de que la afección de diagnostique, sugiere una nueva investigación.En este estudio, ...
VIERNES, 23 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Un aumento en el riesgo de coágulos sanguíneos persiste durante casi un año tras una infección con la COVID-19, muestra un estudio de gran tamaño.Los expedientes médicos de 48 adultos sin vacunar e...
VIERNES, 23 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las personas con una rara forma genética de la ELA quizá se beneficien del uso extendido de un medicamento bajo investigación, muestra un estudio reciente.El fármaco, tofersen, benefició a los paci...
VIERNES, 23 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las historias llegaron a los titulares durante la pandemia: unos episodios de violencia en las salas de emergencias de EE. UU., en que los pacientes atacaron a los médicos.Ahora, una nueva encuesta...
VIERNES, 23 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Si usted es uno de los millones de personas con diabetes tipo 2, perder peso puede ayudar a revertir la enfermedad del azúcar en la sangre incluso si no tiene sobrepeso ni es obeso, revela una inve...
VIERNES, 23 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Al menos 4.4 millones de estadounidenses han recibido la vacuna de refuerzo actualizada contra la COVID-19.Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) de EE. UU. publicaron la...
VIERNES, 23 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Perder el exceso de peso quizá no solo ayude a prevenir la artritis de rodilla, sino que podría ralentizar su progresión en personas que ya sufren de la afección, sugiere un estudio reciente.Los in...
VIERNES, 23 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Japón anunció el jueves planes para relajar las estrictas restricciones para viajar por la COVID, lo que facilitará que los turistas vuelvan al país.Los turistas independientes pueden comenzar a vi...
MONDAY, Sept. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Here's another reason to stay out of jail: New research shows the risk of dying from cancer is sharply higher among those who are behind bars or have been recently released.In Connecticut prisons, where the d...
MONDAY, Sept. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Both Pfizer and Moderna have asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve their updated coronavirus boosters for children.The "bivalent" shots, like those that adults were able to start receiving th...
MONDAY, Sept. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While an increasing number of women are freezing their eggs with the hope of having a baby later, a new study shows there are no guarantees. Being younger when having the egg retrieval procedure and freezing ...
MONDAY, Sept. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In a policy statement issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics and published online Sept. 26 in Pediatrics, recommendations are presented for the prevention of pediatric all-terrain vehicle (ATV)-related ...
MONDAY, Sept. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with heart failure, a regionally organized, collaborative, home-based palliative care that involves cardiologists, primary care providers, and palliative care specialists and that uses shared dec...
MONDAY, Sept. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Frozen embryos appear to be linked with a significantly higher risk of dangerously high blood pressure for the woman in pregnancies achieved through in vitro fertilization, a major new study reports.Expectant...
MONDAY, Sept. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Short-term exposure to air pollution is associated with an increased risk for hospital admission for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children, according to a study published online Sept. 20 in BMJ Open.Kyou...
MONDAY, Sept. 26, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Gene abnormalities may make some people more susceptible to myocarditis, a rare type of heart inflammation that can affect young people and athletes, a large new study shows.The findings, pub...
MONDAY, Sept. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Peritoneal dialysis (PD)-associated peritonitis rates have decreased over time, according to a study published online Sept. 12 in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.Eric W. Young, M.D., from Arbor Resear...
MONDAY, Sept. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Metabolically healthy overweight and obese individuals may have an increased risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published online Sept. 19 in the European Journal of Clinical Investiga...