JUEVES, 22 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Dos medicamentos comunes para la diabetes parecen funcionar mejor que otros dos respecto al control de los niveles de azúcar en la sangre, encontró un gran ensayo de EE. UU.El ensayo, con más de 5,0...
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Japan announced plans Thursday to relax tight COVID travel restrictions, making it easier for tourists to return to the country.Independent tourists can begin traveling to Japan on Oct. 11. Some tour groups ha...
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Girls with type 1 diabetes may fare worse than boys when it comes to blood sugar control and other critical aspects of their health, a new research review finds.The review of 90 published studies by researche...
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Bariatric surgery is commonly associated with long-term clinically important improvements (CII) in pain and physical function among severely obese patients, according to a study published online Sept. 14 in ...
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Occupational exposures may increase the risk for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a study recently published in the International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health.Stephen A. ...
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Cutting aspirin use among patients treated with concomitant warfarin and lacking a clear indication for using both is associated with improved clinical outcomes, according to a study published online Sept. 19...
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The overall mortality rate for type A acute aortic dissection (TAAAD) is about 6 percent at 48 hours, according to a study published online Aug. 24 in JAMA Cardiology.Kevin M. Harris, M.D., from Minneapolis ...
FRIDAY, Sept. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There appears to be a causal association for genetic predisposition to smoking with worse functional outcome after ischemic stroke, according to a study published online Sept. 21 in Neurology.Zhizhong Zhang, ...
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Losing excess weight may not only help prevent knee arthritis, but also slow its progression in people who already have the condition, a recent study suggests.Researchers found that among over 9,000 middle-ag...
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Multiple-dose antibiotic prophylaxis is not superior to a single-dose regimen in preventing surgical site infection (SSI) after implant-based breast reconstruction, according to a study published online Sept....
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The risks for mortality, heart failure, and recurrent myocardial infarction (MI) and the need for coronary reintervention are increased for patients with MI and rheumatic immune-mediated inflammatory diseases...
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Insomnia may increase the likelihood of subjective memory decline in middle-aged and older adults, according to a study published online July 25 in SLEEP.Jean-Louis Zhao, from the University of Montreal, and ...
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- At least 4.4 million Americans have received the updated COVID-19 booster shot.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted the count Thursday as public health experts decried President Joe Bide...
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Decreases in U.S. diabetes-related mortality during the past two decades have been concentrated in urban areas, according to a study published online Sept. 10 in Diabetologia.Ofer Kobo, M.D., from Hillel Yaff...
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with emphysema, lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) and bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) lead to similar improvements in lung function, dyspnea, and exercise capacity, according to a s...
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If you are one of the millions of people with type 2 diabetes, losing weight can help reverse the blood sugar disease even if you aren’t overweight or obese, new research reveals.Here's the proof: 70% of peop...
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The stories grabbed headlines during the pandemic: Violent episodes in U.S. emergency rooms where patients attacked doctors.Now, a new poll shows just how widespread the problem has become: Two-thirds of emer...
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- After nearly three years of nearly nonstop talking about viruses and vaccinations, some people might be ready to tune out.That would be a mistake, health experts say.Amid warning signs of a p...
VIERNES, 23 de septiembre de 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Después de casi tres años de conversaciones prácticamente incesantes acerca de virus y vacunas, puede que algunas personas estén listas para dejar de prestar atención.Eso sería un ...
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- People with a rare genetic form of ALS may benefit from extended use of an investigational drug, a new study shows.The medication, tofersen, benefited patients with mutations of the gene SOD1. These mutations...
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- An increased risk of blood clots persists for close to a year after a COVID-19 infection, a large study shows. The health records of 48 million unvaccinated adults in the United Kingdom suggest that the pande...
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Nerve damage is a common side effect of type 2 diabetes and it might start in the eyes long before the condition is ever diagnosed, new research suggests. In this study, scientists used neuropathy, or nerve d...
THURSDAY, Sept. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For children with sickle cell anemia (SCA), transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound screening and hydroxyurea therapy use remains low, according to research published in the Sept. 20 early-release issue of t...
THURSDAY, Sept. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The number of norovirus outbreaks increased in the 2021 to 2022 surveillance year, returning to levels similar to prepandemic levels, according to research published in the Sept. 23 issue of the U.S. Cente...
THURSDAY, Sept. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A total of 1,108 pregnancy-related deaths were identified from 2017 to 2019, and 84 percent were determined to be preventable, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
THURSDAY, Sept. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- High coffee intake is associated with longer prostate cancer-specific survival (PCSS) for certain subgroups of men, including those with the CYP1A2 AA genotype, according to a study published online Aug. 19...
THURSDAY, Sept. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- To keep up with demand for updated booster shots, U.S. health officials are shipping out more batches of the revamped Moderna vaccine to pharmacies across the country.While supplies of the updated Pfizer bo...
THURSDAY, Sept. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Consumers should immediately stop using HECOPRO digital display carbon monoxide (CO) detectors because they can fail to warn about the presence of the dangerous gas, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commiss...