THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In a rare second review, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel on Wednesday recommended approval for an experimental drug for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The FDA is not obligated to follow its a...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Hundreds of thousands of Americans take medications intended to prevent infection with HIV, but a federal judge in Texas ruled Wednesday that a provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that requires free c...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- New federal safety standards announced Wednesday aim to keep children and teens safe from serious or life-threatening injuries from accidental swallowing of high-powered magnets.The new standards require tha...
MIÉRCOLES, 7 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los pacientes con sospecha de esclerosis lateral amiotrófica (ELA) quizá puedan pronto recibir un diagnóstico con mucha más rapidez, y no desperdiciar el valioso tiempo que les queda, sugiere una ...
MIÉRCOLES, 7 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Unos niveles altos de contaminación atmosférica durante los primeros seis meses de vida podrían afectar a las colonias de bacterias de los intestinos de los bebés, y aumentar su riesgo de alergias...
MIÉRCOLES, 7 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Juul Labs dijo el martes que pagará 438.5 millones de dólares, sin reconocer haber cometido ningún acto indebido, para zanjar docenas de demandas presentadas por las prácticas de la compañía, que ...
MIÉRCOLES, 7 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Mientras los investigadores exploran las posibilidades de unas vacunas contra la COVID-19 que no requieran una inyección, las autoridades de salud pública de India y China ya aprobaron nuevas vers...
MIÉRCOLES, 7 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Una mayoría de las mujeres experimentan unos cambios en el estado de ánimo y ansiedad premenstruales, lo que lo convierte en un "problema clave de salud pública en todo el mundo", encuentra un nue...
MIÉRCOLES, 7 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Muchos padres recientes se han despertado aterrorizados en medio de la noche cuando escuchan una tos perruna de su bebé que indica un caso de crup.Hasta ahora, se pensaba que nada podía evitar la ...
MIÉRCOLES, 7 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Es probable que con las vacunas contra la COVID-19 ocurra lo mismo que con las vacunas contra la gripe en el futuro, y que se administren dosis actualizadas cada año, anunciaron el martes las auto...
MIÉRCOLES, 7 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los adultos mayores de EE. UU. con unos ingresos medios podrían enfrentarse a una encrucijada financiera en la próxima década, en que los crecientes costos de la atención de la salud y la vivienda...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Queen Elizabeth II, who reigned over Great Britain for 70 years -- the longest reign in the nation's history -- died at 96 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Thursday."The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral th...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- New federal safety standards announced Wednesday aim to keep kids and teens safe from serious or life-threatening injuries from accidental swallowing of high-powered magnets.The new standards require that ce...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Thermometers that read body temperature via the forehead have become a common sight throughout the pandemic, but whether they always spot a fever may depend on the color of someone’s skin. In a new study, re...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that good intentions may not always be enough when it comes to public health.According to the study of the consequences of Philadelphia's 2017 tax on sugar-sweetened drinks, people boug...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Neither vitamin D supplementation nor cod liver oil supplementation reduce the risk for COVID-19 infection or serious COVID-19, according to two studies published online Sept. 7 in The BMJ.David A. Jolliffe,...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- As flu season approaches, a new study is pointing to a possible bonus from vaccination: a lower risk of stroke.Researchers in Spain found that among nearly 86,000 middle-aged and older adults, those who got ...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Higher artificial sweetener consumption is associated with an increased cardiovascular disease risk, according to a study published online Sept. 7 in The BMJ.Charlotte Debras, from Sorbonne Paris Nord Univer...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) receiving litifilimab, a humanized monoclonal antibody that binds to blood dendritic cell antigen 2, versus placebo have a greater reduction in the number of ...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Intensive glucose control for 24 months does not slow the decline in residual C-peptide secretion among youth with new-onset type 1 diabetes, according to a study published in the Sept. 8 issue of the New En...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Standardizing direct breastfeeding (DBF) practices increases DBF during hospitalization for infants less than 37 weeks of gestation at birth, according to a study published online Aug. 29 in Advances in Neon...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- As scientists around the world investigate why long COVID strikes some and not others, a new study finds that suffering psychological distress prior to COVID-19 infection may increase the chances of getting...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- An electronic health record (EHR)-based food insecurity screening process can be implemented and increases screening and identification of food-insecure patients, according to a study published in the Septem...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Men with hypogonadism are more likely to be hospitalized after COVID-19 infection than those with eugonadism, according to a study published online Sept. 2 in JAMA Network Open.Sandeep Dhindsa, M.D., from th...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The risk for COVID-19 diagnosis and COVID-19-related death is increased for individuals prescribed folic acid supplementation, according to a study published online Aug. 24 in BMJ Open.Ruth Topless, from the...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Batwing mastopexy can be safely performed at the time of immediate implant-based breast reconstruction, according to a study published in the September issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.Noting that...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- World Trade Center (WTC)-exposed rescue/recovery workers have an increased risk for the myeloma precursor disease monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS), according to a study published o...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental drug that has been shown to treat rashes in people with lupus may also help with lupus-related joint pain.Affecting as many as 1.5 million people in the United States, lupus is an autoimmune ...