TUESDAY, Aug. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Underweight and obesity are associated with increased migraine risk, according to a review published in the July/August issue of Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain. Fahimeh Martami, Ph.D., from the...
TUESDAY, Aug. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A novel sacral neuromodulation system (SNM; SacralStim), which has an electrode with six contact points (CPs), shows benefit in the treatment of refractory overactive bladder (OAB), according to a study rec...
TUESDAY, Aug. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Customers who bought a bestselling mattress sold on Amazon and at retailers nationwide are suing the manufacturer amid claims that fiberglass fibers in the product have damaged their health. Zinus, Inc., is f...
TUESDAY, Aug. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A new smartwatch could be a key player in preventing heart attacks among people suffering from risky heart conditions, a new study claims.Using the smartwatch to track their heart health, patients in a home-b...
TUESDAY, Aug. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Every year, anywhere from 700,000 to 1 million people fall while in U.S. hospitals, and this often triggers a downward health spiral.Little has been shown to make a dent in those numbers. Until now.Enter Smar...
TUESDAY, Aug. 30, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Practically from the time she figured out crawling, Kacie Nowakowski began somersaulting around her home.Her parents, picking up on her high energy level and love of movement, enrolled her in...
TUESDAY, Aug. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A cup of tea can soothe your spirit, but drinking a couple of cups each day may also lower your chances of dying early, new research suggests.In the study of nearly 500,000 men and women who took part in the ...
TUESDAY, Aug. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Access to paid sick leave saves lives, new research shows.The U.S. study found that when local laws required employers to provide paid sick leave, lower death rates from homicide, suicide and alcohol-related ...
TUESDAY, Aug. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The drug tecovirimat appears to be safe and effective for treating the symptoms and skin lesions of monkeypox, a small study suggests.Tecovirimat (TPOXX) is an antiviral drug for the treatment of smallpox. It...
Could black tea lengthen your life? British data on nearly 500,000 people shows that compared with people who didn't drink tea, those who drank two or more cups a day lowered their risk of dying by up to 13%. Read moreSmall study supports TPOXX as mon...
TUESDAY, Aug. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The most widespread form of bullying isn't physical acts like pushing or kicking, nor is it verbal threats or derogatory remarks. Far and away bullies' top tactic is social exclusion.Also known as "relational...
TUESDAY, Aug. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women are exposed to toxic chemicals in dishware, hair coloring, plastics and pesticides that can heighten their risk of cancer and harm child development, a new study warns.Melamine and its major by...
TUESDAY, Aug. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 vaccines do not increase your risk for stroke, new research shows, but severe COVID infection does, and experts hope the finding will ease the concerns of those who are hesitant to get the shot.“We n...
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) are taking actions to reduce their risk for acquiring the monkeypox virus, according to research published in the Aug. 26 early-release issue of the ...
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Hospitalization rates were high during the omicron BA-2-predominant period and were highest among unvaccinated adults, according to research published in the Aug. 26 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Co...
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Although there is now enough monkeypox vaccine to go around, the Americans who need it most still may not be getting it, a new report shows. Only 10 percent of the Jynneos vaccine doses have been given to ...
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Roughly six months after it shut down its baby formula plant in Michigan, Abbott Laboratories said it plans to begin making Similac again.The baby formula will be the latest to restart production after Abbott ...
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The days of getting free COVID-19 tests by mail are drawing to a close.The Biden administration plans to stop sending test kits to Americans on Sept. 2 in order to reserve remaining tests for a fall surge. Lac...
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Labor shortages at Teva Pharmaceuticals have made Adderall, a widely used attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drug, hard to find in some drugstores.But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration noted t...
MONDAY, June 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Hepatitis C is often missed in the early stages of infection, so you need to know what symptoms might spell trouble.According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hepatitis C infections, whi...
If you've been diagnosed with hepatitis C, there is plenty you can do to stay healthy and lower your risk of developing serious liver disease. Like many diseases, hepatitis C is affected by the way we live -- what we eat, how much we exercise, even ho...
VIERNES, 26 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- De forma muy parecida a los humanos, los perros pueden desarrollar demencia la envejecer, y este riesgo aumenta una mitad por cada año de vida adicional en la vejez de un perro, muestra una investigaci...
VIERNES, 26 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Otro ejemplo de la carga financiera que el nuevo coronavirus ha supuesto durante la pandemia: un nuevo informe estima que hasta 4 millones de estadounidenses no están trabajando debido a la COVID prolo...
VIERNES, 26 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La lactancia puede proveer beneficios cardiacos a largo plazo tanto para la madre como para el bebé, señala una nueva declaración de la Asociación Americana del Corazón (American Heart Association, AHA...
VIERNES, 26 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Un total de 84 personas de cuatro estados ya han enfermado por E. coli, en un brote que es posible que se vincule con lechuga contaminada usada en sándwiches vendidos en los restaurantes de Wendy's."De...
VIERNES, 26 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Unas olas de calor potencialmente letales serán más comunes a finales de este siglo, según un nuevo estudio.Un "índice de calor" peligroso, la sensación de la temperatura cuando se combinan la humedad ...
VIERNES, 26 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La temporada de huracanes de este año ha sido tranquila, hasta ahora, pero si se activa, o en caso de que lo haga, muchas ciudades estadounidenses no estarán preparadas para implementar evacuaciones ma...
VIERNES, 26 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Usando solo células madre de ratón, unos investigadores británicos informan que han creado unos embriones sintéticos que forman un cerebro, un corazón que late y otros órganos.Las células madre se orga...