THURSDAY, Aug. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- To help parents who use government nutrition benefits cope with an ongoing shortage of baby formula, U.S. federal officials will extend a program giving them more choice at the grocery store.Families who buy...
THURSDAY, Aug. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Undiagnosed diabetes may be less of a problem than previously thought, according to a study published online July 11 in Diabetes Care. Michael Fang, Ph.D., from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and...
THURSDAY, Aug. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Few excess deaths were reported in Massachusetts during the period of predominance of BA.2, BA.2.12.1, BA.4, and BA.5 subvariants, despite a surge of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-...
THURSDAY, Aug. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For adults aged 65 years or older, nirmatrelvir is associated with reduced rates of hospitalization and death due to COVID-19, according to a study published online Aug. 24 in the New England Journal of Me...
THURSDAY, Aug. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Variations in the prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) are at least partly due to sociodemographic, health systems, and neurology-specific factors, according to a study published online Aug. 24 in Neurology...
THURSDAY, Aug. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Olokizumab is superior to placebo and noninferior to adalimumab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving maintenance methotrexate, according to a study published in the Aug. 25 issue of the New Englan...
THURSDAY, Aug. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Writer Jenny Block and her chiweenie, Aurora, are on a health kick."We walk at least 1 mile and up to 4 miles in the early morning, before it gets too hot," said the Houston-based author."She needs it, and I...
THURSDAY, Aug. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Higher levels of religiosity/spirituality are associated with intermediate/ideal cardiovascular health on multiple Life's Simple 7 (LS7) indicators among African Americans, according to a study published o...
THURSDAY, Aug. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Visual acuity (VA) is better when tested in the clinic versus at home, according to a research letter published online Aug. 18 in JAMA Ophthalmology. Michael D. Crossland, Ph.D., from University College Lo...
THURSDAY, Aug. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Here's a fresh prescription for seniors who want to live longer and lower their odds of dying from cancer or heart disease: Lace up your running shoes or grab your tennis racket.A new U.S. National Cancer In...
THURSDAY, Aug. 25, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- With three children over the age of 10, Delaware couple Mark and Jenn Parrish thought they might be finished growing their family. Finding out Jenn was pregnant was a pleasant surprise."It w...
THURSDAY, Aug. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The number of monkeypox cases around the world dropped by 21% in the last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Thursday.This significant decline may signal that the outbreak in Europe is final...
THURSDAY, Aug. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Lori McClintock, the wife of Northern California congressman Tom McClintock, died late last year after taking white mulberry leaf, a herb used to treat diabetes, obesity and high cholesterol, a recently rele...
THURSDAY, Aug. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The length of your monthly menstrual cycle may provide clues about the severity of symptoms you'll experience during menopause and when it will start, new research suggests.In this study of more than 600 wom...
THURSDAY, Aug. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A rule requiring high school girls who play lacrosse to wear protective headgear is paying big dividends in Florida.Their risk of concussion is lower than that of players in states without such a mandate, a ...
THURSDAY, Aug. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental new pill could boost treatment of the autoimmune disease lupus, researchers reported at the American Chemical Society's annual meeting.The pill has been shown in mouse studies to inhibit lupu...
THURSDAY, Aug. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Vitamin D exposure, or lack of it, has long been thought to influence the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) because the disease is diagnosed more often in people in northern countries. However, new ...
THURSDAY, Aug. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- It’s never too late to benefit from regular walks.A new study suggests that a 10-minute daily stroll can prolong life in folks well into their 80s and beyond.“Adults are less likely to meet activity recommen...
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Fecal microbiota for transplantation (FMT) treatments could infect patients with monkeypox, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned.Since May, an outbreak of monkeypox has been spreading in multipl...
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The Biden administration plans to roll out updated booster shots that target omicron variants shortly after Labor Day, in an effort to protect Americans against a possible winter surge in COVID-19 cases.Pet...
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The Pfizer modified COVID-19 vaccine for use in children younger than 5 years was 73 percent effective in shielding them from infection during the omicron surge this spring, company data released Tuesday ...
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Use of the digital sleep health intervention KANOPEE is associated with significant and clinically meaningful reductions in insomnia symptom severity, according to a study published online July 28 in the Jo...
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Developmental milestone progress in autism varies substantially under different conditions, according to a study published online July 18 in JAMA Pediatrics. Susan S. Kuo, Ph.D., from the Broad Institut...
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- After testing negative for COVID-19 and leaving isolation last Sunday, First Lady Jill Biden again tested positive for the virus on Wednesday."After testing negative on Tuesday, just now, the First Lady has...
MARTES, 23 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Si piensa que los alucinógenos, como el LSD, son cosa del pasado, piénselo de nuevo.Una nueva investigación estima que el uso del LSD, que altera a la mente, aumentó de menos de un 1 por ciento en 2002 ...
MARTES, 23 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- El uso de marihuana y alucinógenos está en un máximo histórico entre los adultos jóvenes de EE. UU., informaron el lunes las autoridades de salud del país.En comparación con hace cinco o 10 años, el uso...
MARTES, 23 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las personas que usan marihuana medicinal para tratar el dolor crónico quizá experimenten un ligero aumento en el riesgo de arritmias cardiacas, sugiere un estudio preliminar.Los investigadores encontra...
MARTES, 23 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- ¿Busca un nuevo motivo para hacer ejercicio?Este es uno bueno: el ejercicio regular parece reducir de forma significativa el riesgo de contraer COVID-19, encontró una gran revisión de la investigación i...