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THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Symptoms of cardiovascular problems run the gamut. Some – like chest pain during a heart attack or a droopy face during a stroke – are sudden and severe, while others last years with varying...

THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Two drugs touted as potential COVID-19 treatments, ivermectin and fluvoxamine, don't do a thing to improve patients' oxygen levels and keep them out of the hospital or the morgue, a new clinical trial has sh...

THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Three of the country's largest pharmacy chains will have to pay $650.5 million over the next 15 years to two Ohio counties for their role in the opioid epidemic, a U.S. federal judge has ordered.The decision...

Change to diagnosis of gestational diabetes helped some women. Using a lower threshold to diagnose the pregnancy-related condition hasn't reduced the risk of having a big baby, on average — but some women do benefit, new research shows. Read moreCVS,...

THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women with epilepsy battle anxiety and depression more often than their peers who aren't pregnant or don't have epilepsy, a new study reveals."The good news is we did not find that pregnant women wi...

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention failed to respond quickly enough during the COVID-19 pandemic and needs a major overhaul, Director Rochelle Walensky, M.D., said Wednesday. With her rebuk...

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The Biden administration plans to stop buying COVID-19 tests, vaccines, and treatments as early as the fall, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha, M.D., said Tuesday.Under that plan, those p...

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For countries with compounding prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD; stage 3), hospitalization rates are stable, while they are increasing for countries with accelerating incidence, according to ...

MARTES, 16 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Se están retirando millones de columpios y mecedoras infantiles porque los bebés que gatean pueden enredarse en las correas que cuelgan por debajo.La retirada aplica a los columpios y mecedoras MamaRoo ...

MARTES, 16 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los niños que nacen un poco prematuros (antes de las 39 semanas de embarazo) son más propensos a tener síntomas del trastorno de déficit de atención e hiperactividad (TDAH), sugiere una investigación re...

MARTES, 16 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La metanfetamina provoca una epidemia de sobredosis de drogas en la parte rural de EE. UU., concluye un estudio reciente.Los investigadores atribuyen el aumento a la metanfetamina contaminada con fentan...

MARTES, 16 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Aunque algunos quizá piensen que la pérdida auditiva es algo que sucede con la edad, también puede pasarle a los niños.Los padres y los maestros deben pensar en la pérdida auditiva si el desempeño acadé...

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention failed to respond quickly enough during the COVID-19 pandemic and needs an major overhaul, Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Wednesday.With her rebuke, ...

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Amid a stark shortage of psychiatric beds that only worsened for millions suffering from mental illnesses during the pandemic, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) is rolling out a new model that can ...

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Kids who enter preschool with good vocabulary and attention skills have a head start on academic success.That's the takeaway from a new study of nearly 900 4-year-olds and their ability to engage with teach...