Vitamin D3 supplementation does not result in a significantly lower risk for fractures among generally healthy middle-aged and older adults. Among 25,871 participants, vitamin D3 (2,000 IU per day) did not significantly reduce total fractures, nonvert...
Higher consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPF) is associated with later dementia risk. For 72,083 participants 55 years or older followed for a median 10.0 years, UPF were tied to a 10% higher risk for dementia, 14% higher risk for Alzheimer diseas...
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Adding yet another wrinkle to the monkeypox outbreak, a new case study suggests that people can pass the virus on to their pet dogs.Therefore, people who are infected with the virus should avoid close contact ...
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Staffing shortages at nursing homes across the United States are severe in disadvantaged areas where needs may be greatest, researchers say.The study — recently published in the Journal of the American Geriatr...
VIERNES, 12 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las autoridades de salud estatales y locales han detectado poliovirus en las aguas residuales de la ciudad de Nueva York, un hallazgo que indica que el virus se ha propagado mucho desde que se descubri...
VIERNES, 12 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Se anticipa que la Ley de la Reducción de la Inflación (Inflation Reduction Act) reduzca los gastos de desembolso por los medicamentos de muchos adultos mayores de EE. UU., pero la mayoría de sus benef...
VIERNES, 12 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Leer, hacer yoga y pasar tiempo con amigos y familiares quizá lo ayuden a reducir su riesgo de demencia, muestra un estudio reciente."Unos estudios anteriores han mostrado que las actividades de ocio s...
VIERNES, 12 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los castillos inflables son grandes, coloridos, alquilarlos es barato, y son la esencia de la diversión infantil. ¿Qué podría ir mal?Resulta que muchas cosas. Por un lado, los clásicos de las fiestas s...
VIERNES, 12 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Januvia, un popular fármaco para la diabetes, podría contener vestigios de un probable carcinógeno, pero los pacientes deben seguir usando el medicamento, porque dejar de tomarlo podría resultar peligr...
VIERNES, 12 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las personas que se hacen una prueba en casa tras exponerse a la COVID-19 deben realizar la prueba tres veces, no dos, para asegurarse de que no están infectadas, planteó el jueves la Administración de...
VIERNES, 12 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Algunos adultos que se inscriben en Medicaid también traen al sistema a sus hijos que no están inscritos, pero que son elegibles, informa un estudio reciente.Por cada nueve adultos que adquirieron el a...
VIERNES, 12 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Cuando el oído de los perros desaparece, sus habilidades mentales son las siguientes en hacerlo, revela una investigación reciente.En el estudio, los investigadores examinaron la pérdida auditiva en pe...
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Poliovirus detected in New York City wastewater last week put public health officials on high alert, as it indicates the potentially paralyzing virus is circulating widely in the area.But infectious disease ex...
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Spinal injections of a common anesthetic may help clear the inflammatory skin condition psoriasis, a small pilot study suggests.The study involved four patients with severe psoriasis, and researchers are descr...
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Enhanced self-measured blood pressure (SMBP) paired with a connected smartphone application is not superior to standard SMBP for reducing BP, according to a study published online Aug. 15 in JAMA Internal Me...
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Text message reminders effectively promote receipt of a second dose of influenza vaccine among children, according to a study published online Aug. 15 in Pediatrics. Melissa S. Stockwell, M.D., M.P.H., fro...
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A multifaceted approach is recommended to promote helmet use among children and youth participating in recreational sports in order to prevent head injuries, according to a policy statement published online ...
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Methamphetamine and opioid co-users are more likely to have nonfatal overdoses compared with users of either drug alone, according to a study published online Aug. 15 in JAMA Network Open. P. Todd Korthuis...
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Asthma exacerbations are reduced for children and adolescents with exacerbation-prone eosinophilic asthma who are living in socioeconomically disadvantaged urban neighborhoods and receive mepolizumab therapy...
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted regular approval to capmatinib (Tabrecta) for adult patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors have a genetic mutation leading to m...
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- On Monday Scotland became the world's first country to help its residents with what activists supporting the move call "period poverty."The country now offers free period products for anyone who needs them, a ...
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There is unmet need for the treatment of generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) flares, according to a study published online Aug. 10 in JAMA Dermatology. Carla L. Zema, Ph.D., from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma...
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Opioid prescribing declined for both chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) and cancer pain between 2012 and 2019, according to a study published online Aug. 10 in PLOS ONE. Sachini Bandara, Ph.D., from the Johns H...
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The negative impact on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic has been greater for members of racial and ethnic minorities than for White individuals, according to a study published online Aug. 10 in PLOS...
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Even a "small" nuclear war, far short of a global conflict, could kill much of the world's population due to starvation, a new study projects.Any nuclear war would have obviously devastating effects in the pla...
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- An intervention that involves preoperative patient education and smaller prescription quantity successfully reduces opioid use while maintaining pain control following posterior spinal fusion for adolescent id...
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A COVID-19 booster that's targeted to the Omicron variant will be available soon — and it's already been approved in Britain.The U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency was the first to give t...
