FDA authorizes smaller doses of monkeypox vaccine to stretch supply. The new two-dose regimen will administer one-fifth of the dose just beneath the skin. One trial showed it produces an immune response that's similar to what's seen with a full-dose...
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Cigarettes are still responsible for far too many cancer deaths every year in the United States, a new study finds. In 2019, nearly 123,000 U.S. cancer deaths were from cigarette smoking (30% of all U.S. ca...
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If the left upper chamber of your heart doesn't work properly, do your chances of dementia climb?Yes, suggests new research that found it may raise the risk by 35%, even in people who have never had a strok...
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A chemical called perfluooctane sulfate (PFOS) has been linked to the most common type of liver cancer, a new study indicates.PFOS are used in a wide range of consumer and industrial products, and are refer...
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Primary care providers (PCPs) do not have enough time in a day to provide guideline-recommended primary care for a hypothetical patient panel, according to a study published online July 1 in the Journal of Gen...
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with early-onset Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRDs) living in rural areas have fewer neuropsychological tests and visits to clinical psychologists than patients living in urban areas, a...
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly nine in 10 patients reporting a COVID-19-related smell or taste dysfunction completely recovered within two years, although recovery took more than six months for 10.9 percent of patients, according to ...
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Medical cannabis use may be common in midlife individuals experiencing menopause-related symptoms, according to a study published online Aug. 2 in Menopause.M. Kathryn Dahlgren, Ph.D., from the McLean Hospital...
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There are sex-related differences in the detection, recognition, monitoring, referrals, and management of chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published online July 29 in the Journal of the Ame...
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For adults with cardiovascular disease (CVD), risk factors have worsened over time, according to a study published in the July 12 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Yumin Gao, from...
LUNES, 8 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los dueños de gatos no deben alimentar a sus mascotas con ciertos lotes de Darwin's Natural Pet Products, advierte la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE. UU.Algunos lotes de la comida ...
LUNES, 8 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La inflación pone a la salud de los estadounidenses en riesgo: casi 2 de cada 5 tienen dificultades para pagar la atención que necesitan, según una nueva encuesta de West Health-Gallup. Más o menos un 38 ...
LUNES, 8 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las mujeres que trabajan por cuenta propia quizá tengan unos corazones más sanos como consecuencia, sugiere un estudio reciente.El estudio, de más de 4,600 mujeres de EE. UU. que trabajaban, encontró que ...
LUNES, 8 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los adolescentes recurren cada vez más a los chicles, grajeas y gominolas que contienen nicotina para obtener una estimulación rápida, advierte un histórico estudio.Los productos orales de nicotina sin ta...
LUNES, 8 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Fumar y una edad más avanzada son los dos factores de riesgo más importantes del cáncer, muestra un nuevo estudio de gran tamaño.Los investigadores también dijeron que los médicos deben estar atentos a la...
LUNES, 8 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los niños no tienen una forma física igual de buena que la de sus padres cuando ellos eran niños, y es probable que esto les haga daño a medida que la Tierra se caliente, afirma una investigación reciente...
LUNES, 8 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las mujeres que entran en la menopausia cuando tienen menos de 40 años presentan un riesgo más alto de problemas del corazón, informa un nuevo estudio coreano de más de 1.4 millones de mujeres.Las mujeres...
LUNES, 8 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Menos personas intentaron dejar de fumar cuando comenzó la pandemia de la COVID-19, y esto continuó durante al menos un año, según un nuevo estudio de EE. UU.La Sociedad Americana Contra El Cáncer (Americ...
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- When people have backaches bad enough to send them to the doctor, prompt physical therapy may be a wise choice, a new study suggests.Researchers found that when those patients had "early" PT -- within a couple...
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Among children undergoing elective tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy, the incidence of perioperative respiratory adverse events (PRAEs) is reduced for those receiving premedication with intranasal dexmedetomid...
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There appears to be no association between severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and autoimmunity related to type 1 diabetes development in children and adolescents, accordin...
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For pediatric patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, higher doses of tisagenlecleucel, the chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR T)-cell therapy targeting CD19, are associated with improved survival, ac...
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD), higher serum aldosterone concentrations are associated with an increased risk for disease progression, regardless of concomitant diabetes, according to a stud...
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Children with higher body mass index (BMI) have an increased risk for disordered eating behaviors, according to a research letter published online Aug. 1 in JAMA Pediatrics. Stuart B. Murray, Ph.D., from the...
TUSDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Atopic eczema is associated with a small but increased risk for incident dementia, according to a study published in the August issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. Alexa Magyari, fr...
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Flooding, heat waves and drought have made 58% of infectious diseases worse, a new analysis claims.For the review of previous studies, published Aug. 8 in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers found t...
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Add more frequent headaches in kids who are already vulnerable to them to the list of ills associated with the pandemic.Before the pandemic, 60% of kids reported headaches on less than 15 days of the month. Af...
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Maternal or paternal exposure to pesticides does not appear to be associated with increased risks for childhood cancer, according to a study published online July 6 in Environmental Research. Marios Rossid...
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- In the past, school cafeterias might have served as a source for more punchlines than nutrition. But lunch is a more dynamic and, these days, healthy part of students' lives than many people r...
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Smokers for whom annual screening with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) is not recommended may have a high risk for lung cancer, according to a study published online July 28 in JAMA Oncology.Charles Faseli...