TUESDAY, July 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In light of the Supreme Court's recent ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, many ob/gyns around the country are welcoming a change that allows them to continue taking accreditation exams virtually. The tests, typi...
TUESDAY, July 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) - - Car crashes and deaths are on the rise in U.S. states that have legalized recreational marijuana, a new study finds."Marijuana, like alcohol and just about every other drug, changes how you feel and how you ...
TUESDAY, July 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has helped shepherd Americans through the pandemic amid heavy fire from critics, plans to retire as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases by the end o...
TUESDAY, July 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The thickness of a person’s blood can be a matter of life or death if they contract COVID-19, a new study suggests.Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who have higher blood viscosity are at greater risk of dy...
TUESDAY, July 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Medical schools are doing a better job of recruiting minority students, but they still struggle to keep those would-be doctors on the roster.That's the conclusion of a new study that found minorities were mor...
TUESDAY, July 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Medical and recreational marijuana use has surged across the United States as more states legalize the drug, but young female athletes may want to think twice before taking a toke.A new study from the Univers...
Where pot became legal, car crash deaths rose. In states that legalized marijuana, the rate of car crashes with injuries increased by nearly 6%, while fatal crashes rose by 4%, a new study found. Read morePaintball guns are being used for harm -- and...
MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients undergoing maintenance dialysis, hurricane exposure is associated with increased mortality, according to a study published in the July issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.Ma...
MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Children aged 9 to 13 years in the United States sleep an average of 7.45 hours/day, according to a study published online July 18 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Natasha T. Giddens, M.D...
MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The gender wage gap for primary care physicians (PCPs) varies by compensation model, with a small gap under capitation risk adjusted for patient age and sex, according to a study published online July 19 in th...
MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- As the latest omicron subvariant fuels climbing case counts in the United States, the Biden administration has extended the country's public health emergency status through mid-October. Known as BA.5, the subv...
MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says nearly 100 people have now been hospitalized and hundreds have become ill in at least 26 states after consuming a lentil-based product from Daily Harvest.The fallout ...
MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Adults who tear a key ligament in the knee can fare well with a less extensive type of surgery, preliminary research suggests.The study involved patients treated for a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)...
MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Adults who tear a key ligament in the knee can fare well with a less extensive type of surgery, preliminary research suggests.The study involved patients treated for a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)...
MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The number of HIV tests and cases identified among children aged 1 to 14 years decreased at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research published in the July 15 issue of the U.S. Centers for Dis...
VIERNES, 15 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los casos de viruela del mono siguen en aumento en Estados Unidos, y las autoridades de salud federales señalaron el viernes que hicieron un pedido de 2.5 millones de dosis adicionales de la vacuna cont...
MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A fourth dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine seems safe for immunocompromised individuals aged 12 years or older, according to research published in the July 15 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pre...
VIERNES, 15 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Un virus peligroso para los bebés se propaga por Estados Unidos, y los padres y los pediatras deben estar atentos a los síntomas, recomiendan las autoridades federales de salud.El parechovirus ha provoc...
VIERNES, 15 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- En la adolescencia, April Summerford sufría de unos periodos extremadamente dolorosos, que la hicieron sospechar que a su cuerpo le pasaba algo malo.Summerford no lo sabía, pero tenía endometriosis, una...
VIERNES, 15 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Alrededor de 25 millones de niños de alrededor del mundo no recibieron unas vacunas esenciales durante 2021, a medida que la pandemia seguía interrumpiendo la atención médica de rutina, muestra un nuevo...
VIERNES, 15 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las personas no deben utilizar los medicamentos colchicina y fluvoxamina para tratar la COVID-19 moderada, advierte la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS).El antidepresivo fluvoxamina (Luvox) y el fá...
VIERNES, 15 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A pesar de que ahora tienen más opciones de inyectores de emergencia para las alergias, como los EpiPen, el costo sigue resultando prohibitivo para algunas personas, muestra una investigación reciente.A...
VIERNES, 15 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Un medicamento de marca genérica para el edema macular diabético quizá resulte igual de efectivo en el tratamiento temprano que una alternativa más cara, lo que ahorraría potencialmente miles de dólares...
MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For children hospitalized with maltreatment, the likelihood of being reported to child protection services (CPS) is influenced by health insurance coverage and maternal race, according to a study published onl...
MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In a policy statement issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics and published online July 18 in Pediatrics, guidance is presented for the management of visual disorders following a concussion among children...
MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Distinct systemic associations and serum and genetic risks have been identified for the subretinal drusenoid deposit (SDD) and non-SDD soft drusen pathways to advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a...
VIERNES, 15 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La pérdida de la memoria es un síntoma común tras un accidente cerebrovascular (ACV), pero hay esperanzas de que algunos pacientes puedan recuperarla.Un nuevo estudio de Noruega examinó a 86 pacientes q...
MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Among medical or surgical inpatients in general care, Black patients are more likely to have occult hypoxemia than White patients, according to a study published online July 6 in The BMJ.Valeria S.M. Valbuena,...