TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Asian, Black, and Hispanic patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) have higher average pulse oximetry (SpO2) readings than White patients, and they receive less supplemental oxygen, according to a study pub...
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Adherence to a Mediterranean-style diet is associated with frailty prevention over time, according to a study published May 12 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.Courtney L. Millar, Ph.D., from the...
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Expanded genomic sequencing may be an effective adjunct hearing screening to detect hearing loss among patients in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), according to a study published online July 11 in JAM...
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Among persons who inject drugs (PWID) with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, the proportion in whom HCV RNA was detected decreased from 100 to 48 percent from 2006 to 2019, according to a study publi...
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For fracture detection, artificial intelligence (AI) and clinicians have comparable diagnostic performance, according to a review published in the July issue of Radiology.Rachel Y. L. Kuo, M.B., B.Chir., from...
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Maternal vaccination with mRNA vaccine during pregnancy is associated with a reduced risk for hospitalization for COVID-19 among infants younger than 6 months, according to a study published online June 22 in...
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For individuals with opioid use disorder undergoing a buprenorphine/naloxone taper, suvorexant might be a promising treatment for reducing sleep disturbance and easing opioid withdrawal, according to a study ...
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Black and Hispanic patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) reach kidney failure earlier than White patients and are less likely to receive a kidney transplant preemptively and after...
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A 113-gene signature may predict long-term risk for incident hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), according to a study published online June 22 in Science ...
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If you've ever hesitated to text or email friends you haven't seen in a while, a new study has a reassuring message: They'll probably appreciate it more than you think.In a series of experiments involving nea...
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- A week after Christopher Holton got a clean bill of health from his doctor at his annual physical, he set out for his daily walk on a wooded trail near home.Holton, a 52-year-old former youth...
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will limit cancer treatment options for pregnant women and put lives needlessly at risk, America's leading cancer societies warn.About one in every 1,...
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The White House is weighing whether to offer a second COVID booster shot to American adults under 50.The new push comes in response to the latest, highly contagious Omicron variants, which have increased hosp...
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) – More than 80% of Americans have a widely used herbicide lurking in their urine, a new government study suggests.The chemical, known as glyphosate, is “probably carcinogenic to humans,” the World Health Organiz...
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Citing federal law, the Biden Administration on Monday said that if a pregnant woman’s life is in danger, hospitals must provide her with care, including abortion services.The Emergency Medical Treatment and L...
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Drinking by yourself may have lifelong consequences, especially if the habit begins early in life, a new study suggests.Researchers found that drinking alone during adolescence and young adulthood greatly inc...
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Award-winning actor Brad Pitt believes he suffers from a rare condition that interferes with his ability to recognize people's faces.In a new interview with GQ magazine, Pitt said that he thinks he has prosop...
Abortion bans could put lives of cancer patients in jeopardy. Many treatments that cure cancer can cause either miscarriage or birth defects, particularly early in pregnancy. Now, pregnant women who are also battling cancer face stark choices under ne...
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pediatricians may become the trusted middle men between gun owners and non-gun owners when it comes to talks about gun safety, a new study shows.University of Pennsylvania researchers found parents were more ...
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A fasting diet might be the ticket to avoiding a COVID-19 hospitalization, a new study suggests. Researchers at Intermountain Healthcare in Utah found that people who had practiced water-only intermittent fa...
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Want to feel you matter after you retire? Start socializing, a new study suggests.Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis found that positive connections with other people were associated with a s...
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The Laboratory Response Network (LRN) has facilitated rapid testing and detection of patients with monkeypox, according to research published in the July 8 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Four easily obtainable factors can reliably predict chronic postsurgical pain, according to a study published online June 19 in the British Journal of Anaesthesia.Marjelle E.C. van Driel, from the University M...
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Among handgun purchase transactions classified in the riskiest 5 percent, more than one-third are associated with a purchaser who died by firearm suicide within one year, according to a study published online ...
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Abbott Inc. has announced that it has resumed production at its infant formula plant, following a February shutdown over contamination concerns that triggered a months-long shortage of infant formula.The Sturg...
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For decades, birth control pills in the United States have only been available with a prescription, but an application filed Monday with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an over-the-counter pill might...
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- As the coronavirus continues to evolve, a new highly contagious omicron variant is appearing in India and other nations, including the United States, experts say.This new mutation -- dubbed BA.2.75 -- is conce...
VIERNES, 8 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- No hay que llegar a la trama de "Matrix" para hacer que los trabajadores estadounidenses se preocupen por sus trabajos: una nueva investigación revela que se estresan cuando tienen que trabajar al lado d...