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...
VIERNES, 8 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Casi todos los estadounidenses están preocupados sobre la inflación, y las preocupaciones económicas superan a la COVID-19 como la principal fuente de estrés del país, revela una nueva encuesta.Casi nuev...
VIERNES, 8 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- El dolor de espalda y de cuello con frecuencia son una parte desafortunada del envejecimiento, pero los adultos mayores pueden encontrar un alivio de forma segura mediante varios medicamentos, concluye u...
La OMS afirma que los casos globales de viruela del simio se han disparado en un 77 por ciento en...
VIERNES, 8 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Desde que comenzó el brote de viruela del simio en mayo, han surgido más de 6,000 casos en 59 países, confirmó el jueves la organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS).La agencia de la Organización de las Nac...
VIERNES, 8 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La mala salud mental y física entre los adultos mayores a veces puede originarse en el abuso infantil, sugiere un estudio canadiense.El estudio, que se publicó en la edición en línea del 7 de julio de la...
VIERNES, 8 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Si su médico le ha dicho que necesita una cirugía de hombro y le preocupan las complicaciones, un estudio británico reciente indica que puede estar tranquilo.Apenas el 1.2 por ciento de más de 260,000 pa...
VIERNES, 8 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Un mayor número de pagos de discapacidad condujo a menos hospitalizaciones entre los veteranos de Vietnam con diabetes, según un informe reciente.La investigación observó a 14,000 veteranos de Vietnam qu...
VIERNES, 8 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- El gobernador de California, Gavin Newsom, anunció el martes que el estado gastará 100 millones de dólares para producir su propia insulina.La innovadora iniciativa llega tras años de precios astronómico...
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Early in the pandemic, scores of Americans bought pulse oximeters to help determine how sick they were while infected with COVID-19, but new research finds the devices often miss dangerously low blood oxygen l...
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- People who douse their meals in salt may have a shorter life than those who rarely reach for the salt shaker, a large new study suggests.The study, of more than 500,000 British adults, found that those who alw...
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Health care-associated transmission of the monkeypox virus following exposure is low, according to research published in the July issue of Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.Kimon C. Zachary, M.D., and ...
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The rate of primary cesarean deliveries decreased from 2016 to 2019 and then increased from 2019 to 2021, while the rate of repeat deliveries decreased during the same period, according to a July Vital Statis...
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Water immersion during the labor and birth processes may be beneficial for healthy women and their newborns when used in an obstetric setting, according to a review published online July 5 in BMJ Open.Ethel Bu...
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Among children aged 5 to 11 years, most reported adverse events to BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccination are mild-to-moderate, with few reports of myocarditis, according to a study recently published in Pediatrics.Ann...
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Children who regularly obtain 10 or more hours of sleep per night, especially before the start of kindergarten (K), transition to K more successfully, according to a study published online July 11 in Pediatric...
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For Chinese adults with high blood pressure, a Chinese heart-healthy diet is effective and cost-effective for reducing blood pressure, according to a study published online July 11 in Circulation.Yanfang Wang,...
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 concer...
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- From March 2020 to October 2021, COVID-19 was a top 5 cause of U.S. death in every age group 15 years and older, according to a research letter published online July 5 in JAMA Internal Medicine.Meredith S. Shi...
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in U.S. children and adolescents has increased to an estimated 3.14 percent in 2019 and 2020, according to a research letter published online July 5 in JAMA Ped...
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Telemedicine access is lower among disadvantaged thoracic cancer patients, according to a study published online July 7 in JAMA Network Open.Najeff Waseem, M.D., from Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center,...
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 (American Heart Association News) -- Flu-like illnesses can increase the risk for stroke among adults, but being vaccinated might lower those odds, especially among those under 45, new research finds.The study, published Monday i...
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Genes can put some men at heightened risk of prostate cancer, but a new study suggests they can undo much of that potential harm with a healthy lifestyle.Researchers found that among men at increased genetic r...
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 Sturgi...
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Long, restful and — most importantly — regular sleep is key to helping kindergarteners adjust to school, and a new study urges parents to start forming good sleep habits a full year ahead of time.Researchers f...
For men at high risk, healthy living lowers risk of lethal prostate cancer. In a new study, men at increased genetic risk of prostate cancer who maintained a healthy lifestyle were much less likely to die of the disease over nearly three decades. Read...