MIÉRCOLES, 6 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Con frecuencia, se promocionan los complementos de vitamina D por sus beneficios de salud, desde potenciar el sistema inmunitario hasta proteger del cáncer. Pero, como averiguó un hombre británico, sí ...
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Can someone really die of a broken heart?If that person has serious heart disease, new Swedish research suggests the answer may well be yes.After analyzing almost three decades worth of data on nearly half a...
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental drug used to fight cancer may reduce the risk of death for COVID-19 patients by roughly 55%, a new study suggests.The drug, sabizabulin, has been found effective in aiding severely ill COVID-...
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. COVID-19 vaccination program slashed the coronavirus' expected death rate by as much as 58%, saving hundreds of thousands of lives during the first two waves of the pandemic, a new study says.Comput...
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Affiliation may protect some financially distressed rural hospitals from closure, according to a study published online July 1 in JAMA Health Forum.H. Joanna Jiang, Ph.D., from the Agency for Healthcare Rese...
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with accelerated cognitive decline among middle-aged women, according to a study published online June 30 in JAMA Network Open.Andrea L. Roberts, Ph.D., M.P...
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Real-world data show that the rates of severe disease were low among high-risk patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 who received treatment with antispike monoclonal antibody products during the delta surg...
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In a qualitative study published online June 30 in JAMA Oncology, consensus-based guidance is provided for managing advanced cancer-related pain in patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) or opioid misuse.Ka...
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Hospitals in low-income and rural communities have a lower likelihood of receiving stroke care certification, according to a study published online June 27 in JAMA Neurology.Yu-Chu Shen, Ph.D., from the Nava...
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Postmenopausal women appear to have a higher burden of white matter hyperintensity (WMH) than similar-aged men and women who are premenopausal, according to a study published online June 29 in Neurology.Vale...
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Despite overall improvements in treatment and outcomes for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non-STEMI (NSTEMI), disparities persist in treatment and outcomes, according to a study publi...
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Higher cumulative exposure to air pollution is associated with increased risks for multimorbidity patterns in older adults, according to a study published online June 29 in PLOS Global Public Health.Kai Hu, ...
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Up to 3.18 percent of couples -- both mothers and fathers -- experience perinatal depression, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published online June 24 in JAMA Network Open.Kara L. Smythe, ...
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Prevalent and incident glaucoma seem not to be associated with changes in cognitive function, according to a study published online June 22 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.Ajay Kolli, M.D.,...
AHA News: Family's Hereditary Heart Condition Discovered After Her Father and Two Sisters Died Young
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- DeAnn Bartram was 16 when her father felt like he had a virus he couldn't shake.Doctors said he had cardiomyopathy, a condition where the heart muscle can thicken, interfering with normal bl...
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Vitamin D supplements are often touted for their health benefits, from boosting the immune system to guarding against cancer. But as one British man found out, it is possible to get too much of a good thing....
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Despite reports that rates of childhood obesity are decreasing, kids seem to be packing on pounds at younger ages.In 1998, just under 73% of children entering kindergarten in 1998 had a normal body mass inde...
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday temporarily suspended its ban on e-cigarettes sold by Juul Labs while the company while appeals the agency's action.The FDA Center for Tobacco Products wrote ...
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In yet another report that illustrates the dangers pot poses to the young, developing brain, a new British study finds teenagers are much more likely than adults to develop an addiction to marijuana."We foun...
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Your age may play a huge role in whether you'll decide to get a COVID vaccine, new research finds.Though vaccine hesitancy due to personal politics has drawn a lot of media attention, a University of Georgia...
Teens 3 times more prone to marijuana abuse than adults. Teenagers' developing brains may make them more susceptible, British researchers say. Read moreAbout 1 in 7 U.S. kindergarteners are now obese. New findings suggest that efforts aimed at getting...
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Exactly when do your kids become curious about smoking or alcohol? Earlier than you think, new research shows.Children as young as 9 and 10 start to wonder about tobacco, booze and even marijuana, and many m...
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) – The risk of being hospitalized for heart failure after surgery is higher in patients who develop an abnormal heart rhythm, a new, large study shows.Of more than 76,000 heart surgery patients, about 18.8% deve...
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- You might think everyone knows by now to protect against the sun's rays, but many Gen Zers apparently haven't gotten the message.In a recent survey of 1,000 U.S. adults by the American Academy of Dermatology...
TUESDAY, July 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- One of every seven people in the United States who filled an insulin prescription in 2017 and 2018 spent more than 40 percent of their postsubsistence family income on insulin alone, according to a report publ...
TUESDAY, July 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Adult cancer survivors have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared with those without cancer, independent of traditional CVD risk factors, according to a study published in the July 5 issu...
TUESDAY, July 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Maternal mortality significantly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a research letter published online June 28 in JAMA Network Open.Marie E. Thoma, Ph.D., from University of Maryland in Colle...
TUESDAY, July 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Infertility, recurrent miscarriage, and stillbirth are associated with an increased risk for stroke, according to a study published online June 22 in The BMJ.Chen Liang, from the University of Queensland in Br...