TUESDAY, July 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Most U.S. children and adults have poor scores for heart health, according to a new assessment tool called "Life's Essential 8."Fewer than 30% of 2- to 19-year-olds had high scores for cardiovascular health on ...
TUESDAY, July 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Doctor burnout and suicide are a growing concern, a new study finds.“We often overlook the physical health of our health care workers, but poor health can lead to difficulty performing tasks at work, which then...
TUESDAY, July 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Whether they're household pets in South Africa, strays in India or living in rural Laos, dogs have similar microbes colonizing their digestive tracts.That's the key takeaway from a new study that built upon ex...
TUESDAY, July 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Vitamin D, the "Sunshine Vitamin," boosts the immune system and helps prevent cancer, among other health benefits, but a significant number of Black and Hispanic teens have low levels of this nutrient, accordi...
How can I protect myself from sports injuries?You faithfully wear your goggles on the racquetball court, you never go in-line skating without your pads and helmet, and you stretch like a fanatic, yet you still get sidelined by injuries. What's going o...
You never forget how to ride a bike. But if you're like many adults, you might need a refresher course in bike safety. Perhaps you're pulling that ten-speed out of storage for the first time in years. Perhaps a recent wreck or close call has made you ...
If you're suffering from pain, you have an extra reason to be active. No matter what type of pain you have or where you hurt, the right type of exercise just might bring some relief. Scientists are still trying to understand all of the ways that exerc...
What is a stress test? There's nothing like a good workout to find out how fit you really are. You may feel like a champion in your armchair fantasies, but playing a set of tennis can tell a different story. Likewise, you don't know how well your hear...
Researchers have spent decades developing new treatments for high blood pressure, but exercise is still one of the best remedies around. A single workout can reduce blood pressure for an entire day, and regular exercise can keep the pressure down fo...
What is athletic heart syndrome? Athletic heart syndrome is a heart condition that may occur in people who exercise or train for more than an hour a day, most days of the week. Athletic heart syndrome isn't necessarily bad for you -- if you're an at...
Health experts keep droning on about diet and exercise, but are they overlooking an easier, simpler way to lose weight? What if you could burn calories and slim down without breaking a sweat? That's the promise of many "passive exercise" devices such ...
Every time Natalie Wayne climbs a mountain or goes speed skating, sugar pills are part of her equipment. Wright, who lives in Wakefield, Rhode Island, is a certified diabetes educator, an exercise physiologist, and a self-proclaimed "exercise nut" who...
MONDAY, July 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) – The symptoms of patients with monkeypox in the United Kingdom differ from those in previous outbreaks of the virus, a new study shows.It said there have been fewer reports of fever and tiredness while reports of...
MONDAY, July 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Researchers studying genes involved in Alzheimer’s disease have identified a new gene, called MGMT, that increases risk for this common dementia in women.“This is one of a few and perhaps the strongest associati...
MONDAY, July 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Death rates for U.S. pregnant women or those who had just delivered jumped sharply during the first year of the pandemic, new research shows. While U.S. death rates increased overall by 16% in 2020, for pregnan...
MONDAY, July 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While it's more widely known that polluted air can harm human health, another danger may be lurking at your feet.New research shows that soil, too, can contain contaminants that can impact health. These include...
SUNDAY, July 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A holiday filled with loud noises can be upsetting for people who have Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, but it's possible to create a Fourth of July celebration that works for everyone."Being proactive,...
SATURDAY, July 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) – While fireworks may be bright and beautiful, they're also noisy.And a single loud blast or explosion that lasts less than a second can cause immediate and permanent hearing loss, the American Speech-Language-H...
JUEVES, 30 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Después de infectarse con la COVID-19 a principios de mes, el Dr. Anthony Fauci experimentó un rebote tras tomar la pastilla antiviral Paxlovid, pero afirmó el miércoles que el fármaco lo mantuvo fuera d...
JUEVES, 30 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Una terapia que usa un virus para matar a las células tumorales se puede administrar de forma segura a los niños que tienen una forma rara e incurable de cáncer del cerebro, encontró un estudio temprano....
JUEVES, 30 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Si alguien sobrevive a un cáncer, es más propenso a tener problemas cardiacos más adelante, muestra un estudio.Una investigación encontró que, en comparación con los demás, los sobrevivientes a un cáncer...
JUEVES, 30 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las mujeres tienen más probabilidades de desarrollar enfermedad de Alzheimer que los hombres, y un nuevo estudio muestra que durante la menopausia se podrían acumular ciertos cambios en el cerebro que se...
JUEVES, 30 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE. UU. anunció el jueves que le había pedido a los fabricantes de vacunas que actualizaran sus dosis de refuerzo de las vacunas contra la COVID-19 ...
JUEVES, 30 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Aunque es probable que los niños que comparten un aula estén familiarizados con sus compañeros tras poco tiempo, los niños que tienen asignados para sentarse cerca son propensos a convertirse en sus amig...
VIERNES, 1 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Cuando un mosquito pica e infecta a una persona con un virus como el dengue o el Zika, también hace que le huela bien a los demás mosquitos, sugiere una investigación reciente.Esto hace que sea más proba...
FRIDAY, July 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Fourth of July celebrations often include festive picnics and dazzling fireworks, but these holiday pyrotechnics are causing a growing number of injuries and deaths. Fireworks-related injuries and deaths in the...
FRIDAY, July 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- At least 23 people in 10 states have been sickened and one of them has died in a Listeria outbreak which may have originated in Florida, U.S. health officials reported Thursday.Although the cause of the outbrea...
FRIDAY, July 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- New York City's Mayor Eric Adams announced Thursday that the city has launched the first-of-their-kind mobile COVID-19 testing units that will also dispense the antiviral drug Paxlovid to those who test positiv...
FRIDAY, July 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly one-third of ground chicken may contain dangerous Salmonella, a new Consumer Reports investigation shows. Based on its findings, the group called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to redouble ...
FRIDAY, July 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Fallout is mounting for the food delivery service Daily Harvest, which has voluntarily recalled a frozen food product suspected of sickening hundreds of customers in at least 26 states.The company said it had r...