MONDAY, June 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) – After a very long wait, babies, toddlers and preschoolers can now get COVID-19 shots.Many parents may feel relief, but some may also have questions. Dr. Jessica Ericson, a pediatric infectious disease physician...
MONDAY, June 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Getting a COVID-19 booster shot can significantly increase an at-risk person's immunity and protect against the contagious Omicron variant.New research focusing on nursing home residents and their caregivers f...
MONDAY, June 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Despite improvements in treatment for heart attacks, care lags behind for women.Women are still less likely to receive timely care, according to a new study that reviewed 450,000 patient records for two types ...
TUESDAY, June 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- When the early days of the pandemic prompted social distancing measures and gym closures, people with certain disabilities had a much harder time getting exercise and their mental health suffered, new researc...
SUNDAY, June 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While 8 in 10 Americans ages 65 and older say they want to age in their homes, it's not always possible when health declines.Knowing when a loved one needs a more supportive environment, such as assisted livin...
SATURDAY, June 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- More Americans now live in wildfire zones as wildfire seasons have become longer, with hotter, faster-moving fires. If you're one of those who live in a location threatened by wildfires, it's important to be...
JUEVES, 23 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Ni siquiera los bebés son inmunes a los efectos de la COVID prolongada, informan unos investigadores daneses.Su estudio encontró que alrededor de uno de cada tres niños de hasta 14 años que tuvieron un r...
JUEVES, 23 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- El miércoles, un panel asesor de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) de EE. UU. votó para recomendar que los estadounidenses de a partir de 65 años se pongan unas nuevas y m...
JUEVES, 23 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las leyes sobre los crímenes de odio que protegen a las personas gais, lesbianas y transgénero podrían tener un beneficio inesperado: menos intentos de suicidio entre los adolescentes de todas las orient...
JUEVES, 23 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las cefaleas tensionales pueden hacer sentir que le están presionando toda la cabeza, y si es uno de los millones de personas que sufren de estos devastadores dolores de cabeza, un estudio tiene buenas n...
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There was a decrease in HIV testing and diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, according to research published in the June 24 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity an...
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky, M.D., on Friday signed off on the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 6 through 17 years. It is the final step to making the s...
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- On Thursday, New York City became the first U.S. city to start offering the monkeypox vaccine to those at high risk for the disease.The announcement follows similar ones issued from the United Kingdom and Cana...
The annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association was held this year from June 3 to 7 in New Orleans and attracted more than 15,000 participants from around the world, including clinicians, academicians, allied health professionals, and others ...
JUEVES, 23 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Si tiene dificultades para quedarse dormido de noche, no está solo.Alrededor de un 28 por ciento de los estadounidenses señalan que el insomnio se cobra un precio en sus vidas diarias, y más o menos un 6...
JUEVES, 23 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Cuando las pacientes con un cáncer de mama duermen, las células tumorales quizá se "despierten" y se propaguen por el torrente sanguíneo, revela un sorprendente estudio suizo.Unas células de cáncer en ci...
JUEVES, 23 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Para garantizar que todo tipo de pacientes obtengan unos fármacos y unos dispositivos que sean seguros y efectivos para ellos, deben estar representados en los ensayos clínicos, pero un nuevo estudio mue...
VIERNES, 24 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Ahora que se ha aprobado una vacuna contra la COVID-19 para los niños menores de 5 años, un importante grupo médico insta a los padres a hablar del tema con su proveedor de atención de la salud.La Acade...
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- You and your best friend may have your noses to thank in helping bring you together, a new study suggests.Researchers found that pairs of friends who'd just "clicked" upon meeting tended to smell more alike, c...
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling on Friday that overturns the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing a woman's right to abortion. The decision sets the stage for a swift rollback of abortion rig...
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For women with abnormal results on screening mammograms, minority race and ethnicity are associated with an increased risk for not receiving a biopsy within 30, 60, or 90 days, according to a study published o...
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The prevalence of anemia during pregnancy, identified using the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Participant and Program Characteristics (PC) data, increased from 2...
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with AIDS-related lymphoma (ARL), hypoalbuminemia predicts inferior outcome, according to a study published online June 18 in Infectious Agents and Cancer.Jinxin Zhang, from Nanfang Hospital in Gu...
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- More than 18 million U.S. cancer survivors were alive as of Jan. 1, 2022, according to a report published online June 23 in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.Kimberly D. Miller, M.P.H., from the American Can...
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Compared with controls, children aged 0 to 14 years who experience severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection have a higher prevalence of long-lasting symptoms, but they have a tend...
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Only one in 10 potential new pain medications make it fully through the drug development process, according to a study published in the June issue of Anesthesiology.Dermot P. Maher, M.D., from the Johns Hopkin...
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term outcomes are similar after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) in patients with severe obesity, according to a study published online June 22 in JA...
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There is no evidence of an increased risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) after vaccination with BNT162b2 or CoronaVac in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study publish...
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination coverage increased among adolescents from 2015 to 2020, with a larger increase seen among boys, according to a study published online June 22 in Pediatrics.Peng-jun Lu, M...
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The rate of postoperative mortality following tonsillectomy is 7.04 per 100,000 operations overall among children younger than 21 years and 117.22 per 100,000 operations for children with complex chronic condi...