TUESDAY, June 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In a policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics, published online June 21 in Pediatrics, updated recommendations are presented for a safe infant sleep environment.Rachel Y. Moon, M.D., from the ...
TUESDAY, June 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A digital tool is effective for identifying and counting the number of arm motions performed during rehabilitation exercises among stroke patients, according to a study published online June 16 in PLOS Digita...
TUESDAY, June 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Diagnostic delay is common for patients with psoriasis and is increased for men and with psoriasis in specific areas, according to a study recently published online in the British Journal of Dermatology.Mia-L...
TUESDAY, June 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Preexisting atrial fibrillation (AF) is independently associated with adverse postoperative outcomes following noncardiac surgery in older adults, according to a study published in the June 28 issue of the Jo...
TUESDAY, June 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- After implementation of the expanded U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) 2021 criteria for lung cancer screening (LCS), there was an increase in the proportion of African-American individuals who und...
TUESDAY, June 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Most common allergies are not associated with the risk for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but some allergic conditions, including animal dander allergy and atopic dermatitis, are associated with increased RA risk...
LUNES, 20 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los estadounidenses quizá tengan un problema colectivo con la bebida, que la epidemia de obesidad empeora, sugiere una investigación reciente. El nuevo estudio encontró que las muertes por la cirrosis alc...
LUNES, 20 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Quizá parezca tentador quitarse un lunar o una verruga que no le guste con un producto que promete hacer que desaparezcan rápidamente.No lo haga, aconsejan los expertos.Tanto los dermatólogos como la Admi...
LUNES, 20 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Es menos probable que la variante ómicron provoque COVID prolongada que una cepa anterior del virus, señalan unos investigadores británicos.Lo que se describió como el primer informe revisado por profesio...
LUNES, 20 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- En una cultura de la cancelación en la que hay cero tolerancia del prejuicio, al menos una forma de discriminación parece estar vivita y coleando.El edadismo (o viejismo) implica un perjuicio basado en la...
LUNES, 20 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- ¿Piensa hacerse un piercing en la lengua o los labios? No se sorprenda si la idea no le encanta a su dentista.Estos piercings pueden dañar a los dientes y las encías, advierte un nuevo estudio."Nuestro es...
LUNES, 20 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Muchas personas con COVID prolongada siguen teniendo síntomas neurológicos, como dolores de cabeza, fatiga y problemas de la memoria, seis meses más tarde, muestra una investigación reciente.Los hallazgos...
LUNES, 20 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los pacientes que reciben anestesia espinal mientras los médicos reparan una fractura de cadera tienen más dolor y necesitan después más analgésicos con receta que los que reciben una anestesia general, e...
MARTES, 21 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Un declive en los casos de una rara enfermedad cardiaca entre los niños durante la pandemia de COVID-19 podría arrojar pistas sobre su causa y cómo prevenirla, señalan unos investigadores.La enfermedad d...
The annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology was held from June 3 to 7 in Chicago and attracted more than 40,000 participants from around the world, including clinicians, academicians, allied health professionals, and others interes...
TUESDAY, June 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends against the use of beta carotene or vitamin E for prevention of cardiovascular disease or cancer and finds that the evidence is insufficient for asc...
TUESDAY, June 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- About one in five patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) develop progressive cholestasis after severe COVID-19, according to a study published online May 21 in Hepatology.Lukas Hartl, M.D., from University...
TUESDAY, June 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The recommendations for perioperative testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been updated by the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the Anesthesia Patient Safety ...
TUESDAY, June 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Among transplant-free survivors requiring predischarge reinterventions after congenital cardiac surgery, those with persistent major residua have significantly worse long-term outcomes, according to a study p...
TUESDAY, June 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) have a high risk for existing and incident type 2 diabetes (T2D), with a prevalence of 16.8 percent, according to a study published online June 13 in Cli...
TUESDAY, June 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The combined severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 seroprevalence from infection or vaccination reached an estimated 94.7 percent in December 2021, according to a research letter published online Ju...
TUESDAY, June 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For hospitalized patients with COVID-19 requiring supplemental oxygen, baricitinib plus remdesivir and dexamethasone plus remdesivir result in similar mechanical ventilation-free survival by day 29, but adver...
TUESDAY, June 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A new rule that would require tobacco companies to slash nicotine levels in cigarettes could be issued Tuesday by the Biden administration.The rule, which would have an unprecedented effect in lowering smokin...
TUESDAY, June 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- New infant sleep guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) stress that parents make sure their infants sleep alone on their back on a flat surface and not in bed with mom or dad.In addition, th...
TUESDAY, June 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of people pop vitamins and supplements every day in hopes of staving off heart disease and cancer, but a new report finds the evidence to support that strategy is largely lacking.While there is some ...
TUESDAY, June 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- As a weekend heat wave that put more than 15 million Americans in the Northern and Central Plains on alert slowly moves east, the nation's emergency doctors have advice to keep you safe."Overexposure to the s...
TUESDAY, June 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Medicare might want to take note of the pricing strategy of a new online pharmacy run by tech entrepreneur and "Shark Tank" judge Mark Cuban if it wants to save billions on prescription drugs, a new study sugg...
TUESDAY, June 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While chronic stress is a key risk factor for heart disease and stroke, most cat and dog owners say pets help them chill out and stay active.A new American Heart Association (AHA) survey of 1,000 pet owners f...
TUESDAY, June 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Women are far more likely than men to suffer from long COVID, according to a broad new research review.The review, published June 21 in the journal Current Medical Research and Opinion, included 1.3 million p...