FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- At least three elderly Americans suffocated after getting trapped in Mobility Transfer Systems adult portable bedrails, and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) says anyone who has the rails shoul...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of U.S. women missed breast, cervical and colon cancer screenings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study.It found that compared to 2018, the number of women in 2020 who said they had br...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For older patients with untreated mantle-cell lymphoma, the addition of ibrutinib to standard chemoimmunotherapy significantly prolongs progression-free survival, according to a study published online June 3 in...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For pediatric patients with prior COVID-19 or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), cross-reactive immunity against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) omicron vari...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- It's a startling statistic: A new study finds the number of kids accidentally poisoned by the over-the-counter sleep aid melatonin has soared by 530% over the past decade.For most children, the overdose only ca...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- A new study of a leading cause of heart attacks in pregnant and postpartum women offers insights on when the problem strikes, how it has been treated and how survivors might weigh the risks of ...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The rate of adverse events within 90 days for patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) does not differ according to whether the surgeon performing the procedure is female or male, according to a study p...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Suicide or self-injury and depressive disorders continued to account for a majority of acute mental health care encounters in U.S. children's hospitals after COVID-19-related school closures, according to a stu...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Recommendations have been issued by the American Society of Regional Anesthesia (ASRA) and Pain Medicine for interventional pain procedures during the current contrast shortage.Lynn Kohan, M.D., from ASRA, and ...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A deep-radiomics approach can be used to diagnose osteoporosis from hip radiographs, according to a study published online May 25 in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence.Sangwook Kim, M.D., from Seoul National Un...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A person's height may impact their risk for certain diseases, according to a study published online June 2 in PLOS Genetics.Sridharan Raghavan, M.D., Ph.D., from the Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Health Car...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with immediate decreases in filled buprenorphine prescriptions by members of racial- and ethnic-minority groups but not White patients, according to a study published online...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Unprocessed red meat intake is associated with an increased colorectal cancer (CRC) risk in Black women, according to a study published in the May issue of The Journal of Nutrition.Ioanna Yiannakou, from Boston...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Parents are generally receptive to computer-assisted management of children with respiratory illnesses in the emergency department though some express concerns, according to a study published online May 13 in A...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If you're taller than average, your genes may affect your risk for a variety of diseases, a new study suggests.These include a higher risk for the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation and varicose veins, b...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Children under the age of 5 may be able to get their first COVID vaccinations as early as June 21, the White House said Thursday.An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will meet on June 14-1...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A new study offers some unexpected conclusions about what factors might influence your chances of getting COVID-19.What did it find? People with food allergies have a lower risk of infection than those without ...
Your height could be factor in disease risk. Taller folks are at higher risk for atrial fibrillation and varicose veins, but at lower risk of coronary heart disease, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, new research shows. Read moreBiden says sma...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Graphic images on cigarette packs of diseased body parts and other smoking horrors may not have the desired effect on smokers themselves, a new study finds.Many smokers kept cigarette packs with gruesome warnin...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Adults who get COVID-19 could have antibodies circulating in their blood for nearly 500 days after infection, new research suggests."We now have a good estimate of how long antibodies last after a COVID-19 infe...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Vaccination played a crucial role when Americans were deciding whether to have surgery during the pandemic, a new study finds."It's critical to understand what factors affect a patient's decision to have surger...
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- From 2012 to 2021, there was an increase in the annual number of pediatric ingestions of melatonin, with a total of 260,435 ingestions reported during the study period; these statistics were published in the ...
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A self-reported migraine history is associated with a higher risk for some adverse pregnancy outcomes, according to a research letter published online April 30 in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecolo...
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pfizer Inc. said Wednesday that it has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve the emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children younger than the age of 5 years.The company said in a statem...
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Shipments of infant formula from Australia and the United Kingdom are expected to arrive in the United States next week as part of the Biden administration's ongoing effort to ease a nationwide shortage of fo...
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A 3-D printed ear made with the patient's own cells has been transplanted onto a 20-year-old woman, the company that made the ear says.The achievement announced June 2 by 3DBio Therapeutics of New York City i...
MIÉRCOLES, 1 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La habilidad de percusión necesaria para sacarle ritmos a una batería podría ayudar a mejorar la socialización, el control inhibitorio y la concentración en los adolescentes con autismo, sugiere una in...
MIÉRCOLES, 1 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- No toda mujer está lista para tener hijos a finales de la adolescencia, en la veintena o a mediados de la treintena, pero un declive natural en la fertilidad puede hacer que tener un bebe a partir de l...