MONDAY, May 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Americans with sickle cell disease who have private insurance face average out-of-pocket costs of $1,300 a year and a lifetime total of $44,000, new research reveals.That means that their out-of-pocket expenses...
MONDAY, May 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Babies delivered by cesarean section are no more likely to have food allergies during their first year of life than other infants, according to an Australian study.The association between type of delivery and f...
SUNDAY, May 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If you have both asthma and seasonal allergies, there are ways to reduce the impacts of that double whammy, an expert says.People with asthma, a chronic lung condition, should try to control or prevent allergi...
SATURDAY, May 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- It's a good idea to get children outside every day, but especially on Kids to Parks Day, a national day of outdoor play on May 21. "Even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, outdoor time and nature exploratio...
JUEVES, 19 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Un nuevo informe sobre cómo les va a los estadounidenses negros contra el cáncer arroja un panorama muy contradictorio.El riesgo de que un hombre o una mujer negros en EE. UU. mueran de cáncer se ha reduc...
FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Evidence continues to mount that a specific strain of adenovirus could be implicated in a wave of American children who have developed acute hepatitis of unknown origin, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pre...
FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Mounjaro (tirzepatide) injection was approved as an addition to diet and exercise to improve blood glucose control in adults with type 2 diabetes, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced May 13.The firs...
FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A bill that would allow families in a U.S. government assistance program to buy whatever brand of baby formula they can find is on the way to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.The bill, which is meant t...
FRIDAY, May 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- From 1999 to 2019, the overall cancer death rate decreased significantly among Black men and women, but in 2019, cancer death rates were still highest for Blacks versus other racial and ethnic groups, according...
FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Of the 62 inhalers approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration since 1986, few have offered novel drug innovations, according to a study published online May 17 in Health Affairs.Noting that inhalers face...
JUEVES, 19 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los hospitales de EE. UU. se están quedando sin un tinte de contraste que se inyecta a los pacientes que se someten a radiografías, TC e IRM con realce.El líquido, que hace que unos escáneres de rutina pe...
JUEVES, 19 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Quizá las máscaras no sean obligatorias, pero los estadounidenses deben pensar en usarlas de todas formas si viven en un área donde el número de casos de COVID-19 es alto, aconsejaron el miércoles las aut...
JUEVES, 19 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Con frecuencia, la gente cree que los videojuegos debilitan a las mentes de los niños, pero un nuevo estudio plantea que quizá lo contrario sea cierto.Jugar una hora tras otra de videojuegos podría en rea...
JUEVES, 19 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Muchas personas que tienen sobrepeso u obesidad evitan las pruebas de detección del cáncer por miedo al estigma y al juicio sobre su peso, informan unos investigadores británicos. En una revisión de 10 es...
JUEVES, 19 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Ponerse una vacuna contra la COVID-19 después de haberse infectado reduce el riesgo de desarrollar síntomas de lo que se conoce como COVID prolongada, según un nuevo estudio."Nuestros resultados sugieren ...
JUEVES, 19 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Una terapia experimental de reemplazo de células madre para la enfermedad de Parkinson se muestra promisoria en ratas, y pronto se evaluará en un ensayo clínico con humanos, señalan unos investigadores."N...
VIERNES, 20 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los factores de riesgo de la demencia parecen cambiar con la edad, y los expertos afirman que saberlo podría ayudar a las personas a modificar el estilo de vida para reducir sus probabilidades de desarro...
FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Evidence continues to mount that a specific strain of adenovirus could be implicated in a wave of American children who've developed acute hepatitis of unknown origin, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preve...
FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In 2019, most violent deaths were suicides, which occurred more often in males than females, according to research published in the May 20 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.Rebecca F. Wilson, Ph.D., from the
FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A panel of science advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended on Thursday that a single booster dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine can be given to 5- to 11-year-olds.The move i...
FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The prevalence of risk factors for Alzheimer disease and related dementias varies and is highest for high blood pressure and not meeting aerobic physical activity guidelines, according to research published in...
FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, psychological distress prior to the diagnosis is associated with hospitalization for COVID-19, according to a study publ...
FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A perioperative medication-related clinical decision support (CDS) software prototype may reduce the time taken to complete tasks, according to a study published online May 16 in the Journal of the American Med...
FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with severe asymptomatic aortic stenosis, early intervention may reduce the risk for all-cause mortality compared with conservative management, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis pu...
FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Tezepelumab treatment is associated with higher levels of on-treatment clinical responses than placebo among individuals with severe, uncontrolled asthma, according to a study presented at the American Thoracic...
FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A growing number of U.S. teenagers are vaping marijuana -- a habit that in some ways may be more risky than old-fashioned pot smoking, a new study finds.Researchers found that between 2017 and 2019, the percent...
FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Just a few days after Dottie Lewis and her husband, Wayne, returned from vacation to their home in Plymouth, Massachusetts, she started feeling poorly.This was 2019, a year before COVID-19 shut...
FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly half of lung cancer screening exams with high-risk Lung-RADS findings result in delays in care, according to a study presented at the American Thoracic Society 2022 International Conference, held from Ma...