THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Sickle cell disease (SCD) imposes a considerable burden in terms of overall and out-of-pocket medical costs, with the burden of costs peaking in young adulthood, according to a study published online May 16 i...
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The prevalence of adolescent vaping is 8.6 percent in 47 lower-middle, upper-middle, and high-income countries, and the prevalence of frequent vaping is 1.7 percent, according to a study published online May 11 in Addiction.Gary C.K. Chan, Ph.D., from the University of Queensland in
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Time-restricted eating (TRE), limiting energy intake to eight hours followed by fasting for 16 hours (16:8 TRE), is associated with a reduction in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk among older breast cancer s...
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A model comprising six clinical variables could be used to guide lithium dosage, according to a study published in the June issue of The Lancet Psychiatry.Vincent Millischer, M.D., from the Karolinska Institu...
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Age-specific dementia risk scores should prioritize different risk factors in mid and late life, according to a study published online May 18 in Neurology.Emer R. McGrath, Ph.D., from the National University ...
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Electronic cigarettes may help women who are pregnant to stop smoking, according to a study published online May 16 in Nature Medicine.Peter Hajek, Ph.D., from Queen Mary University of London, and colleagues conducted a randomized controlled trial in which 1,140 pregnant women who
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine contributed to substantial public health impact and vaccine-preventable cost savings in the first year of its U.S. rollout, according to a study published online May 15 in...
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Some previous or preexisting cardiovascular conditions are associated with increased severity of COVID-19 among children, according to a study published online May 17 in JAMA Network Open.Louis Ehwerhemuepha,...
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. hospitals are running low on contrast dye injected into patients undergoing enhanced X-rays, CT scans and MRIs.The fluid, which makes the routine but potentially life-saving scans readable, helps doctors...
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Providing surgical fellows with operative autonomy does not appear to compromise long-term outcomes of abdominal wall reconstructions (AWRs), according to a study published online May 17 in JAMA Network Open....
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The number of American children affected by acute hepatitis of unknown cause continues to grow, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.So far, the agency's investigation has spo...
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Masks may not be required, but Americans should consider wearing one anyway if they live in an area where COVID-19 case numbers are high, federal health officials said Wednesday. That advice currently applies...
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Faced with mounting pressure to help desperate parents, President Joe Biden on Wednesday invoked the power of the wartime Defense Production Act to get more of the precious product into American homes. Under ...
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The first U.S. case this year of a rare and potentially fatal virus known as monkeypox has been diagnosed in a man in Massachusetts who recently traveled to Canada, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Folks often believe that video games rot a kid's mind, but a new study argues the opposite could be true.Children actually might get a brain boost from playing hour after hour of video games, researchers repo...
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Many people who are overweight or obese avoid cancer screening for fear of stigma and judgment about their weight, British researchers report.In a review of 10 published studies, researchers found that many d...
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- It’s never too late to start exercising -- and the right activities might help you stay independent in your home.While building healthy habits at an earlier age can have some long-term benefits, adding physic...
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Is an upcoming final exam or big-time job interview stressing you out?Hug your honey.That's the takeaway from new research that showed how embracing your significant other can help calm women. But sorry, guys...
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Getting a COVID-19 shot after you've been infected could reduce your risk of developing prolonged COVID symptoms, or so-called long COVID, according to a new study."Our results suggest that vaccination of pe...
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. pedestrian deaths in 2021 were the highest in four decades, with an average of 20 deaths every day, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association. An estimated 7,485 pedestrians were killed in 2...
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer survival rates rose more in states that expanded Medicaid under Obamacare than in those that did not, and rates increased most among Black patients and those in rural areas, according to a new study."O...
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Experimental stem cell replacement therapy for Parkinson's disease shows promise in rats and will soon be tested in a human clinical trial, researchers say."We cannot be more excited by the opportunity to hel...
WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was associated with an increase in two-year overall survival among patients newly diagnosed with cancer, according to a study published online May 18 in...
WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Replacing combustible cigarettes with vaping in one's 30s may be associated with key markers of healthy and successful aging, according to a study published in the May issue of Drug and Alcohol Dependence.Ri...
WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- After four new cases of typically rare monkeypox infection were spotted in Britain earlier this week, the illness has now been confirmed in five young men in Portugal and 15 other suspected cases are being i...
MARTES, 17 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- En general, la liposucción se utiliza para aplanar el estómago o darle forma a los glúteos, pero un nuevo estudio plantea que también podría ayudar a las personas que sufren artritis en los dedos.Unas iny...
MARTES, 17 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Ciertos virus comunes, entre ellos el virus del herpes genital, podrían contribuir al riesgo de diabetes tipo 2, apunta un estudio reciente.La diabetes tipo 2 es una enfermedad con una prevalencia muy alt...
MARTES, 17 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Estados Unidos se enfrenta a una epidemia de sobredosis de medicamentos y drogas, y unos investigadores están desarrollando un parche portátil que puede detectar una sobredosis de opioides en ciernes y ad...
MARTES, 17 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La vacunación contra el virus que provoca a la mayoría de los casos de cáncer de cuello uterino ha provocado una reducción generalizada de las infecciones entre los estadounidenses jóvenes, que incluye a ...