TUESDAY, May 17, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Six months after Rachel and Levi Strauss married on the coldest Valentine's Day in Detroit history, they learned they were going to have a baby.At their home in Houston, Levi helped satisfy Ra...
TUESDAY, May 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Vaccination against the virus that causes most cervical cancers has spurred a widespread reduction of infections among young Americans — including those who are unvaccinated, a new government study finds.The s...
TUESDAY, May 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The manufacture and sale of products known as crib bumpers and sleep incliners — linked with more than 200 infant deaths in the United States — will be banned under a new law signed by President Joe Biden."Thi...
TUESDAY, May 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Four men in England have been infected with a "rare and unusual" monkeypox virus.Investigators from the United Kingdom's Health Security Agency are investigating the cases and whether there is any connection b...
TUESDAY, May 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Tens of millions of American women will have to journey much farther for abortion care if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade as expected, researchers say.Dozens of states would make abortion illegal ...
TUESDAY, May 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- More than 50,000 premature deaths would be prevented in the United States each year if fine particle air pollution from the burning of fossil fuels were eliminated, researchers say.Curbing this source of pollu...
TUESDAY, May 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Dogs' ultra-sensitive noses can detect illegal drugs and even cancer, and a new study suggests they may also be able to sniff out COVID-19 in airline passengers.Not only that, these trained canines can do so ...
TUESDAY, May 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A middle-aged woman learned the hard way that herbal supplements can cause harm.The 56-year-old suffered a dangerous heart rhythm disorder after taking high doses of hemp oil containing CBD (cannabidiol), and...
TUESDAY, May 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Estrogen loss during menopause may worsen women's pain from a jaw disorder, a new study warns. Temporomandibular disorder (TMD) causes pain in the jaw joint and affects an estimated 4.8% of U.S. adults, or ab...
MONDAY, May 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Dealing with a crippling shortage of infant formula that has many U.S. parents desperate, the Food and Drug Administration on Monday announced "increased flexibilities" in allowing foreign manufacturers to help...
MONDAY, May 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- During omicron predominance, the estimated vaccine effectiveness (VE) of the BNT162b2 two-dose vaccination among children and adolescents was modest and decreased rapidly, according to a study published online ...
MONDAY, May 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have an increased prevalence of multimorbidity, according to a study recently published in RMD Open.Cynthia S. Crowson, Ph.D., from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesot...
MONDAY, May 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Older patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have high prevalence of deficits in geriatric assessment, according to a study published in the May issue of Clinical Gastroenterology & Hepatology.Vera E. R...
MONDAY, May 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Approximately one-quarter of prostate cancer and bladder cancer patients requiring treatment or other ancillary care during the pandemic reported change, delay, or cancellation of care, according to a study pre...
MONDAY, May 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Transplantation of kidneys from COVID-19-positive donors is safe, with outcomes comparable to kidneys from noninfected donors, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Urological Ass...
MONDAY, May 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are more likely to have coronary heart disease (CHD), but no specific phenotypes have a higher risk, according to a study published online April 27 in ...
MONDAY, May 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Temporomandibular disorder (TMD)-induced pain and menopausal symptoms are correlated, according to a study published May 10 in Menopause.Alessandra Pucci Mantelli Galhardo, Ph.D., from Universidade de São Paulo...
The RHEMITT score predicts rebleeding after capsule endoscopy. Among 361 small bowel capsule endoscopies, each increasing risk category for the RHEMITT score predicted an increased probability of rebleeding. RHEMITT risk category was associated with r...
VIERNES, 13 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Incluso antes de la pandemia, la demanda de riñones donados superaba con creces al suministro. Esa escasez solo empeoró cuando los hospitales comenzaron a rehusar los riñones de los donantes COVID positi...
VIERNES, 13 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- El cáncer de esófago tiende a ser un "asesino silencioso", y está en aumento entre los estadounidenses de mediana edad, sugieren unas nuevas evidencias.La tasa de este cáncer casi se ha duplicado entre l...
VIERNES, 13 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Un diagnóstico de cáncer de páncreas puede parecer como una sentencia de muerte, porque esta enfermedad de rápido avance con frecuencia se descubre en una etapa más tardía, cuando tratarla resulta más di...
VIERNES, 13 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Una terapia genética experimental para el dolor de la médula espinal muestra potencial en ratones, afirman los investigadores.Más o menos la mitad de los pacientes con lesiones en la médula espinal sufre...
VIERNES, 13 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Mientras más antibióticos toman las personas mayores, mayor es su riesgo de enfermedad intestinal inflamatoria (EII), sugiere un estudio reciente.Los hallazgos podrían ayudar a explicar parte del aumento...
VIERNES, 13 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Un medicamento que potencialmente salva vidas y que reduce el riesgo de sobredosis se receta a menos de la mitad de los estadounidenses tratados por su adicción a los opioides, encuentra un estudio recie...
VIERNES, 13 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Se puede entrenar a los enfermeros para que detecten la depresión postparto en las madres recientes, y podrían ser esenciales para detectar la afección temprano, informan unos investigadores.La depresión...
LUNES, 16 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Mientras Estados Unidos llora un millón de muertes por la COVID-19, un nuevo estudio indica que el triste número pudo haber sido peor. El uso de la vacuna contra la COVID-19 de Pfizer-BioNTech previno más ...
MONDAY, May 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For immunosuppressed patients, mRNA-1273 induces a stronger seroresponse than BNT162b2, according to a research letter published online May 16 in JAMA Network Open.Jonathan Mitchell, M.B.B.S., from the Johns Ho...
MONDAY, May 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Sexual minority (SM) status is associated with reduced odds of ever undergoing Papanicolaou (Pap) testing, according to a study published online May 16 in Cancer.Ashley E. Stenzel, Ph.D., from the University of...