In 1994, Kurt Cobain took his life at the age of 27. Like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and other rock stars who died young before him, Cobain has achieved a youthful immortality in which his memory endures as symbol more than man. As the ...
Children and teens in America are three times more likely to be overweight than they were 30 years ago. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, about one out of five U.S. children is now obese. While there are a few mysteries and unans...
Can children get type 2 diabetes?Before the obesity epidemic in the United States, type 2 diabetes was practically unheard of in people under 30. That explains the former name for the disease: adult-onset diabetes. Not long ago, almost all children wi...
It was spring when Joshua Watson, a sixth-grader at Alvarado Intermediate School in Alvarado, Texas, had an unsettling decision to make -- whether to accept a five-day in-school suspension or be struck three times with a paddle. His offense: earning h...
At home, you probably have your doctors' numbers posted near the phone and your child's medical records handy in case of an emergency. On vacation, you should be no less prepared. Here are some tips:Before You GoAsk your doctor if he or she can refer ...
With his 2-year-old upstairs taking a nap, Tim Anderson* seized the chance to do some yard work. A few moments later, he was bewildered to find the toddler lying on the lawn, crying inconsolably. That's odd, he thought: How did he get downstairs so fa...
As the Girl Scouts motto goes: Be prepared. The better supplied you are before your baby gets here, the smoother your transition to parenthood will be. What follows is a handy checklist so you can make sure you've got the right stuff in time for your ...
Soda addiction has long been a problem in our nation's schools. Every day for years, many kids have lined up at vending machines to buy their 20-ounce bottles of sugar and carbonated water before they go off to study important subjects like history, m...
SUNDAY, May 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- College basketball player Joey Liedel suffered years of debilitating hip pain that limited his ability to play.As a freshman at University of Detroit-Mercy, he was in constant discomfort. Eventually, the Erie...
When a person has asthma, a bout of depression or anxiety can trigger attacks and make the disease much harder to manage, according to recent research. Studies have found that asthmatic children suffering from psychological distress need higher doses ...
Expectant parents can be forgiven if they panic when they hear the word "bonding."Library shelves and web sites are devoted to the importance of bonding with a newborn and the trauma that may result when it doesn't take place. Many parents now fear th...
SATURDAY, May 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If heading back into the water this summer has you concerned about flesh-eating bacteria, an expert offers some advice. "Flesh-eating bacteria refers to an infection that spreads so rapidly that the skin and...
FRIDAY, May 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While the prevalence of Barrett esophagus (BE) and esophageal cancer (EC) appears to have plateaued in the elderly, it is increasing at a concerning rate in middle-aged patients, according to a study presented ...
FRIDAY, May 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- School children aged 6 to 8 years with overweight have cardiometabolic derangements, according to a study published online May 3 in Obesity Research & Clinical Practice to coincide with the Congress on Obesity,...
FRIDAY, May 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In the year prior to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) diagnosis, patients present with gallstone disease six times more often than the general population, according to a study presented at the 2022 Diges...
FRIDAY, May 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Use of antibiotics, regardless of class, is associated with an increased risk of older-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a study presented at the 2022 Digestive Disease Week, held from May 21...
FRIDAY, May 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Single-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) from an Apple watch interpreted by an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can identify ejection fraction ≤40 percent, according to a study presented at the annual meetin...
JUEVES, 12 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Una iniciativa internacional de investigación reveló el mapa de referencia más amplio que se ha hecho de las células individuales en el cuerpo humano, un conocimiento que podría revolucionar el estudio de...
JUEVES, 12 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Tras 30 años, los investigadores creen que por fin tienen evidencias definitivas de la causa principal del síndrome de la guerra del Golfo: la exposición a unos niveles bajo del gas nervioso sarín.El sínd...
JUEVES, 12 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- El jueves, la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) aprobó la primera ropa interior que busca proteger de las infecciones de transmisión sexual (ITS) durante el sexo oral.Los Lorals, disponible...
JUEVES, 12 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Es un número que muchos estadunidenses han anticipado con tristeza, pero que de cualquier forma quizá les resulte difícil de entender: más de un millón de sus compatriotas han fallecido por la COVID-19."H...
JUEVES, 12 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Unas nuevas evidencias sugieren que los pacientes con COVID prolongada sufren de una inflamación descontrolada que asola a todo el cuerpo, y que aliviar esa inflamación podría ser la clave para salvar sus...
JUEVES, 12 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- ¿Hay alguna forma de hacer que comer en un restaurante sea más respetuoso con el ambiente? Un equipo de investigadores alemanes piensa que la respuesta es un gran y ecológico sí.Les gustaría que los resta...
JUEVES, 12 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Buenas noticias para las mujeres con una afección de la salud mental: tomar antidepresivos a principios del embarazo no aumenta el riesgo del bebé de sufrir epilepsia o convulsiones, señalan unos investig...
VIERNES, 13 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Hay una forma en que la pandemia no exacerbó las disparidades de salud: un nuevo estudio muestra que la telemedicina ha cerrado la brecha en el acceso a la atención primaria entre los estadounidenses neg...
FRIDAY, May 13, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Justin Ballard of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, stared at the photos in disbelief."Do I really look that big?" he thought.The pictures came from a joyous occasion – Christmas Day 2019, when Kelsey, ...
FRIDAY, May 13, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Black or Hispanic adults who experience a witnessed cardiac arrest outside the hospital are substantially less likely than their white peers to receive lifesaving care from a bystander, prelimi...
FRIDAY, May 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Adolescent and young adult (AYA) leukemia survivors have increased mortality rates, even decades after survival, according to a study published online May 13 in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.Amy ...
FRIDAY, May 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A low-burden point-of-care intervention, featuring an electronic health record-enabled smoking module and decision support tools (ELEVATE) is associated with increased reach and effectiveness of smoking cessati...
FRIDAY, May 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Inflammation during hospitalization for an initial COVID-19 episode is associated with an increased risk for 12-month mortality, according to a study published online May 12 in Frontiers in Medicine.Arch G. Mai...