TUESDAY, Sept. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Eight in 10 older Americans think health care workers should be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a new poll.Among 50- to 80-year-olds, 61% of respondents said the vaccine should be required for all ...
TUESDAY, Sept. 14, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- It is estimated that thousands of air travelers around the world have a cardiac arrest each year, with nearly a quarter of those occurring on a plane, according to new research that points t...
TUESDAY, Sept. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) – New data out of Israel, to be published this week, could bolster the notion that a third booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine significantly lowers a recipient's odds for severe illness.The data is scheduled t...
TUESDAY, Sept. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- While in the United States preteens and teens aged 12 to 15 have been eligible for COVID-19 vaccines since the spring, the vaccines are only now becoming available for that age group in the United Kingdom. A...
TUESDAY, Sept. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. approval of the Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm is already mired in controversy. Now a new study finds that most Alzheimer's patients could not have taken part in clinical trials that led to the green light.In...
TUESDAY, Sept. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Your favorite tabby cat may seem to have little similarity to her relatives in the wild, but all share a key gene that gives them their distinctive look.Why cats' coats are decorated with stripes, spots and ...
TUESDAY, Sept. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Seeing eye to eye -- literally -- makes conversations more appealing, a new study finds."Eye contact is really immersive and powerful," said researcher Sophie Wohltjen, a graduate student in psychological an...
TUESDAY, Sept. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A hysterectomy isn't necessarily needed to treat a common women's health problem, researchers report.Adenomyosis is abnormal tissue growth in the wall of the uterus, which causes cramps and heavy menstrual b...
The annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons was held from Aug. 31 to Sept. 3 in San Diego and attracted approximately 5,000 participants from around the world. The conference highlighted recent advances in the diagnosis and mana...
MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Fewer COVID-19 vaccine doses than expected will be available through the global COVAX program, affecting many less-affluent nations waiting on these doses.The United Nations forecast last week that it would h...
MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The law on whether or not students in Florida schools will be required to wear masks has changed again. On Friday, the First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee reinstated the state's ban on school mask m...
MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 is surging in U.S. states with low vaccination rates, and these places may also be seeing a higher-than-usual number of stillbirths linked to the virus. While the number of stillbirths is still very ...
VIERNES, 10 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Decenas de millones de estadounidenses ya estaban vacunados contra la COVID-19 a finales de agosto, y era previsible que ocurrieran los llamados casos "postvacunación". Pero los nuevos datos contie...
VIERNES, 10 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Cuando recibió la primera dosis de la vacuna contra la COVID-19, ¿sintió un gran alivio? Si es así, no es el único.Los adultos de EE. UU. que recibieron la vacuna entre diciembre de 2020 y marzo de...
VIERNES, 10 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE. UU. anunció el jueves que ha rechazado la solicitud de casi un millón de cigarrillos electrónicos y productos relacionados.Pero también re...
VIERNES, 10 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Aunque el costo de administrar las vacunas contra la COVID-19 es nominal (y gratuito para los consumidores de Estados Unidos), el costo de pagar por las hospitalizaciones de las personas que han co...
VIERNES, 10 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Los padres de un niño con autismo podrían preguntarse si un gato de compañía encajaría bien en su familia. Ahora, una nueva investigación sugiere que tanto los niños con autismo como los gatos se b...
VIERNES, 10 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Los padres podrían pensar que los tatuajes temporales de los niños son inocuos. Pero los niños que se decoran con esos tatuajes transferibles podrían estar alterando la barrera protectora de su pie...
VIERNES, 10 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Los estadounidenses negros y los de origen mexicano en general desarrollan diabetes tipo 2 hasta siete años antes que sus contrapartes blancas, encuentra un estudio reciente.En total, más de un 25 ...
VIERNES, 10 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Las gafas nuevas ayudan a los niños de Baltimore a tener más éxito en la escuela.Un estudio clínico de tres años encontró que los estudiantes que recibieron gafas nuevas a través de un programa esc...
MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Twenty years on, responders to the World Trade Center attacks in New York City are showing increased risks of certain cancers, two new studies confirm.Researchers found higher-than-average rates of prostate c...
MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 vaccine booster shots might not be needed for most people, according to a large international review.The review -- conducted by a team that included scientists from the World Health Organization and...
MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- With the expansion of Medicaid under Obamacare, fewer Americans are uninsured and more are getting their blood pressure and blood sugar under control, a new study finds.The gains are especially strong among B...
MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- When Nancy Cappello was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer in 2003, she was stunned.How could this have happened? She went for her annual screening mammogram every year and was always told that all was fin...
MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Most people Pamela Anderson Bowen meets wonder about her accent. Sometimes they try to guess the origin. Maybe Russia? What about Sweden?"I'm from here," the North Carolina resident will answ...
MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- There's more sobering news for anyone still unvaccinated against the new coronavirus: Your odds of dying from COVID-19 are 11-fold higher than someone who's fully immunized, new research shows.The data comes ...
Here are some of HealthDay's top stories for Monday, Sept. 13:Unvaccinated have 11 times the odds of dying from COVID-19. A series of three studies published Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention find that vaccination greatly ...
MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Older adults who regularly eat foods like fish, nuts and olive oil may have less iron accumulation in their brains, as well as sharper memories, a small study suggests.The brain requires a certain level of ir...