THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Many people with heart failure also have diabetes or high blood pressure. But new research suggests those conditions, even when treated, aren't well controlled, placing people at risk for w...
THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Planet Earth is growing hotter, forcing different animal species to migrate to new areas and interact with other unfamiliar creatures at an increasing rate.That phenomenon could have dire consequences to hu...
THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Moderna announced Thursday that it has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to authorize the emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine for children under the age of 6.It's the first vaccine maker to seek...
THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The toll of child abuse is wide-ranging and long-lasting. Researchers warn that childhood abuse is tied to high cholesterol and type 2 diabetes in adulthood, raising odds for heart disease and stroke.In con...
THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 death rates are significantly higher in U.S. counties that remain largely unvaccinated than in those where more people have gotten their shots, according to a new study.The findings add to evidence...
THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) – The European Union (EU) announced Wednesday that Europe is moving out of the emergency phase of the pandemic, and the EU will now focus on vaccination, surveillance and testing in preparation for a possible ...
Climate change will make pandemics like COVID-19 more likely. As the planet grows hotter, different animal species will migrate to new areas and interact with other unfamiliar creatures at an increasing rate. That could foster the emergence of new, po...
THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If your teen is itching to get behind the wheel, new research underscores the importance of signing them up for driver's education.The study found that driver training and graduated licensing significantly ...
THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Frontline nurses were plagued by "moral distress" in the early days of the pandemic because they lacked the support to provide high-quality care, a new report reveals. Between May and September 2020, resear...
THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If you're battling depression, the success of your treatment might be affected by your race, income, job status and education, a new study says."If you're going home to a wealthy neighborhood with highly ed...
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- From December 2021 to February 2022, the seroprevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) increased, reaching about 75 percent among children and adolescents by February 2022,...
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Suicides among U.S. teens rose during the pandemic, according to a research letter published online April 25 in JAMA Pediatrics.Marie-Laure Charpignon, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cam...
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A bivalent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prefusion F protein-based (RSVpreF) vaccine given during pregnancy elicits neutralizing antibody responses, according to a study published in the April 28 issue...
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For neonates undergoing endotracheal intubation, nasal high-flow therapy improves the likelihood of successful intubation on the first attempt, according to a study published in the April 28 issue of the N...
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pfizer Inc. announced Tuesday that it has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve emergency use of its booster shot for children ages 5 to 11 years.The application hinges on a study of 140 c...
MARTES, 26 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Gracias a la oleada de ómicron del invierno pasado, 3 de cada 5 estadounidenses ya se han infectado de COVID-19, muestra un nuevo informe del gobierno.Una vez surgió la ómicron como variante predominante...
MARTES, 26 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Sigue siendo una de las imágenes más dolorosas de la pandemia: a las familias no les permitieron estar al lado de sus seres queridos mientras libraban su solitaria batalla contra la COVID en una UCI de h...
MARTES, 26 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Parecía una idea sencilla: tome una aspirina de dosis baja una vez al día y reduzca su riesgo de sufrir un ataque cardiaco o un accidente cerebrovascular (ACV) en algún momento.Pero la nueva ciencia mues...
MARTES, 26 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Imagínese una pastilla anticonceptiva que una mujer pueda tomar antes de tener relaciones sexuales que prevenga el embarazo durante los siguientes tres a cinco días.Esto podría convertirse en realidad, s...
MARTES, 26 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La administración de Biden anunció el martes planes para casi duplicar el número de farmacias y otros centros que ofrecen el antiviral Paxlovid para la COVID-19.La demanda del fármaco ha aumentado en las...
MARTES, 26 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Con frecuencia, se aconseja a las personas mayores que tomen complementos de calcio, pero una nueva investigación afirma que las pastillas podrían aumentar de forma significativa el riesgo de problemas d...
MARTES, 26 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Si ha tenido COVID-19, hay muchas probabilidades de que al menos un síntoma siga molestándole un año más tarde, sugiere una investigación reciente.Los investigadores encontraron que seis de cada 10 perso...
MIÉRCOLES, 27 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las personas que se enfrentan a la depresión y a los trastornos por abuso de sustancias con frecuencia tienden a ser fumadoras, pero un nuevo estudio encuentra que las tasas de tabaquismo entre estos ...
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Zoom meetings became the lifeblood of many workplaces during pandemic, but a new study points to a downside: They may limit employees' capacity for creative thinking.In experiments with workers in several ...
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For persons aged 60 years or older with displaced distal radius fracture, surgical treatment seems not to be better than nonsurgical treatment for patient-reported wrist function, according to a study publ...
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There is a low level of correlation between patient and provider satisfaction with anesthesia in ophthalmic surgeries, according to a study published online March 6 in Clinical Ophthalmology.Natalie Sadlak...
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The estimated annual costs were $846 million for cutaneous warts for 2019 in the United States, and costs for anogenital warts were $127 million, according to a research letter published online April 27 in...
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking is said by some to be the hardest addiction to break, and certain people might benefit from brain stimulation to quit, French researchers suggest.Smokers who received noninvasive brain stimulation ...