WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The associations between exposure to abuse in childhood and risk factors for incident cardiovascular disease vary by race and sex, according to a study published online April 27 in the Journal of the Ameri...
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Antibiotic prescriptions for children aged 6 to 24 months are associated with reduced vaccine-induced immunity, according to a study published online April 27 in Pediatrics.Timothy J. Chapman, Ph.D., from ...
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Epidural blood patches (EBPs) are used less often or use is delayed for patients in racial and ethnic minority groups compared with White patients, according to a study published online April 21 in JAMA Ne...
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The risk for myocarditis and pericarditis after COVID-19 mRNA vaccines is highest in young men after the second vaccine dose, according to a study published online April 20 in JAMA Cardiology.Øystein Karls...
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- As health experts around the world try to understand why nearly 200 children in 12 countries have fallen seriously ill with severe hepatitis, doctors in Alabama are investigating nine such cases in that st...
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Unvaccinated individuals with prior symptomatic COVID-19 have a much lower risk for acquiring recurrent COVID-19 than unvaccinated individuals without prior COVID-19 for up to nine months from the index in...
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Roughly one in five U.S. adults experience food insecurity, which is a significant risk factor for delaying or forgoing medical care, according to a study published in the May issue of the American Journal...
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- First, we got advice on staying fit and healthy while working in the office. Then when the pandemic started, we got advice on staying fit and healthy while working from home.As the era of ...
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Sulthiame (STM) appears to be safe and effective for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to a study recently published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicin...
MIÉRCOLES, 27 de abril de 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Primero, recibíamos consejos para mantenernos en forma y sanos mientras trabajábamos en la oficina. Después, cuando empezó la pandemia, recibíamos consejos para mantenernos en forma y...
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.The application hinges on a study of 140 childre...
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Babies and toddlers who've been given antibiotics might have a less vigorous immune response to routine childhood vaccinations, new research warns.The study is the first to suggest that antibiotics might d...
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- People with sickle cell disease who take corticosteroids to treat asthma or inflammation may suffer severe pain and even need to be hospitalized, researchers report.This reaction to corticosteroids can be ...
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Folks who struggle with depression and substance use disorders often tend to be smokers, but a new study finds that smoking rates among these vulnerable Americans have fallen significantly."This study sho...
Prescription steroids can be dangerous for sickle cell patients. Reactions to the drugs can be particularly severe among older people, women and patients not taking the drug hydroxyurea to treat their disease, new research shows. Read morePfizer seeks...
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- As the pandemic unfolded, nations adopted diverse methods to contain COVID-19. Some sought to eliminate the virus, targeting zero community transmission. Others tried to slow transmission through a mix of...
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Witnessing violence between your parents is traumatic when it happens, but a new study finds that trauma can raise your risk of depression and other mental health problems.The study included more than 17,7...
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Far fewer U.S. women lost health insurance coverage after giving birth during the COVID-19 pandemic than in previous years, likely due to a federal law that prevented Medicaid from dropping people, researc...
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. cancer survivors under age 65 with medical-related financial struggles have an increased risk of early death, a new study finds."Our findings show the need to address financial hardship to ensure that...
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that the decision to initiate low-dose aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events should be individualized among those a...
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The incidence of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is increased after Ad.26.COV2.S vaccination, but incidence is not increased after mRNA vaccination, according to a study published online April 26 in JAMA Netwo...
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Differential item functioning (DIF) is minimal across race and sex in the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS-2), according to a study published online April 26 in JAMA Network Open....
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved the antiviral Veklury (remdesivir) as the first COVID-19 treatment for young children. The drug had so far only been available to this age group unde...
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Plans to nearly double the number of pharmacies and other locations that carry the antiviral pill Paxlovid for COVID-19 were announced Tuesday by the Biden administration.Demand for the drug has risen in rec...
LUNES, 25 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Tras dar a luz, algunas mujeres que reciben una epidural para el dolor desarrollan un dolor de cabeza debilitante. Pero las mujeres de las minorías tienen menos probabilidades que las madres blancas de re...
LUNES, 25 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Se sabe que ciertas afecciones de salud crónica aumentan las probabilidades de muerte por la COVID-19. Ahora, una nueva investigación identifica otro factor de riesgo.Unos telómeros más cortos se asocian ...
LUNES, 25 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Hace mucho que los científicos saben que a medida que la Tierra se calienta debido al cambio climático, las plantas producen más polen, lo que hace que la temporada de alergias sea más larga y pronunciada...
LUNES, 25 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) dijo que está investigando un brote de hepatitis aguda en niños que ahora implica a 11 países, entre ellos Estados Unidos. Entre los 169 casos reportados, al meno...