FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Adolescents with severe obesity may not pursue metabolic bariatric surgery (MBS) due to lack of information, cost of care, and social stigma, according to a study published online March 22 in Surgery for Obes...
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In research published online April 15 in Science Immunology, distinct classes of human inflammatory skin disease are defined at the molecular level.To examine the molecular dysregulation underlying inflammato...
JUEVES, 14 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Tan solo en 2019, la esclerosis múltiple (EM) costó a los estadounidenses un estimado de 85.4 mil millones de dólares, encuentra un nuevo estudio.Esta cantidad incluyó a más de 63 mil millones de dólares...
JUEVES, 14 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los riesgos de salud vinculados con la obesidad con frecuencia son graves, y una nueva investigación muestra que aumenta las probabilidades de insuficiencia cardiaca en las mujeres mayores, en particular...
LUNES, 18 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A medida que los médicos han aprendido más sobre las consecuencias de la COVID-19, confirman que la inflamación del corazón es poco común entre los pacientes hospitalizados con COVID. Se trata de una buen...
VIERNES, 15 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Unos niveles más altos de colesterol "bueno" en el fluido que rodea al cerebro y a la médula espinal podrían ayudar a protegerlo de la enfermedad de Alzheimer, sugiere un estudio reciente."Este estudio ...
JUEVES, 14 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- El plan de salud pública de emergencia de EE. UU. para la COVID-19 continuará durante al menos 90 días más, anunció el miércoles la administración de Biden.Extender el vencimiento hasta mediados de julio...
JUEVES, 14 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Evitar la enfermedad de Alzheimer quizá solo conlleve una dieta saludable, el ejercicio y una mente activa, sugiere un estudio reciente.Las mujeres y los hombres que llevan un estilo de vida saludable vi...
JUEVES, 14 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Unas crecientes infecciones con el coronavirus en el estado de Nueva York parecen ser fomentadas por dos nuevas versiones de la variante BA.2 de la ómicron, y podrían explicar por qué el estado ha sido u...
JUEVES, 14 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pfizer Inc. afirmó el jueves que su dosis de refuerzo aumentó los niveles de anticuerpos neutralizantes tanto contra la cepa original del coronavirus como contra la variante ómicron en los niños de 5 a 1...
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A new law will ensure that vaping companies making electronic cigarettes using synthetic nicotine, in fruit flavors that appeal to teenagers, can be regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.When the...
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- People who suspect they may have COVID-19 could soon find out with a simple breath test that delivers results in three minutes.On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use autho...
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- As doctors learn more about COVID-19 infection, they are finding that in rare cases, it appears tied to a disturbing eye condition.Retinal vein occlusion is a blockage of the small veins that carry blood away...
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Looking back on a year since most people in the United States became eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine, medical experts can celebrate a technological triumph while acknowledging unresolved chal...
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Fully vaccinated individuals with psychiatric disorders may be at increased risk for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) breakthrough infection, according to a study published online ...
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The third dose of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine is safe, according to a study published online April 14 in JAMA Network Open.Michiel J.M. Niesen, Ph.D., from nference in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and colleagues e...
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly one-third of women with breast cancer experience temporary or lasting depressive symptoms during and after treatment, according to a study published online April 14 in JAMA Network Open.Cécile Charles,...
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients receiving radiation therapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), education and implementation of a standardized cardiac dose quality measure is associated with a reduction in mean heart dose (MHD), according to a study recently published in Practical Radiation Oncology.Noting
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Passive smoking during childhood and/or adulthood is associated with increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to a study recently published in RMD Open.Yann Nguyen, M.D., M.P.H., from the Univer...
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- People with severe obesity and knee osteoarthritis are advised to attempt weight loss before total knee arthroplasty (TKA) as it could reduce complications of joint surgery, according to a study published onl...
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The risk for retinal vein occlusion (RVO) may be increased in the six months following COVID-19 infection, according to a study published online April 14 in JAMA Ophthalmology.Bobeck S. Modjtahedi, M.D., from...
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Young adults report unmet need for mental health care, according to a study published online April 11 in the Journal of Adolescent Health.Sally H. Adams, Ph.D., from the University of California in San Franci...
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Asymptomatic patients recently discharged from a hospital may be a source of household transmission of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), according to a study published in the May issue of Emerging Inf...
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel; Yescarta) was approved for treatment of large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) that is refractory to first-line chemoimmunotherapy or relapses within a year of first-line chemotherapy,...
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Disability activist Gem Hubbard regularly shares her insights about life in a wheelchair with more than 75,000 Instagram followers, under the handle @wheelsnoheels_, and her YouTube videos boast more than 3.7...
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- People who suspect they may have COVID-19 could soon find out with a simple breath test that delivers results in three minutes.On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use autho...
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A new law will ensure that vaping companies making electronic cigarettes using synthetic nicotine, in fruit flavors that appeal to teenagers, can be regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. When th...
FDA approves first breath test for COVID: The results are delivered within three minutes, but a PCR test recommended afterwards for confirmation. Read morePatient influencers: Good or Bad? Although their aim is to share medical information on conditio...
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Eating a healthy plant-based diet may help you head off type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests.Healthy plant-based foods include fruits, vegetables, nuts, coffee/tea, vegetable oils and legumes. Unhealthy plan...
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Alcohol abuse is a known cause of liver disease. But one in four adults worldwide has a liver condition not connected to drinking that ups the risk of heart disease, according to an American Heart Association...