FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer patients' blood type may play a role in their risk for dangerous blood clots, researchers say.Cancer and its treatments increase the risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE). That includes deep-vein throm...
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Higher levels of "good" cholesterol in the fluid surrounding your brain and spinal cord may help protect you from Alzheimer's disease, a new study suggests."This study represents the first time that small HDL...
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A new therapy corrects low blood sugar in children with a genetic disorder that causes the pancreas to produce too much insulin, researchers say. Congenital hyperinsulinism (HI) is the most common cause of p...
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Life would be much better for farm animals if children were in charge, a new British study suggests.Unlike adults, children believe farm animals should be treated the same as people and pets, and children ar...
THURSDAY, April 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Reported cases of gonorrhea, syphilis, and congenital syphilis in 2020 surpassed those of 2019, while chlamydia cases decreased, according to a report published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and P...
THURSDAY, April 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pfizer Inc. said Thursday that its booster shot raised levels of neutralizing antibodies against both the original coronavirus strain and the omicron variant in children aged 5 to 11 years.The company said ...
THURSDAY, April 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Rising COVID-19 infections in New York state appear to be driven by two new versions of the omicron BA.2 variant and may explain why the state has been the national coronavirus hot spot in recent weeks, sta...
THURSDAY, April 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- America's public health emergency plan for COVID-19 will continue for at least another 90 days, the Biden administration announced Wednesday. Pushing the deadline to mid-July means that vulnerable Americans...
The annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology was held from April 2 to 4 in Washington, D.C., and attracted more than 12,000 participants from around the world, including clinicians, academicians, allied health professionals, and others in...
THURSDAY, April 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While the vast majority of dental implant procedures go smoothly, related infections can up the risk for implant failure.Antibiotics can keep that risk at bay, with penicillin the typical go-to choice. But ...
THURSDAY, April 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While the vast majority of dental implant procedures go smoothly, related infections can up the risk for implant failure.Antibiotics can keep that risk at bay, with penicillin the typical go-to choice. But ...
MIÉRCOLES, 13 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La mayoría de las personas ya se han enterado de que el ejercicio es bueno para la salud.Una nueva revisión sugiere que también puede hacer una diferencia en el trastorno depresivo mayor.Los investiga...
MIÉRCOLES, 13 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Una orden de obligatoriedad federal sobre el uso de máscaras en aviones, trenes, aeropuertos y algunos servicios de autobús que iba a caducar en cinco días se ampliará hasta el 3 de mayo, anunciaron e...
MIÉRCOLES, 13 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La estructura de las familias de los adolescentes influye en su riesgo de conductas delincuentes, como hurtar, pintar grafiti o atracar, sugiere una investigación reciente.En el estudio, los investiga...
MIÉRCOLES, 13 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las tasas de gonorrea están en aumento, y esta enfermedad de transmisión sexual (ETS) se está volviendo cada vez más resistente a los antibióticos, lo que plantea el miedo de un supergermen potencial....
MIÉRCOLES, 13 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La gran mayoría de los estadounidenses que envejecen desean permanecer en casa y vivir de forma independiente durante todo el tiempo posible, pero muchos no han pensado en lo que deben hacer para logr...
MIÉRCOLES, 13 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La gran mayoría de los estadounidenses que envejecen desean permanecer en casa y vivir de forma independiente durante todo el tiempo posible, pero muchos no han pensado en lo que deben hacer para logr...
MIÉRCOLES, 13 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Mientras el número de casos conocidos de coronavirus de todo el mundo llegaba a los 500 millones el martes, los expertos pedían que haya un aumento en las pruebas, la vacunación y el rastreo de contac...
MIÉRCOLES, 13 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los afroamericanos tienen muchas menos probabilidades de ser incluidos en los ensayos clínicos sobre el cáncer de páncreas que los estadounidenses blancos, y los criterios de elegibilidad son un facto...
JUEVES, 14 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los perros quizá sean unos notorios amantes de la carne, pero los caninos que siguen una dieta vegana tal vez estén un poco más sanos, sugiere una nueva encuesta.Unos investigadores británicos y australi...
THURSDAY, April 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pfizer Inc. said Thursday that its booster shot raised levels of neutralizing antibodies against both the original coronavirus strain and the Omicron variant in children aged 5 to 11.They said in a statemen...
THURSDAY, April 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A ruptured Achilles tendon can reduce a weekend warrior to a limping one. And there's no single right way to treat it.People who've suffered this common injury may fare just as well with physical therapy as...
THURSDAY, April 14, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Even though her neck was throbbing, Saundra Minge invited her 7-year-old nephew and 3-year-old niece over for a Labor Day swim. She chalked up the pain to sleeping funny and thought it woul...
THURSDAY, April 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Health care personnel (HCP) with COVID-19 were more likely to be exposed to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in their workplace than in the community, according to a study publis...
THURSDAY, April 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Overdose death rates among teens rose sharply beginning in 2020 largely due to fentanyls, according to a research letter published in the April 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.Jo...
THURSDAY, April 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There may be substantial mental health benefits from being physically active, according to a review published online April 13 in JAMA Psychiatry.Matthew Pearce, Ph.D., from the University of Cambridge in th...
THURSDAY, April 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A healthy lifestyle in older adults is associated with longer life expectancy and with an increased proportion of remaining years lived without Alzheimer dementia, according to a study published online Apri...
THURSDAY, April 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- More than one in four adults worldwide are thought to have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which is often undiagnosed, according to a scientific statement issued by the American Heart Association ...