VIERNES, 25 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Wegovy (semaglutida), un medicamento para perder peso, y un medicamento relacionado dirigido a la diabetes, Ozempic, ya han alterado el tratamiento tanto de la obesidad como de la diabetes, y las venta...
Los cupones de las compañías tabacaleras aumentan las probabilidades de que los exfumadores recaigan
VIERNES, 25 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los cupones para los productos de tabaco parecen tener un importante impacto en las tasas de recaída de los fumadores que abandonaron el hábito hace poco, informan unos investigadores. Un estudio de má...
VIERNES, 25 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Quizá no parezca que el estreñimiento o los problemas para tragar pudieran ser una señal de un problema neurológico, pero una nueva investigación sugiere que las afecciones intestinales podrían ser un ...
VIERNES, 25 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las crecientes temperaturas podrían acarrear un nuevo riesgo para los perros de los refugios: la propagación de enfermedades transmitidas por garrapatas y mosquitos en un área geográfica más amplia, se...
JUEVES, 24 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- La inteligencia artificial (IA) quizá no siempre sea la fuente más precisa de información sobre la salud, sobre todo cuando se trata de la atención del cáncer, encuentra unas nuevas investigaciones. Dos...
MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Hearing assessment recommendations for infants, children, and adolescents are discussed in a clinical report published online Aug. 28 in Pediatrics.Charles Bower, M.D., from Arkansas Children's Hospital in Lit...
MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For children younger than 6 years, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) dose is a significant predictor of severe and prolonged toxicity, according to a study published online Aug. 28 in Pediatrics.Lesley C. Pepin, M.D....
MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- From 2019 to 2022, there was a considerable increase in mental health service utilization and spending, according to a research letter published online Aug. 25 in JAMA Health Forum.Jonathan H. Cantor, Ph.D., f...
MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Suicide has become an urgent issue among American military veterans, with rates increasing by more than 10 times in nearly two decades, a new study reveals."Suicide rates for post-9/11 veterans have steadily i...
MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In 2021, there were 3,035 reports of arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) in the United States, including 2,911 caused by West Nile virus, according to research published in the August 25 issue of the U.S. Ce...
MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- There are opportunities for improving the structure of hospital-based sepsis programs to optimize patient outcomes, and new guidance has been released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called H...
MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Adolescents, especially those born in 2008, may have missed vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research published in the Aug. 25 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventio...
MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Wildfire fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is associated with a significant increase in the incidence of same-day asthma emergency department (ED) visits, but the increase was only slightly higher than that seen...
MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Starting Wed., Aug. 30, travelers to China will no longer need a negative COVID test to enter that country, officials announced Monday.China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin announced the plan in a ...
MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- If you need quick directions on performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in an emergency, don’t rely on Alexa, Siri or another voice assistant.A new study finds the directions provided by these AI (artif...
MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots generally produce accurate information for the top cancer-related web searches, according to a report published online Aug. 24 in JAMA Oncology.Alexander Pan, from State U...
MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- There has been a statistically significant increase in the incidence of heat-related illnesses during the last several decades in the United States, according to a study published online July 7 in the Journal ...
MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- About half of older adults (52 percent) have heard of the new vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), according to the National Poll on Healthy Aging released online on Aug. 22.The poll, which comes...
MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- After a heart attack, elderly adults have better odds for improved health and survival if all major heart vessels are cleared, not just the one that caused the heart attack.Because these patients often have ot...
MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Patti Allbritton was born a little blue.She wasn't particularly sad – it wasn't that kind of blue. She was born with a rare congenital heart defect called tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary at...
MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Brightly colored "edibles" can be tempting for young kids and are more widely available now that many U.S. states have legalized cannabis for recreational and medical use.Unfortunately, it doesn’t take much of...
MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Valance Sams Sr. believes that he has experienced "a miracle."Sams, now 46, underwent a triple organ transplant in the spring of 2023, making him one of fewer than 50 people in the United States to ever receiv...
MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- When the pandemic began, spending on mental health services skyrocketed and it continues to rise even as use of telehealth services leveled off.That's the key takeaway from a new study published Aug. 25 in JAM...
MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Nineteen scientific studies have failed to answer a big question: Are cannabis-containing products safe or effective for kids with cancer?A new analysis of the studies found the evidence just isn’t there to de...
MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Children having short-term dental pain from extractions or toothache should not be prescribed opioids but rather manage those aches with over-the-counter ibuprofen and/or acetaminophen, according to new guidel...
MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 variants are evolving three times faster in white-tailed deer than in humans, according to a new study. Deer serve as virus reservoirs, places where a virus thrives and multiplies, making them the per...
SUNDAY, Aug. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- It’s always a good idea to use caution when having some summer fun -- and that includes preventing burns from barbecues and other heat sources.An expert from UT Southwestern Medical Center offers tips for avoi...
SATURDAY, Aug. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Tears may flow when parents drop their teen off at college. Watching kids leave the nest can tug at the heart and make parents a little anxious about what's to come.That makes sense, but it’s natural that yo...