WEDNESDAY, April 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Strong natural protection against cancer-causing mutations may explain why some longtime smokers don't develop lung cancer, according to a new study.Researchers compared mutations in cells lining the lungs...
WEDNESDAY, April 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- You've battled and beaten back a bout of cancer, so now you can take comfort in your victory, right?Wrong, claims new research that found most cancer patients and survivors fear their disease will return o...
WEDNESDAY, April 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Black Americans are far less likely to be included in clinical trials of pancreatic cancer drugs than white Americans, and eligibility criteria are a significant factor in that gap, according to a new stud...
TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For breast cancer survivors, the use of mammography has been declining since 2009, according to a study published in the April issue of the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.Katherine P. L...
TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with a history of allergic disorders have an increased likelihood of hypertension and coronary heart disease (CHD), according to a study presented at ACC ASIA, a joint meeting of the American College ...
TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The potential for moral injury is high among combat veterans and COVID-19 health care workers (HCWs) and is associated with negative mental health outcomes, according to a study published online April 5 in t...
MONDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Shorter antimicrobial prophylaxis duration is noninferior in preventing health care-associated infections following clean orthopedic surgery, according to a study published online April 12 in JAMA Network Open.Kosei Nagata, Ph.D., from the University of Tokyo Hospital, and colleagues examined whether a shorter antimicrobial prophylaxis
TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first generic of Symbicort (budesonide and formoterol fumarate dihydrate) Inhalation Aerosol to treat asthma in patients 6 years and older and for maintenan...
TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Immune system-triggered inflammation is the likely reason for the loss of smell reported by many COVID-19 patients, a new study finds."As a neuropathologist, I wondered why smell loss is a very common sympto...
LUNES, 11 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La pandemia ha empeorado una larga escasez de personal en los hogares de ancianos y otros centros de cuidados a largo plazo de EE. UU. Ahora, un nuevo estudio muestra que unas tasas altas de rotación de e...
LUNES, 11 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Una terapia basada en el sistema inmunitario que ha resultado efectiva contra los cánceres de la sangre también podría ser útil para luchar contra los cánceres de tumores sólidos, muestran los datos inici...
LUNES, 11 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Contraer la COVID-19 parece aumentar el riesgo de una persona mayor de desarrollar un caso de culebrilla.Los investigadores encontraron que las personas de a partir de 50 años que sufrieron una infección ...
LUNES, 11 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Muy pocos adolescentes sexualmente activos reciben pruebas de enfermedades de transmisión sexual (ETS), según un nuevo informe de las autoridades de salud de EE. UU.En total, apenas un 20 por ciento de lo...
LUNES, 11 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Unos números crecientes de infecciones con el coronavirus en Estados Unidos no son sorprendentes, y todavía no son causa de alarma, afirmó el domingo el principal médico de enfermedades infecciosas del pa...
LUNES, 11 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los niños mayores y los adolescentes son los más vulnerables a unos casos graves de un raro trastorno inflamatorio que puede ocurrir en los jóvenes que han tenido COVID-19, encuentra un estudio reciente.I...
LUNES, 11 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los pacientes estadounidenses negros y mayores con cáncer tienen unas tasas más altas de fragilidad y discapacidad que sus pares blancos, lo que podría ayudar a explicar por qué los pacientes negros tambi...
MARTES, 12 de abril de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Si usted sufre dolores de cabeza, tiene bastante compañía.Los dolores de cabeza afligen a la mitad de la población del mundo, y las mujeres son más propensas a sufrirlos que los hombres, señala un nuevo ...
TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Even as the COVID-19 pandemic kept people isolated at home, sexually transmitted disease (STDs) cases increased across the United States.Although cases fell in the pandemic's early months, infections rose a...
TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Drug overdose deaths among America's teens have skyrocketed during the pandemic, and not because drug use is more common, researchers report.In 2020, overdose deaths among adolescents nearly doubled, compare...
TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Faced with rising COVID-19 case counts, Philadelphia has announced that it will reinstate an indoor mask mandate next week. City officials announced the change on Monday, as COVID-19 cases have climbed acros...
TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for major depressive disorder (MDD) in adolescents aged 12 to 18 years, and recommends anxiety screening for children aged 8 to 18 years....
TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia with resistance to C19 CAR T-cell therapy, resistance mechanisms that can be detected prior to treatment have been identified, according to a study presented at...
TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Certain personality traits may make older adults more or less vulnerable to waning memory and thinking skills, a new study suggests.The study, of nearly 2,000 older adults, found that those high on the "cons...
TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Late-onset alcohol abuse may be a presenting symptom of dementia, according to a study published online April 5 in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.Elisa de Paula Franca Resende, M.D., Ph.D., from the Hosp...
TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Psilocybin — the active component in "magic mushrooms" — may help rewire the brains of people with depression.Psychedelics including psilocybin have shown promise in treating many mental health disorders in ...
TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- At their babies' 20-week ultrasound, Bridget and Jerrid Conway were eager to catch another glimpse of their twin girls. In the exam room, the technician moved the wand over Bridget's stomach...
TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Neoadjuvant nivolumab plus chemotherapy results in significantly longer event-free survival and increased pathological response among patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) compared with...
TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For high-risk outpatients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, subcutaneously administered monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatment with casirivimab and imdevimab is associated with reduced risk for 28-day hospitaliza...