THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Memory and concentration problems haunt 7 in 10 patients with long COVID, a pair of new studies indicate.The findings suggest that COVID-19 has a notable impact on brain health, even if the precise underlyi...
THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Most brain studies that rely on MRI scans don't include enough people to provide trustworthy results, researchers say.These brain-wide association studies use MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) to see how bra...
THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The presence of serum folate deficiency is associated with dementia and all-cause mortality among older adults, although there is evidence of reverse causation, according to a study published online March 15 in Evidence-Based Mental Health.Anat Rotstein, Ph.D., from the Icahn School of Medicine
THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Among Medicare beneficiaries, there was an increase in mortality rates in the 30 days after hospital admission for non-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (non-SARS-CoV-2) causes during the COVI...
THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Mean blood pressure (BP) is significantly lower with clinic-based measurement, significantly higher for kiosk-based measurement, and not significantly different for home-based measurement compared with 24-h...
THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The potentially deadly tick-borne Heartland virus is spreading across the United States and has now been found in Georgia, Emory University researchers report.First identified in Missouri in 2009, the virus...
THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Switching among generic levothyroxine products made by different manufacturers is not associated with clinically significant changes in serum thyrotropin (TSH) levels, according to a study published online ...
THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Daily oral perampanel is generally well tolerated, with favorable retention rates among patients with epilepsy aged 1 to younger than 18 years, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Chil...
THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Making small changes to caloric intake and physical activity levels does not prevent long-term weight gain among overweight adults, according to a study published online March 7 in CMAJ, the journal of the ...
THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Osteoarthritis (OA) remains a global public health concern and its prevalence has increased since 1990, according to a study published online March 1 in Arthritis & Rheumatology.Huibin Long, M.D., from Capi...
THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Older adults may not only be living longer, but better as well, according to a new U.K. study.Researchers found that since the 1990s, British adults age 65 and up have been enjoying more years living indepe...
THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Receipt of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine does not affect the ovarian response or pregnancy rates in in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment, according to a study published online Feb. 25 in Fertility and Sterility...
THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Lifestyle interventions targeting menopausal weight gain should happen during perimenopause, according to a study published online Feb. 28 in Menopause.Lacey M. Gould, from the University of North Carolina ...
THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with lower preoperative body image satisfaction may have an increased risk for some postoperative complications after breast cancer reconstruction surgery, according to a study published in the Mar...
THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he has named Dr. Ashish Jha, the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, to replace Jeff Zients as the country's COVID-19 coordinator when Zients le...
THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- The moment when Susan Timmins learned her infant daughter had a critical heart defect is seared in her memory. "It was life-altering," she said. "Cataclysmic."It also was just the beginning...
JUEVES, 17 de marzo de 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- El momento en que Susan Timmins se enteró de que su bebita tenía un defecto cardíaco crítico se quedó grabado en su memoria. "Fue una noticia que me cambió la vida", dijo ella. "Cataclís...
THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Stroke survivors may be watching their "bad" cholesterol, but a new study suggests another type of blood fat could put them at risk of a repeat stroke within the next year.Researchers found that stroke surv...
THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The COVID-19 pandemic has been tough on America's teachers, and nearly half of those recently surveyed said they're thinking about quitting their jobs or switching schools.Enforcing mask-wearing and pivoti...
Triglycerides a hidden stroke danger. Stroke survivors may be watching their "bad" cholesterol, but a new study suggests another type of blood fat, triglycerides, could put them at risk for a repeat stroke within the next year. Read moreNo connection ...
THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Could cigarette taxes help lower newborn and infant death rates?Yes, claims a new study. The researchers suggest that pregnant women are less likely to smoke when tobacco taxes are raised, leading to fewer ...
THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In a finding that reinforces the safety of COVID vaccines, a new study shows that while the shots don't raise the risk of rare neurological problems, COVID-19 infection might.The researchers focused on four...
THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Rates of postpartum depression among American mothers rose nearly three-fold during the COVID-19 pandemic, along with large increases in major depression and thoughts of self-harm, according to a new study....
THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If your blood pressure spikes when you stand, you may be at increased risk for heart attack and stroke, Italian researchers warn."The results of the study confirmed our initial hypothesis — a pronounced inc...
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. infants and children aged 0 to 4 years were hospitalized at a much higher rate during omicron variant predominance than during delta variant predominance, according to research published in the March 15 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Expanded care for sexual assault victims is a main feature of the Violence Against Women Act that was signed into law Tuesday by President Joe Biden.Along with providing greater access to rape testing kits...
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pfizer Inc. said Tuesday that it has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve the emergency use of a second COVID-19 booster shot for Americans 65 and older.In a statement announcing its requ...
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The recent decrease in the incidence of cervical cancers, particularly in young women, may be associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination approval, according to a study published online March 16...