FRIDAY, March 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Just a bit of exercise can help keep your brain in shape as you age, according to the latest study that shows how physical activity can benefit older minds."This finding isn't saying, 'If you're older, you n...
FRIDAY, March 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- You may only worry about losing an hour of sleep when the clocks spring forward this Sunday, but the time change can also be dangerous for your health, an expert says. Research shows that the risk of stroke,...
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- During the 2021-2022 season, influenza vaccination did not reduce the risk for outpatient medically attended illness with influenza A(H3N2) viruses that have predominated this season, according to research...
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Masks are important for preventing COVID-19 incidence in kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) school settings, according to research published in the March 11 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Use of a therapy dog in the emergency department is associated with clinically significant changes in pain, according to a study published online March 9 in PLOS ONE.Ben Carey, from the University of Saskat...
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Mask mandates for airplanes, trains, and transit hubs that were set to expire next week will be extended to April 18, the Biden administration is expected to announce Thursday.Between now and mid-April, the...
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- California will once again be able to set its own car emission standards under a waiver approved Wednesday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.Under the EPA waiver, California will be allowed to cre...
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Mask mandates for airplanes, trains and transit hubs that were set to expire next week will be extended to April 18, the Biden administration is expected to announce Thursday.Between now and mid-April, the ...
MIÉRCOLES, 9 de marzo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La clave para detectar el cáncer de páncreas suficientemente pronto para poder salvar vidas quizá se encuentre en las heces de los pacientes, sugiere un nuevo estudio.Un par de docenas de tipos de micr...
MIÉRCOLES, 9 de marzo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pfizer Inc. anunció el martes que inició un ensayo clínico en fase 2/3 de su pastilla antiviral contra la COVID, llamada Paxlovid, en niños y adolescentes de 6 a 17 años.Un comunicado de prensa de la c...
MIÉRCOLES, 9 de marzo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los niños que han sufrido una conmoción cerebral tienen un riesgo más alto de problemas posteriores de la salud mental, sugiere un nuevo estudio de gran tamaño.Los investigadores encontraron que, en co...
MIÉRCOLES, 9 de marzo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las noticias y las imágenes que llegan mientras Ucrania se defiende de la invasión rusa son devastadoras: familias que lloran mientras arrastran una maleta parta cruzar la frontera en búsqueda de segur...
MIÉRCOLES, 9 de marzo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Muchos estadounidenses mayores se preocupan antes de las cirugías electivas, pero la mayoría que las realizan se sienten satisfechos con los resultados, encuentra una encuesta reciente.La cirugía elect...
Calentadores, piscinas, barandas de camas: los peligros del hogar pueden matar a los adultos mayores
MIÉRCOLES, 9 de marzo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Un nuevo informe arroja unas estadísticas preocupantes: siete de cada 10 muertes relacionadas con los productos del consumidor ocurren entre las personas mayores de 65 años, aunque estas personas confo...
MIÉRCOLES, 9 de marzo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las personas con una enfermedad mental grave tienen hasta el doble de riesgo de enfermedad cardiaca, y su salud cardiaca se debe monitorizar desde una edad temprana, encuentra un estudio reciente.En es...
JUEVES, 10 de marzo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- ¿Quiere que el aire de interiores que respira sea mejor? Adopte plantas.Las plantas de interiores pueden hacer que el aire sea más limpio en su casa u oficina, según unos investigadores británicos.Encont...
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For postmenopausal patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative advanced breast cancer, the addition of ribociclib to letrozole as first-line therap...
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Depression is associated with more severe dry eye disease (DED) symptoms and overall signs, according to a study published online March 10 in JAMA Ophthalmology.Yi Zhou, from the University of Pennsylvania ...
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with severe COVID-19, a well-defined patient selection and management strategy of venovenous (VV) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) results in high survival to discharge that is sustai...
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Consumption of protein at appropriate levels and from a variety of sources is associated with a reduced risk for new-onset hypertension, according to a study published online March 10 in Hypertension.Chun Z...
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Nonantibiotic prophylaxis with methenamine hippurate is noninferior to prophylactic antibiotic treatment for women with recurrent urinary tract infection, according to a study published online March 9 in Th...
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with low-risk thyroid cancer undergoing thyroidectomy, follow-up without use of radioiodine is noninferior to ablation with radioiodine, according to a study published in the March 10 issue of ...
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A mindfulness intervention can lead to greater sustained improvements in opioid misuse and chronic pain symptoms than supportive group psychotherapy, according to a study published online Feb. 28 in JAMA In...
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For neonates with suspected early-onset neonatal sepsis (sEONS), the overall gut microbial community composition and antimicrobial resistance gene profile shift directly following antibiotic treatment, acco...
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) outcomes are similar at 10 years for veterans undergoing "on-pump" or "off-pump" procedures, according to a study published online Feb. 16 in JAMA Surgery.Jacquelyn A....
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In younger adults, the Ross procedure is associated with better long-term survival than prosthetic aortic valve replacement (AVR), according to a study published in the March 1 issue of the Journal of the A...
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have developed a single test that can rapidly detect a collection of rare genetic diseases -- an advance they hope will shorten the "diagnostic odyssey" that people with these conditions can face...
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- After surviving cancer, many older women suffer severe leg swelling that interferes with everyday life, a new study finds.About one-third of older women develop this chronic condition — called lymphedema — ...