THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- As the war in Ukraine enters its third week, the scale of the devastation is placing the health of all Ukrainians — and the country's health care system itself — in peril."It's mind-boggling," said James El...
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A day that includes a trip to the emergency room is probably a high-stress one, but man's best friend could help you cope, new research finds.The study found a reduction in pain, anxiety and depression that...
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Could hugging a soft, mechanized pillow that simulates slow breathing help test-stressed students ward off anxiety and stress? British researchers are betting on it.The pillow in question looks like any typ...
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.The move reverses a Trump administration decision to re...
Health care under siege: Voices from the war in Ukraine. As the conflict enters its third week, the scale of the devastation is placing the health of all Ukrainians — and the country's health care system itself — in peril. People struggling to bring m...
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A healthy bank account pays dividends after a heart attack, with new research indicating severe financial strain increases survivors' risk of death.Researchers analyzed data from nearly 3,000 people, 75 an...
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Want to breathe better air indoors? Go green.Houseplants can make your home or office air cleaner, according to British researchers.In lab tests, they found that three common houseplants -- peace lily (Spat...
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The often-used steroid spironolactone is not linked to any increased risk of a range of common cancers, according to a new study.The synthetic steroid is routinely used to manage heart failure, high blood p...
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. National Guard soldiers are at heightened risk for problem drinking after military deployment, but less likely to receive help with their alcohol struggles than active-duty service members, a new stud...
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Two groups of indigenous people in the Bolivian Amazon have some of the world's lowest dementia rates, and that may offer insight on how to prevent Alzheimer’s disease, a new study suggests.Researchers foun...
WEDNESDAY, March 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In a cohort of K-12 schools, secondary transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 was low and was reduced by universal masking, according to a study published online March 9 in Pediatri...
WEDNESDAY, March 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pfizer Inc. announced Tuesday that it has launched a phase 2/3 clinical trial of its COVID-19 antiviral pill known as Paxlovid in children ages 6 to 17 years.A news release from the company said the trial w...
WEDNESDAY, March 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A new report delivers a troubling statistic: Seven in 10 consumer product-related deaths occur among those older than 65 years, even though these people only account for 16 percent of the U.S. population.Ea...
WEDNESDAY, March 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The first person to receive a pig heart transplant in a groundbreaking procedure performed at the University of Maryland Medical Center in January has died, hospital officials said Wednesday.David Bennett, ...
MARTES, 8 de marzo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- No todo el que se vuelve olvidadizo al envejecer desarrolla demencia, y un nuevo estudio sugiere que a los que cuentan con títulos universitarios y que tienen unas habilidades lingüísticas avanzadas podrí...
MARTES, 8 de marzo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Si usted nació antes de 1996, hay muchas probabilidades de que se expusiera a unos niveles altos de plomo en la niñez, y una nueva investigación sugiere que esto podría haber dañado su coeficiente intelec...
MARTES, 8 de marzo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La atención paliativa puede ser una bendición en los últimos días de la vida de una persona, pero una nueva investigación muestra que los residentes negros e hispanos de hogares de ancianos tienen muchas ...
MARTES, 8 de marzo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Desde ahogarse hasta ser alcanzado por escombros voladores, los peligros inmediatos de los huracanes son bien conocidos, pero esos eventos también aumentan el riesgo de fallecer de una variedad de enferme...
MARTES, 8 de marzo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La hora de sueño que se pierde al adelantar los relojes para el horario de verano el domingo 13 de marzo puede poner a su corazón en riesgo, pero hay maneras de protegerse.Varios estudios han encontrado u...
MARTES, 8 de marzo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las lecturas regulares de la presión arterial en casa son más precisas para diagnosticar la hipertensión que las que se realizan en el consultorio de un médico, según un estudio reciente."La presión arter...
MARTES, 8 de marzo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Una comparación de las columnas de los neandertales y de los humanos modernos sugiere que los hábitos de estilo de vida de las personas del siglo XXI subyacen al dolor de espaldas generalizado, señalan un...
MIÉRCOLES, 9 de marzo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las órdenes de obligatoriedad del uso de máscaras en las escuelas ayudaron a proteger a los estudiantes y el personal el otoño pasado, mientras la variante delta se propagaba, muestra un nuevo informe ...
WEDNESDAY, March 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with sentinel lymph node (SLN)-positive melanoma, fewer patients are undergoing completion lymph node dissection (CLND) and more are receiving adjuvant systemic therapy, according to study publ...
WEDNESDAY, March 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The key to detecting pancreatic cancer early enough to save lives might be found in patients' poop, a new study suggests.A couple of dozen types of microbes found in stool samples are closely linked to panc...
WEDNESDAY, March 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pfizer Inc. announced Tuesday that it has launched a Phase 2/3 clinical trial of its COVID antiviral pill known as Paxlovid in children ages 6-17.A news release from the company said the trial will assess t...
WEDNESDAY, March 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The first person to receive a pig heart transplant in a groundbreaking procedure performed at the University of Maryland Medical Center in January has died, hospital officials said Wednesday.David Bennett, ...
WEDNESDAY, March 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The importance of providing palliative care to patients with neurologic conditions is addressed in an American Academy of Neurology position statement published online March 7 in Neurology.Noting that in re...
WEDNESDAY, March 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Debt valuation of dermatology private equity-backed groups (DPEGs) decreased prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and then decreased further during the pandemic, according to a study published online March 9 in J...