FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- An investigation into health misinformation on COVID-19 has been launched by U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy."Misinformation has had a profound impact on COVID-19 and our response," Murthy told CNN. "Stu...
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Nearly half of all dementia cases in the U.S. may be linked to a dozen modifiable risk factors – most notably high blood pressure, obesity and physical inactivity, according to new research. T...
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Eating a predominantly plant-based diet may substantially slow the rate of cognitive decline in older Black adults in the U.S., according to preliminary research.However, this dietary pattern ...
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Molnupiravir is recommended for patients with nonsevere COVID-19 who are at the highest risk for hospitalization, according to the updated World Health Organization living guideline on drugs for COVID-19, publ...
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For young premenopausal women, long or irregular menstrual cycles are associated with an increased risk for both prevalent and incident nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), according to study published on...
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Recent cancer is associated with an increased risk for subsequent Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), according to a study published online March 2 in Neurology.Lotte Sahin Levison, M.D., Ph.D., from Aarhus Univers...
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Hospitals with research publications have improved mortality and patient experience, according to a study published online Feb. 6 in Health Services Research.David M. Shahian, M.D., from Massachusetts General ...
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Healthy late-preterm and term infants who receive a single injection of nirsevimab administered before the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season are protected from medically attended RSV-associated lower re...
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For premenopausal and postmenopausal women, obesity and abdominal obesity are associated with an increased risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, according to a study published onlin...
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Higher intake of raw vegetables is inversely associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, but confounding accounts for most of the association, according to a study published in the February issue of Fro...
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Periconceptional maternal smoking is associated with delayed embryonic morphological development, according to a study published online Feb. 23 in Human Reproduction.Carsten S. Pietersma, from the University M...
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For cognitively unimpaired older adults, the presence of Alzheimer disease pathology is related to memory impairment according to the Stages of Objective Memory Impairment (SOMI) system, according to a study p...
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A family history of breast cancer (FHBC) is positively associated with mammographic breast density in premenopausal women, according to a study published online Feb. 17 in JAMA Network Open.Yunan Han, M.D., fr...
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Are you managing a chronic health problem, be it obesity or diabetes or heart disease or asthma?There's likely an app for that.Health apps are becoming more and more sophisticated, offering smartphone users he...
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Feel free to open a bottle of your favorite vintage: If you time it right, a little wine might help guard against type 2 diabetes.A new study suggests that a small glass with dinner may lower the chances of be...
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The National Football League's COVID protocols will be lifted immediately under a deal reached between the league and its players association.The agreement makes the NFL one of the first major sports leagues t...
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Florida legislators voted on Thursday to ban most abortions after 15 weeks, a move that would severely restrict access to the procedure for women in that state.The bill -- modeled after a similar abortion ban ...
Are health care apps in your future? Sophisticated apps for chronic health problems like obesity, diabetes, heart disease or asthma are proving valuable, but awareness is lacking for many who could benefit. Read moreWine at mealtimes might lower your ...
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- President Joe Biden has announced a new plan to expand mental health and drug abuse treatment that would devote millions to suicide prevention, mental health services for youth and community clinics providing ...
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Crowdfunding helps some U.S. cancer patients pay bills, but it can trigger shame and other negative feelings in some people, a new study finds."Young adults are at that point in life where they are beginning t...
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Your blood type may strongly influence your risk of severe COVID-19, new research suggests.After screening more than 3,000 blood proteins, scientists linked six with an increased risk of severe COVID-19 and fo...
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A cat in Pennsylvania that turned out to be infected with the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is the first known case of the variant occurring in a domestic feline in the United States.Whole-genome seque...
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Sleep apnea may be linked with joint pain and fatigue in postmenopausal women, a new study suggests."This study highlights an opportunity to increase identification of women with OSA [obstructive sleep apnea],...
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Women with long or irregular periods are at increased risk for a serious condition called nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, according to a new study.Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a chronic diseas...
THURSDAY, March 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Younger individuals have greater need for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and are as willing to undergo surgery as older individuals, according to a study published online Feb. 28 in the Journal of Bone & Join...
THURSDAY, March 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For adolescents, BNT162b2 vaccine effectiveness (VE) was lower against COVID-19-associated emergency department and urgent care encounters during omicron predominance, according to research published in the...
THURSDAY, March 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For adolescents aged 12 to 17 years, reactions to homologous Pfizer-BioNTech booster vaccination occur with similar frequency as after receipt of the second vaccine dose, and they are generally mild to moder...
THURSDAY, March 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A deal has been reached between members of the Sackler family and their company, Purdue Pharma, to settle thousands of lawsuits over their role in the U.S. opioid epidemic.In return for an end to all current...