TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For reasons that remain murky, new research warns that a spike in social media use during the pandemic might have worsened tic disorders in children.Tics are sudden twitches, movements or sounds that people d...
TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Adding regular strength training to your exercise routine may not only make you stronger, but let you live longer, too, researchers in Japan report.Their new study says 30 to 60 minutes a week of muscle stren...
TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Magnets in portable electronic devices (PEDs) may interfere with cardiovascular implantable devices (CIEDs), according to a research letter published online March 1 in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysi...
TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Muscle-strengthening activities are associated with lower risks for noncommunicable diseases and all-cause mortality, according to a review published online Feb. 28 in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.H...
TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Survival of pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) hospitalization for respiratory failure is associated with a reduction in IQ scores relative to matched biological siblings, according to a study published in ...
TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Access to gender-affirming care is associated with improvements in mental health symptoms among transgender and nonbinary (TNB) youths, according to a study published online Feb. 25 in JAMA Network Open.Diana...
TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In a living systematic review and updated article published online March 1 in the Annals of Internal Medicine, final practice points are presented for use of remdesivir for hospitalized patients with COVID-19...
TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Provision of an inhaled glucocorticoid and instruction on its use, in addition to usual care, is associated with a lower rate of severe asthma exacerbations among Black and Latinx adults with moderate-to-seve...
TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Increased use of social media during the COVID-19 pandemic is correlated with increased tic severity and reduced quality of life among teens with tic disorders, according to a study scheduled for presentation...
TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Prepregnancy migraine is associated with higher risks for preterm delivery, gestational hypertension, and preeclampsia, according to a study scheduled for presentation at the upcoming annual meeting of the Am...
TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with symptomatic COVID-19, treatment with nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir results in a lower risk for progression to severe COVID-19, according to a study published online Feb. 16 in the New England ...
TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Two doses of BNT162b2 vaccine are associated with high short-term protection against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, which wanes after six months, while immunity remain...
TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If you're counting on a cloth mask to protect you from COVID-19, you may need to re-think that strategy, a new study shows.Researchers found that cloth face masks do little to fend off tiny airborne particle...
TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If you've had hernia repair surgery and you think you've solved your medical issue for good, you might be wrong.A hernia occurs when an internal organ pushes through a weak region of muscle or tissue, often c...
TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Alexa can already play your favorite song or tell you whether it is going to rain, but soon you may also be able to tell the popular voice assistant to contact a doctor for health issues.The service from Amaz...
TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Some portable tech devices equipped with powerful magnets can interfere with your heart implant's ability to regulate dangerous irregular heart rhythms, a new study reports.Swiss researchers found that Apple ...
TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Screening mammograms can lead to overdiagnosis of breast cancer, but a new study finds it happens less often than experts have thought.Researchers estimated that about 15% of breast cancers caught through rou...
TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Fresh data shows that Pfizer's COVID vaccine is far less powerful at preventing infection among children ages 5 to 11 than teens, a finding that could leave some parents of younger children worried.The vaccin...
TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Minimum staffing levels will be a main feature of a major overhaul of U.S. nursing homes that President Joe Biden is expected to announce in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night.Staffing levels are con...
Fewer breast cancers may be 'overdiagnosed' than thought. Detection of breast tumors that might never pose a major threat to health -- overdiagnosis -- is a major reason why some experts caution against starting mammography before the age of 50. But ...
TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- E-cigarette and hookah water pipe users may be at greater risk than tobacco cigarette smokers for cancers of the nose, sinuses and throat, according to a new study.That's because vapers and hookah users are m...
TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Wanderlust has become a strong incentive for Americans to get COVID-19 vaccines, a new study finds.The bucket list beckons, and "many people consider travel an essential part of their lifestyle and a contribu...
TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Never mind what the calendar says -- your plants will tell you when spring is here.And even in Northern regions, they're leafing out earlier than ever in recent decades due to climate change. In a new study, ...
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- As COVID-19 cases across the United States drop, nearly half of the 500 million free tests offered by the federal government have gone unused, according to the White House.Americans have placed 68 million orde...
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Settlements totaling $26 billion have been finalized between drugmaker Johnson & Johnson plus three major pharmaceutical distributors and state and local governments over the companies' role in America's opioi...
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Approval for Jardiance (empagliflozin) has been expanded to reduce the risk for cardiovascular death and hospitalization for heart failure in adults, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday.Ja...
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients undergoing surgical procedures, continuing biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) is associated with a decrease in the risk for disease flares and statistically nonsignificant in...
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Among patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, those who have sustained virological response (SVR) to direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy have reductions in measures of health care utilizatio...