MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Although Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has deemed it "child abuse," access to "gender-affirming" services cuts the odds of severe depression and maybe even suicide among transgender teens, a new study finds.Investiga...
VIERNES, 25 de febrero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Usted acaba de tener su segundo o tercer hijo, y ya está lista para descartar futuros embarazos. ¿Importa si elige un DIU o una ligadura de trompas?Resulta que los DIU son casi igual de efectivos que ...
VIERNES, 25 de febrero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los auriculares tienen un impacto mucho más grande en los oyentes que los altavoces externos, porque ponen a las voces "dentro de su cabeza", explica un estudio reciente."Los auriculares producen un f...
VIERNES, 25 de febrero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Muchas personas han estado esperando más de dos años para tener la oportunidad de escuchar música y ver deportes en vivo de nuevo, pero si planifica asistir a estos eventos, todavía se debe proteger d...
VIERNES, 25 de febrero de (HealthDay News) -- Al menos 5.2 millones de niños de todo el mundo han perdido a un padre o un cuidador debido a la COVID-19, y unos investigadores señalan que se necesitan medidas urgentes para ayudarlos."Estimamos que por ...
VIERNES, 25 de febrero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Le da un mordisco a una manzana, y de pronto su boca comienza a hormiguear. O come camarones para cenar y desarrolla un sarpullido.Usted no es un niño, y ha podido comer estos alimentos toda su vida, ...
VIERNES, 25 de febrero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Se han implementado sacrificios en masa debido a que, durante las últimas semanas, se ha propagado una forma altamente contagiosa de la gripe aviar en toda la mitad este de Estados Unidos, que mata ta...
VIERNES, 25 de febrero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La ciencia quizá se esté acercando a una cura para la diabetes tipo 1, mientras los investigadores refinan unas terapias de trasplantes diseñadas para restaurar la capacidad de los pacientes de produc...
DOMINGO, 27 de febrero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los dolores o los calambres en las piernas durante la actividad física podrían ser una señal temprana de una afección conocida como enfermedad arterial periférica (EAP), y un médico debe hacerle una r...
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is inversely associated with the risk for incident Alzheimer disease and related disorders (ADRD), according to a study scheduled for presentation at the upcoming annual meeting...
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For individuals with type 2 diabetes, higher body mass index (BMI) appears to be causally associated with an increased risk for diabetic nephropathy (DN), according to a study published online Feb. 22 in the J...
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Equitable delivery of effective strategies across the screening continuum can increase screening rates and reduce colorectal cancer-related mortality among Black and White individuals, according to a letter to...
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For individuals with or without hypertension, initiation of sodium-containing acetaminophen is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study published online Feb. 23 ...
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer patients actively receiving systemic anticancer treatment (SACT) who become infected with COVID-19 do not experience higher COVID-19 mortality, according to a study published online Feb. 21 in JAMA Netw...
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If there was something you could do to ward off Alzheimer's disease, would you do it?If so, a new study has a suggestion: Get moving.Participants who were most physically fit were 33% less likely to develop Al...
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Completely asymptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection seems to be less common than has been reported, according to a study published online Feb. 14 in Open Forum Infect...
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- A few months before the pandemic, Chris Mathews was 20 miles into a 32-mile ride with his bicycle club when he lost all strength in his legs and body.Chris, then 72, moved over and signaled fo...
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Children and adults within a household can transmit and are susceptible to infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), according to a study published online Feb. 23 in Pediatri...
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The incidence of severe COVID-19 infections was lower than expected among dialysis patients from the beginning of vaccine rollout; and antibody titers against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein decrease substantiall...
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with "long COVID," enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) treatment is associated with improvement in symptoms, including fatigue and breathing difficulties, according to a study presented at t...
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) have a higher incidence of and risk for common psychological morbidities, according to a study published online Jan. 21 in Spinal Cord.Mark D. Peterson, Ph.D., fr...
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- People tend to have a specific image when they think of eating disorders -- a disturbingly skinny white girl with reed-thin arms, her ribs and shoulder blades prominent.You don't think of a ripped, beefy muscl...
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- First-time moms and new mothers of twins may be among those at greatest risk of postpartum depression symptoms, a large new study suggests.Postpartum depression is a common illness. In the United States alone,...
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- As coronavirus cases across the United States drop, nearly half of the 500 million free COVID tests offered by the federal government have gone unused, according to the White House.It said Americans have place...
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 opio...
Men get eating disorders too, but little research done. Males and some minority groups have been drastically underrepresented in clinical trials that research treatment options for the psychiatric illnesses, experts say. Read moreWhich new moms are at...
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Newly diagnosed diabetes in many COVID-19 patients may be a temporary type triggered by COVID, according to a new study.Blood sugar levels returned to normal in about half of the newly diagnosed diabetes patie...
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Women with migraine may have a higher risk of preeclampsia and other pregnancy complications, a new study suggests.The researchers looked at more than 30,000 pregnancies in about 19,000 women over a 20-year pe...
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Who hasn't had the urge to trace their roots by buying consumer genetic testing kits? But in a new report, researchers warn that you may come across some unexpected, and potentially troubling, information if ...
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Black women who often encountered racism before age 20 have an increased risk of depression, new research shows.Of the 1,600 Black women in Detroit, aged 25 to 35, who took part in the study, nearly two-thirds...