WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9, 2022 (HealthDay) -- A new coronavirus test that provides results within four minutes is as accurate as a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) lab test, according to the Chinese scientists who developed it.The results of a clinical trial ...
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity in teenage boys has all sorts of health consequences, including lower-than-normal testosterone concentrations.But weight loss surgery may help: A small new study says it can reverse low testosterone ...
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Global warming will lead to longer, hotter summers. But cranking up the air conditioning may not be a viable solution, a new study warns.The investigators found climate change could drive Americans' demand f...
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Strokes caused by COVID-19 appear to be more disabling and deadly than those not associated with the infectious disease, a new study finds. About one-third of COVID-19 patients develop neurological complica...
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- No contraceptive is perfect, and scientists continue searching for safer, more effective methods.Now, researchers have found a way to trap sperm in semen's natural gel state, and they believe their findings...
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Though the days are getting noticeably longer, if you're feeling down this winter, you might have a form of depression called seasonal affective disorder, or SAD.SAD, which typically begins as daylight shrin...
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- High-titer COVID-19 convalescent plasma seems safe when given to high-risk children, but recipient plasma neutralization titers decline rapidly, according to a study recently published in JCI Insight.Oren Gord...
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of U.S. youths report the need for more education about the risks of oral sex, according to a study published in the January issue of the Annals of Family Medicine.Arianna Strome, from the Unive...
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Eric Lander, M.D., director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), has resigned after the findings of an internal investigation that he violated workplace policies became public.In ...
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There are indications the U.S. Justice Department may be open to the idea of allowing safe injection sites, a year after it won a court battle against them. The department told the Associated Press that it is ...
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Vaccinated people in California will no longer have to wear masks indoors as of Feb. 15, but schoolchildren will still have to wear masks, state health officials announced Monday.However, they said that unvacc...
MARTES, 8 de febrero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- En lugar de añadir sal a las comidas, los adultos mayores pueden usar especias para que sus comidas sean más sabrosas y mantener su presión arterial bajo control, sugiere una investigación reciente."Tra...
LUNES, 7 de febrero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Si la etiqueta dice que un alimento es "bajo en calorías" ("light"), ¿comerá usted más para llenarse? Es muy posible, sugiere un nuevo estudio.Los investigadores invitaron a 37 hombres y mujeres a un sen...
LUNES, 7 de febrero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Si ya ha tenido COVID-19, sus anticuerpos naturales podrían durar hasta 20 meses, sugiere un estudio reciente.Aunque esto es tranquilizador, los expertos advirtieron con rapidez que los nuevos hallazgos ...
LUNES, 7 de febrero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Ya no habrá un límite en el número de pruebas rápidas de COVID-19 sin receta que los clientes pueden comprar a la vez, anuncian las cadenas de farmacias CVS y Walgreens.CVS había restringido la compra de...
LUNES, 7 de febrero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Un nuevo ensayo clínico fortalece la idea de que la ketamina, que ha sido una famosa droga recreativa, puede aliviar los pensamientos suicidas con rapidez.Los investigadores encontraron que, entre 156 ad...
LUNES, 7 de febrero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los pacientes con COVID-19 de la variante ómicron son más jóvenes y tienen más infecciones postvacunación, encuentra un estudio reciente. Pero las personas infectadas por la ómicron también son menos pro...
LUNES, 7 de febrero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- ¿Tiene unos ojos secos que le pican?Hacer ejercicio quizá ayude, sugiere un nuevo estudio."En lugar de tener que usar gotas para los ojos u otros tratamientos alternativos, nuestro estudio buscaba determ...
LUNES, 7 de febrero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Es un destino que muchas mujeres mayores temen a medida que envejecen: la soledad y el aislamiento. Una investigación reciente sugiere ahora que estos sentimientos también podrían predisponerlas a las en...
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- E-cigarettes have been touted as an aid to quit smoking tobacco cigarettes, but a new study suggests that's a myth.Researchers found that using e-cigarettes resulted in fewer successful attempts than other smo...
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Vaccinated people in California will no longer have to wear masks indoors as of Feb. 15, but schoolchildren will still have to wear masks, state health officials announced Monday.However, they said that unvacc...
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Loneliness, isolation and fears about contracting COVID-19 have turned life upside down for people with disabilities, causing high levels of depression and anxiety, a new survey finds.Even before the pandemic,...
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Caitlin Barber, a registered dietitian, was working at a Hudson Valley nursing home when the first wave of COVID-19 crashed over upstate New York in March 2020. She quickly fell ill, but wasn'...
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Asian and Pacific Islander adults in the U.S. are disproportionately affected by a deadly type of stroke that causes bleeding into the brain, according to new research that also shows they exp...
MARTES, 8 de febrero de 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Caitlin Barber, dietista titulada, trabajaba en una residencia de ancianos de Hudson Valley cuando la primera ola de COVID-19 se estrelló sobre el norte del estado de Nueva York en marz...
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 (CIN 3) have adverse pregnancy outcomes, although the risks have attenuated over time, according to a study published online Feb. 8 in the Annals of Intern...
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The short-term adverse events of mRNA COVID-19 vaccination do not differ between patients with and without cancer, according to a study published online Feb. 7 in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Canc...
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Switching from a pressurized metered dose inhaler (pMDI)-based to a dry powder inhaler (DPI)-based maintenance therapy reduces environmental impacts and does not worsen asthma control for patients with asthma,...