TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Electronic cigarettes are not as helpful as other smoking cessation aids in helping smokers successfully quit, according to a study published online Feb. 7 in Tobacco Control.Ruifeng Chen, from University of C...
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Knowledge of skin cancer risk may influence risky behaviors, including the use of tanning beds, according to a study published in the January issue of Dermatologic Surgery.Naiara S. Barbosa, M.D., from the May...
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Critically ill patients with alcohol-associated cirrhosis (ALC) have lower survival after intensive care unit (ICU) discharge versus patients with other etiologies of cirrhosis, according to a study published ...
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Ideal adherence to the American Heart Association (AHA) Life's Simple 7 (LS7) guidelines is associated with a lower lifetime risk for coronary heart disease (CHD), regardless of genetic risk, according to a st...
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Having a higher genetic risk for obesity increases the risk for kidney disease, according to a study recently published in Cardiovascular Research.Xiaoguang Xu, from the University of Manchester in the United ...
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A new scoring system helps predict the risk for stroke among adults hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a study presented at the American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference, held from Feb....
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Remote blood pressure monitoring and telehealth visits improve outcomes for stroke survivors who live in historically under-resourced communities, according to a study presented at the American Stroke Associat...
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A genetically modified herpes virus appears to deliver a "one-two punch" to the rare and deadly form of brain cancer that killed U.S. Sen. John McCain, new findings show.Glioblastoma brain tumors are a cancer ...
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) -- Dr. Eric Lander, the director of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), has resigned after the findings of an internal investigation that he violated workplace policies became public...
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Among U.S. drivers who use both alcohol and pot, over 40% say they've driven under the influence, a new study finds."Alcohol and cannabis are two of the most common substances involved in impaired driving and ...
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For countless teens, it's the scourge of adolescence. But researchers say the discovery of new genetic variants associated with acne could help doctors identify people at high risk and perhaps point the way t...
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Worried that a COVID-19 vaccine might hamper your workout? New research suggests you can hit the gym with minimal effects.In a study of 18 healthy people who received a COVID-19 vaccine, the participants were ...
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News ) -- Mosquitoes see red when they look at your skin, and that brings them in for a bite, according to research showing that these insects find certain colors more attractive.The findings mean that what you wear ca...
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Instead of adding salt to their meals, older adults can use spices to give their food more zip and keep their blood pressure under control, new research suggests."We were working specifically with a population...
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Anti-receptor binding domain (RBD) antibodies are detected in 99 percent of unvaccinated individuals who reported confirmed COVID-19 infection up to 20 months after infection, according to a research letter pub...
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There will no longer be a limit on how many over-the-counter rapid COVID-19 tests customers can buy at a time, the pharmacy chains CVS and Walgreens say.CVS previously restricted customers to purchasing six tes...
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For overweight adults with habitual sleep duration of less than 6.5 hours/night, individualized sleep counseling increases sleep duration and reduces energy intake, according to a study published online Feb. 7 ...
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A healthier lifestyle is associated with lower rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk, according to a study published online Jan. 18 in Arthritis Care & Research.Jill Hahn, Sc.D., from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of P...
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Mortality associated with acute kidney injury (AKI) hospitalization is high, with 28 percent dying within one year, according to a study published in the February issue of the Clinical Journal of the American S...
VIERNES, 4 de febrero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Es menos encantador que adivinar el futuro con los posos del té, pero las autoridades de salud federales anunciaron el viernes que están ampliando los esfuerzos nacionales de rastreo de la COVID al mon...
VIERNES, 4 de febrero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La Cruz Roja de EE. UU. urge a que haya más donantes, mientras lidia con la peor escasez de sangre desde hace más de una década.La escasez pone en riesgo la atención de los pacientes, ya que los médico...
VIERNES, 4 de febrero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Muchos estadounidenses están agotados tras dos años de estrés por la pandemia, y una nueva encuesta de HealthDay/Harris Poll muestra que el insomnio es solo parte del problema.Un tercio de los particip...
VIERNES, 4 de febrero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Casi sin duda ha visto las solicitudes mientras explora las redes sociales: mediante lo que se conoce como financiación colectiva (crowdfunding), las personas intentan recaudar dinero para pagar las cr...
VIERNES, 4 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Medicare pronto proveerá hasta ocho pruebas rápidas de COVID-19 gratuitas al mes a los adultos mayores inscritos en el programa de seguro de salud del gobierno, anunció el jueves la administración de Bid...
VIERNES, 4 de febrero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La mayoría de los trabajadores de atención de la salud en un gran hospital de EE. UU. que al principio se negaron a vacunarse contra la COVID-19 al final se vacunaron, revela una nueva investigación."E...
VIERNES, 4 de febrero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las personas de mediana edad que han tenido hipertensión desde la adultez temprana muestran cambios cerebrales que indican un mayor riesgo de un deterioro mental futuro, señala un estudio reciente.Las ...
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A motorcycle crash left Michel Roccati with complete lower-body paralysis from a devastating spinal cord injury.That was in 2017. But now, the Italian native is walking again, courtesy of groundbreaking Swiss ...