MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If the label says your food is "light," will you eat more to fill up?Quite possibly, a new study suggests.Researchers invited 37 men and women to a simple lunch of penne pasta, snack tomatoes, pesto, oregano an...
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with chronic pain use a variety of pain management strategies, including opioids, but the majority use nonopioid management techniques, according to a research letter published online Feb. 7 in JAMA Netw...
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday gave its full approval to the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for use in people 18 years and older. This follows a similar move made Jan. 31 by its sister ...
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Respiratory infections in children are associated with Kawasaki disease (KD) at one to three months before KD outbreaks, according to a study published online Feb. 7 in JAMA Network Open.Ji-Man Kang, M.D., from...
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Implementation of a culturally tailored patient navigation program (CTPNP) is effective for improving the rate of colonoscopy completion (CC) among Hispanic patients, according to a study published online Feb. ...
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Individuals with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) have increased odds of prior migraine, according to a study published online Feb. 2 in Scientific Reports.Tung-Mei Kuang, M.D., from the Taipe...
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There is a bidirectional association between anxiety and depression and migraine and tension-type headache (TTH), according to a study published online Jan. 21 in The Journal of Headache and Pain.Samita Giri, P...
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to familial assets such as maternal parenting sensitivity and child behavioral regulation in early childhood may protect against weight gain, according to a study published online Feb. 7 in Pediatrics....
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There is a small increased risk for some organ-system and specific congenital anomalies with exposure to first-trimester opioid analgesics, according to a study published online Feb. 7 in CMAJ, the journal of t...
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If you've already had COVID-19, your natural antibodies may last as long as 20 months, a new study suggests.While this is reassuring, experts are quick to caution that the new findings don't necessarily mean yo...
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Watching what Olympic athletes can do on snow and ice might have you thinking about trying some cold weather activity yourself. And a glance at the thermometer might quickly have you saying, "n...
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Chimpanzees aren't monkeying around when they catch insects and place them on open wounds, researchers report.An ongoing study of about 45 chimps in Loango National Park in Gabon is the first to document via vi...
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For adults who completed a primary COVID-19 vaccine regimen at least 12 weeks earlier, homologous and heterologous booster vaccines are immunogenic, according to a study published online Jan. 26 in the New Engl...
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Iliac vein stenting seems safe in an office-based laboratory (OBL) setting, with few major complications and minor complications primarily including insertion site hematomas, according to a study published in t...
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Many Americans are working hard to get a good night's sleep, and feeling the effects when they miss the mark.About 32% of people feel more tired these days than they did before the pandemic began, according to ...
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) -- A new clinical trial strengthens the case that ketamine -- once famous as a club drug -- can rapidly ease suicidal thoughts.Researchers found that among 156 adults hospitalized for severe suicidal thoughts, tho...
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Omicron COVID-19 patients are younger and have more breakthrough infections, a new study finds. But people infected with Omicron are also less likely to be hospitalized or need intensive respiratory support tha...
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Got dry, itchy eyes?Working out might help, a new study suggests. "Instead of having to use eye drops or other alternative treatments, our study aimed to determine if remaining physically active can be an effec...
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- It's a fate many older women fear: loneliness and isolation as they age. Now, new research suggests those feelings may also predispose them to heart disease. The findings may be especially relevant now because...
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finds that kids who have received years of seasonal flu shots have antibodies that provide wider protection against new influenza strains, something researchers say doesn't happen in adults.These fi...
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The type of drill your dentist uses just might determine your chances of catching COVID-19 while in the chair.So claims new research that suggests dentists can significantly improve patient safety during the pa...
SUNDAY, Feb. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Early diagnosis and care can often stop the progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is the leading cause of vision loss in older Americans, the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS)...
SATURDAY, Feb. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If your baby has a cough, you might immediately think it's COVID-19, but coughing is a common wintertime symptom, a pediatrician says.Dr. Mona Patel of Children's Hospital Los Angeles offers some advice on wh...
FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday gave its full approval to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for use in people 18 and older. This follows a similar move made Jan. 31 by its sister agency...
Here is what the editors at Physician's Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of Jan. 31 to Feb. 4, 2022. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal studies and other trusted...
FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF), COVID-19 mRNA vaccine administration is not associated with adverse effects on fertilization rates or early pregnancy outcomes, according to a study published ...
FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- More than 111,000 deaths per year could be prevented by adding 10 minutes per day of physical activity for middle-aged and older adults, according to a research letter published online Jan. 24 in JAMA Internal ...