TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- From 2002 to 2014, hypertensive crisis hospitalizations increased steadily, but the odds of death during hypertensive crisis hospitalizations decreased, according to a study published online Jan. 27 in the Jou...
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Metastases develop in about 2 percent of cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas (cSCCs), according to a study published in the February issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.Selin Tokez, from...
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Vaccinations have been given to the first volunteers in a phase 1 trial of the experimental Moderna HIV vaccine, the company has announced.The vaccine uses mRNA technology -- similar to that utilized in breakt...
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Enforcement of a rule limiting power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous pollutants will be resumed, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday."The science is clear: we must limit me...
LUNES, 31 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Otro estudio está acabando con la idea de que los cánceres de colon y recto son enfermedades de una edad avanzada: en las dos últimas décadas, los estadunidenses menores de 40 años han mostrado el aumento...
LUNES, 31 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los peligros de conducir borracho son bien conocidos, y una nueva revisión de la investigación revela que añadir marihuana a la ecuación solo empeora las cosas.El análisis de 57 estudios anteriores encont...
LUNES, 31 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- No es probable que la supuesta variante "sigilosa" de la ómicron provoque otra ola devastadora de COVID-19, señalan unos expertos.La nueva versión de la variante, llamada BA.2, no parece provocar una enfe...
LUNES, 31 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Es esencial mantener a los niños en edad preescolar lejos de las pantallas y otras fuentes de luz en la hora antes de acostarse, si quiere que duerman bien, señalan unos investigadores.Esto se debe a que ...
LUNES, 31 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La exposición en el lugar de trabajo a pesticidas podría aumentar el riesgo de una persona de enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC), encuentra un estudio reciente.La EPOC es un grupo de enfermeda...
LUNES, 31 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La mayoría de los adultos estadounidenses no saben que el alcohol aumenta el riesgo de cáncer, pero una mayoría respalda las medidas para aumentar la concienciación sobre el vínculo, muestra una nueva enc...
LUNES, 31 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La vacuna contra la COVID-19 de Moderna recibió la autorización completa para su uso en personas de a partir de 18 años, anunció el lunes la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE. UU.La v...
MARTES, 1 de febrero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- ¿Le preocupa que su hijo no se esté cepillando los dientes de forma adecuada? Quizá deba probar la prueba de la galleta Oreo."Si el niño se come una Oreo y se cepilla los dientes, y el padre todavía pue...
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Americans have tossed and turned their way through the pandemic, and a new study shows they are increasingly turning to melatonin in an attempt to get some good rest.But the researchers also issued a warning, ...
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Being overweight or obese has long been linked to poor heart health, but could it also impair your thinking?New research out of Canada suggests it very well might.Working with thousands of young, middle-aged a...
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pfizer Inc. plans to ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as soon as Tuesday to authorize its COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in children aged 6 months to 4 years old.If approved, the two-shot regimen ...
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- So, you're pregnant and battling nausea every day. What harm could come from smoking a joint to settle your stomach?Plenty, according to a new study that suggests women who use pot while expecting put their in...
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Although Danecia Williams was 24 and healthy, her first pregnancy took a toll on her body. Her blood pressure spiked, straining her heart and other organs.Doctors diagnosed her with preeclamps...
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- From life's earliest moments to its latest stages, music can help make us healthier and happier. It can soothe and invigorate, improve mental health and even help someone stay alive."There's g...
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Weight loss in adulthood is associated with reduced risk of incident distal colorectal adenoma, according to a study published online Feb. 1 in JNCI Cancer Spectrum.Shishi He, from the University of Maryland S...
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The reported prevalence of melatonin supplement consumption increased significantly from 1999-2000 to 2017-2018, with prevalence of use of more than 5 mg/day also increasing, starting in 2005 to 2006, accordin...
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with noncholecystitis (NC) gallbladder disease who are poor surgical candidates, endoscopic ultrasound‑guided transluminal gallbladder drainage (EUS-GBD) appears to be safe and effective for manag...
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Both generalized and visceral adiposity are associated with lower cognitive scores throughout midlife, according to a study published online Feb. 1 in JAMA Network Open.Sonia S. Anand, M.D., Ph.D., from McMast...
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Black and American Indian or Alaskan Native individuals have significantly lower rates of initiation of newer diabetes medication, according to a study published in the February issue of The Lancet Regional He...
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The addition of androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) to radiotherapy and adjuvant ADT prolongation improve metastasis-free survival in men with localized prostate cancer, according to a meta-analysis published online Jan. 17 in The Lancet Oncology.Amar U. Kishan, M.D., from the University of California Los Angeles,
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Among hospitalized COVID-19 patients, remdesivir added to standard care does not reduce in-hospital mortality, but it does reduce the need for mechanical ventilation, according to a study published online Jan....
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibody tests should not be used for diagnosis of infection nor to predict natural immunity against reinfection, and, prior to emergence of the del...
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A polygenic score derived from pharmacogenomic evaluation of cytarabine (ara-C) pathway can help personalize treatment for pediatric patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to a study published o...
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Aqueous biomarkers could help identify patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nvAMD) who may not require, or who may not benefit from, long-term antivascular endothelial growth factor (VEG...