Is Omicron on the downswing? After swamping America with new COVID cases, there are signs the Omicron variant surge may be ebbing, new data shows. Read moreWomen at higher risk of a stroke at a young age. New research suggests that women age 35 and y...
TUESDAY, Jan. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The distribution of free N95 masks for Americans has begun, the Biden administration said Monday."Last week, masks began shipping and arriving at pharmacies and grocers around [the] country. We expect that th...
TUESDAY, Jan. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The distribution of free N95 masks for Americans has begun, the Biden administration said Monday."Last week, masks began shipping and arriving at pharmacies and grocers around [the] country. We expect that th...
TUESDAY, Jan. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If you're wondering whether to intentionally expose yourself to the Omicron variant with the goal of developing immunity, the answer is absolutely not, experts say. "It sounds like playing with fire to me," s...
TUESDAY, Jan. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If you're wondering whether to intentionally expose yourself to the Omicron variant with the goal of developing immunity, the answer is absolutely not, experts say. "It sounds like playing with fire to me," s...
TUESDAY, Jan. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- When older people cut back on physical activity, their risk of type 2 diabetes rises. But walking regularly can help, a new study suggests.The more steps you take -- and the more intensely you walk -- the low...
TUESDAY, Jan. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Children in sub-Saharan Africa have a far higher risk of death from COVID-19 than those in the United States and Europe, a new study shows.“Although our study looked at data from earlier in the pandemic, the ...
MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 (healthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is curtailing the use of two monoclonal antibody treatments that do not appear to work against the highly contagious Omicron variant.The combo treatments bamlanivimab/etes...
MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Night shift work may increase the risk for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), according to a study published online Jan. 13 in Occupational & Environmental Medicine.Pierluigi Cocco, M.D., from the University ...
MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Black patients are more likely than White patients to have at least one negative descriptor in the history and physical notes of their electronic health records (EHR), according to a study published online Jan...
TUESDAY, Jan. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Monday that it will curtail the use of two monoclonal antibody treatments that do not appear to work against the highly contagious omicron variant.The combo treatmen...
MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 testing requirements for vaccinated people arriving in England will be scrapped, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday. Details about the changes are to be provided later in the day by...
MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Schools should stock the opioid overdose antidote naloxone and train staff and students how to respond to an overdose, experts say after the apparent fentanyl overdose death of a seventh grader at a school in ...
VIERNES, 21 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las dosis de refuerzo están impidiendo que la variante ómicron lleve a millones de estadounidenses a los hospitales, salas de emergencias y clínicas de atención urgente de todo el país, muestran tres nu...
VIERNES, 21 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Si ha sufrido un ataque cardiaco o tiene insuficiencia cardiaca, su corazón se encuentra en un estado muy vulnerable y la rehabilitación cardiaca podría ser una parte importante de su recuperación.Lamen...
VIERNES, 21 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Una excusa menos para evitar esa vacuna contra la COVID: las vacunas no afectan a la fertilidad ni de los hombres ni de las mujeres, muestra una nueva investigación, pero la infección con el coronavirus...
VIERNES, 21 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Algunos niños quizá puedan superar su alergia al cacahuate si comienzan con la inmunoterapia cuando son bebés, informa un nuevo e importante ensayo clínico.En el ensayo, un grupo de niños de 1 a 3 años ...
VIERNES, 21 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La escasez tanto de suministros como de trabajadores está provocando estragos en los esfuerzos de los fabricantes de las pruebas de COVID a domicilio de entregar suficientes pruebas a los estadounidense...
VIERNES, 21 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Algunas tiendas de marihuana recreativa están utilizando los trucos de los antiguos manuales de las compañías de alcohol y tabaco para dirigirse a los usuarios menores de edad en las redes sociales, inf...
VIERNES, 21 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las dosis de refuerzo evitan que la variante ómicron lleve al hospital a muchos estadounidenses, muestran tres estudios nuevos del gobierno.En un estudio, que se publicó el viernes en la revista de los ...
DOMINGO, 23 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Si el invierno le pone triste, quizá sufra una forma de depresión llamada TAE.Estas son las siglas del trastorno afectivo estacional.El TAE provoca cambios en el estado de ánimo durante otoño e invierno...
MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Cannabidiol, a compound derived from marijuana, appears to show promise in blocking replication of the COVID-19 virus and preventing its spread, lab and animal studies show.CBD inhibited the ability of the cor...
MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Coronavirus testing requirements for vaccinated people arriving in England will be scrapped, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday.Details about the changes are to be provided later in the day ...
MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While it appears that Black Americans were more hesitant than white Americans to roll up their sleeves when the COVID-19 vaccines launched last year, that unwillingness has lessened.Following 1,200 U.S. adults...
MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The coronavirus can leave more than 40% of children hospitalized for COVID-19 with headaches and other lingering neurological symptoms, a new study claims.And the kids who developed these headaches or experien...
MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The risks associated with emerging alternative peripartum and neonatal practices are discussed in a report published online Jan. 24 in Pediatrics.Dawn Nolt, M.D., M.P.H., from the Oregon Health and Science Uni...
MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with lymphoid malignancies undergoing autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (aHSCT), frailty is associated with worse hospital outcomes, according to a study published online Dec. 23 ...
MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the hand and foot may predict rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in patients presenting with undifferentiated arthritis (UA), according to a study published online Jan. 12 in Rheumat...