JUEVES, 17 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Un nuevo tipo de medicamento, los inhibidores de JAK, pueden tratar de forma efectiva la alopecia areata de moderada a grave, una afección de pérdida del cabello que, históricamente, ha sido difícil de ...
JUEVES, 17 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A pesar de lo que vea en TikTok, no consuma bórax, un detergente para ropa en polvo, con el fin de aliviar el dolor y la inflamación o mejorar la salud ósea. Aunque los videos en el sitio de redes socia...
JUEVES, 17 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cuando Daniel Cooney y su esposo Patrick Key adoptaron a Rothko, un mestizo de coonhound, de un refugio hace ocho años, tardaron un tiempo en acostumbrarse a sus rarezas. Rothko no siempre se llevaba bi...
JUEVES, 17 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Lanzar a un niño pequeño al aire o llevarlo en los hombros es divertido. Pero esas agradables risas podrían conllevar un riesgo de lesiones en la cabeza por un peligro que en general se pasa por alto: e...
FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Binge-drinking and marijuana use have reached historically high levels among U.S. adults aged 35 to 50, the U.S. National Institutes of Health announced Thursday.For these middle-aged adults, the drugs of choi...
FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- From 2010 to 2019, the incidence rates of early-onset cancers increased, with gastrointestinal cancers having the fastest-growing incidence rates, according to a study published online Aug. 16 in JAMA Network ...
Peppermint is a natural alternative therapy that’s used to treat a variety of health issues, including headaches, hair loss, digestive issues and pain.Have a look at the science underlying peppermint’s healthy reputation and what research reveals abou...
Acupuncture is a popular technique in alternative and holistic medicine that’s thought to have benefits for anxiety, for fertility, weight loss and more.Learn more about its purported health benefits and potential side effects and get answers to two c...
FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In the United States, there has been considerable variation in cyclone-related excess deaths, with Hurricane Katrina the deadliest tropical cyclone, according to a study published in the Aug. 16 issue of Scien...
FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Older adults with cognitive impairment have limited eligibility for anti-β amyloid monoclonal antibodies when applying clinical trial criteria, according to a study published online Aug. 16 in Neurology.Rioghn...
FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), domiciliary transcutaneous electrical stimulation (TESLA) can be used safely and effectively, according to a study published online Aug. 3 in eClinicalMedicine....
FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients hospitalized in intensive cardiac care units (ICCUs), the prevalence of recreational drug use is 11 percent, according to a study published online Aug. 15 in Heart.Théo Pezel, M.D., from Universit...
FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Robust antibody responses to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are detected in boosted pregnant individuals, according to a study published in the Aug. 14 issue of Vaccine.Flor M. Munoz, M.D., from the Baylor College of ...
FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For men aged 50 years or older with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and a prostate size between 20 and 80 g, minimally invasive surgery with the Optilume BPH Catheter System provides sustained i...
FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Electronic cigarette use in young adults is associated with self-reported respiratory symptoms, according to a study published online Aug. 15 in Thorax.Alayna P. Tackett, Ph.D., from The Ohio State University ...
FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Race- and ethnicity-associated microbiome variation is identified at 3 months of age and persists throughout childhood, according to a study published online Aug. 17 in PLOS Biology.Elizabeth K. Mallott, Ph.D....
FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Approximately 2,300 pediatric head injuries from contact with ceiling fans are seen in U.S. emergency departments each year, according to research published online Aug. 17 in Pediatrics.Holly Hughes Garza, D.V...
FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Damaged teeth could one day be repaired with “living fillings” created from stem cells, a new study reports.In the lab, researchers induced stem cells to form small, multicellular mini-organs that secrete the ...
FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Five days after giving birth to her second child, Lauren Lowrey woke up with a sharp pain in her upper back. She couldn't draw in a deep breath.The TV news anchor, who was living in Indianapol...
FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- More than 1 out of every 10 patients who land in an ICU with a potentially deadly heart emergency test positive for recreational drug use, a new French study reports.About 11% of nearly 1,500 patients admitted...
FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A new COVID variant with very few known cases but many mutations has been swiftly moved into the World Health Organization’s "variant under monitoring" classification. Four known cases of the variant, dubbed B...
FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The brain is a complex organ, and a new study — believed to be the largest ever on the brain’s genetics — identifies more than 4,000 genetic variants linked to brain structure.The research, involving some 36,0...
FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Teens’ desire to start smoking, and later to keep smoking, may be linked to differences in gray matter in their brains, a new study reveals. Researchers found that reduced gray matter in the left frontal lobe ...
FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) – The 15th century prince who inspired the literary vampire Dracula may have had medical issues that caused him to cry tears of blood, according to researchers unearthing this ancient mystery.The prince, who was ...
FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Heavy screen users often buy blue light-filtering eyeglasses to protect their eyes -- but they may be wasting their money, a new study suggests.A new research review suggests these blue light-filtering glasses...
THURSDAY, Aug. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Higher cardiorespiratory fitness protects men against many site-specific cancers, according to a study published online Aug. 15 in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.Aron Onerup, M.D., Ph.D., from the Un...
THURSDAY, Aug. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. adults increasingly perceive daily smoking of cannabis and secondhand exposure to cannabis smoke as safer than tobacco smoke, according to a study published online Aug. 11 in JAMA Network Open.Julia Cha...
THURSDAY, Aug. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food & Drug Administration has approved Akeega (niraparib and abiraterone acetate) for the treatment of BRCA-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.The approval makes Akeega the fi...