TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- It was slated to debut on Wednesday, but the federal government quietly launched its website for Americans to order free at-home COVID tests one day early.Go to COVIDTests.gov and you can quickly order four t...
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay Now) -- Advanced forms of hormone therapy are very effective at keeping prostate cancer in check, but they also can double a man's risk of falling into depression, researchers have found.Prostate cancer patients treat...
LUNES, 17 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- El envío más reciente de 1.1 millones de vacunas contra la COVID-19 a Ruanda este fin de semana marcó un logro notable: el programa COVAX, que cuenta con el respaldo de la Organización de las Naciones Uni...
LUNES, 17 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La frecuencia de los apagones está aumentando en Estados Unidos, y un nuevo estudio resalta una consecuencia de los cortes de luz prolongados: las intoxicaciones por el monóxido de carbono.Al observar los...
LUNES, 17 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Una creciente cantidad de personas recurren a productos de CBD o cannabis para tratar afecciones de la piel como el acné y la rosácea, pero los investigadores advierten que la ciencia sobre su seguridad y...
LUNES, 17 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los residentes de los hogares de ancianos han sido un grupo con un riesgo particularmente alto a lo largo de toda la pandemia, y la llegada de la variante ómicron, que se propaga con rapidez, hace que se ...
LUNES, 17 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las vacunas contra la gripe protegen a los niños de una enfermedad grave, incluso cuando la vacuna no se corresponde con el virus de la gripe en circulación, según un estudio reciente, que refuerza la imp...
LUNES, 17 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Dejar de fumar es un reto abrumador para cualquier persona, pero un estudio internacional reciente sugiere que las mujeres pueden tenerlo más difícil que los hombres parar abandonar el hábito.Las mujeres ...
DOMINGO, 16 de enero de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Llegó la hora de mejorar el nivel de las máscaras que utiliza.En un cambio respecto a su consejo anterior sobre las máscaras, la nueva directriz de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enferme...
MARTES, 18 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Ya hay disponibles kits de pruebas para la COVID a domicilio sin costo para la mayoría de los estadounidenses, como parte del esfuerzo de la administración de Biden para aumentar las pruebas en Estados U...
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- It's too soon to determine whether Omicron's rapid spread will turn a pandemic virus into an endemic disease, America's top infectious disease expert says.That "would only be the case if we don't get another ...
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If you vape and catch COVID-19, you may feel a whole lot worse than people who come down with the virus but don't use electronic cigarettes, researchers say.When compared to folks with COVID-19 who didn't use...
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Two sets of guidelines have been developed: one for the diagnosis and management of acute left-sided colonic diverticulitis and a second for the role of colonoscopy for diagnostic evaluation and interventions...
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In a clinical practice guideline issued by the American Society for Radiation Oncology and published in the January issue of Practical Radiation Oncology, recommendations are presented for the use of external...
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Among patients with bone and brain metastases who died within 90 days of radiotherapy receipt, 21.6 percent received guideline-nonconcordant therapy, according to a research letter published online Jan. 14 in...
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) possibly may cause multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study published online Jan. 13 in Science.Kjetil Bjornevik, M.D., Ph.D., from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public He...
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- From 1990 to 2019, the global burden of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) increased, with a higher incidence seen among men and older adults and in high social-demographic index (SDI) regions, according to a...
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- People who believe their bodies and minds will break down with age may be creating a self-fulfilling prophecy, a recent study suggests.Researchers found that older adults with a dim outlook on aging tended to...
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Residents of nursing homes have been a particularly high-risk group throughout the pandemic, and the advent of the fast-spreading omicron variant has them facing another wave of infections and deaths, new dat...
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The latest shipment of 1.1 million COVID-19 vaccines to Rwanda this weekend signaled a noteworthy achievement: The COVAX program, a United Nations-backed program providing poorer countries with vaccines, has ...
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Achieving sustained lifestyle changes by implementing a health promotion program in preschools requires multidisciplinary teams, multidimensional educational programs, and multilevel interventions, according ...
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Presence of an appendicolith is associated with a nearly twofold increased risk for undergoing appendectomy within 30 days of initiating antibiotics for appendicitis, according to a study published online Jan...
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- As a record number of American kids are being hospitalized with COVID-19, a new study helps clarify which ones are at the highest risk for serious complications.The study tracked over 3,200 children and teena...
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who have gastric bypass may be slightly more likely to remain free of obesity-related medications versus those undergoing sleeve gastrectomy, according to a study published online Jan. 12 in JAMA Sur...
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Before getting their first dose of a COVID vaccine, many Americans were nervous about how they would react to the shot, but new research shows that fears of side effects may actually make side effects more li...
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Two years into the pandemic, researchers have learned a lot about how COVID-19 affects people with heart disease and stroke survivors. But like the coronavirus itself, what everyone needs to ...
MARTES, 18 de enero de 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Tras dos años de pandemia, los investigadores han aprendido mucho acerca de las formas en que COVID-19 afecta a las personas con enfermedades cardíacas o que hayan sobrevivido un ataque ...
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Home COVID tests are now available at no cost to most Americans, as part of the Biden administration's effort to increase testing around the United States.Folks can buy home tests online or in stores and be f...
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- It can happen so fast. One moment, a family is eating dinner together like usual. Soon after, they go off to do other things before being brought back together by a child's scream.That is what unfolded in th...
Children are getting injured by home treadmills. The case of a Pennsylvania 3-year-old severely burned after her arm got caught in her family's treadmill illustrates a growing problem, doctors say. Read moreTips on getting free home COVID test kits. ...