THURSDAY, Jan. 13, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- "Mommy, I'm tired" became a common refrain from usually peppy 7-year-old Olivia Story to her mother, Jennifer.Olivia also wasn't eating as much as usual. And she often had a low-grade fever....
THURSDAY, Jan. 13, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- "Mommy, I'm tired" became a common refrain from usually peppy 7-year-old Olivia Story to her mother, Jennifer.Olivia also wasn't eating as much as usual. And she often had a low-grade fever....
MIÉRCOLES, 12 de enero de 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Cualquiera que haya subido demasiadas libras sabe que el sobrepeso puede hacernos más lentos. Con el tiempo, si esas libras se convierten en obesidad, pueden ocasionar graves daños y ...
THURSDAY, Jan. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While COVID-19 has taken the lives of many children and caused serious illness for many more, it is generally agreed that the virus is much less likely to inflict severe damage in the young.But new data from...
THURSDAY, Jan. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The opioid addict you know might not be the college kid who has always dabbled in alcohol and drugs.It could be your grandparent.Opioid misuse doesn't discriminate by age — and rates are rising steadily amon...
THURSDAY, Jan. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A program to offer high-quality face masks to Americans is being weighed by the Biden administration as a way to help slow the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant.“We’re in the process right n...
Opioid addiction rising sharply among older Americans. Opioid misuse doesn't discriminate by age — and rates have risen steadily among adults aged 55 and up over the past 20 years, new research shows. Read moreMore COVID hospitalizations seen among ki...
THURSDAY, Jan. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Binge drinking on Super Bowl Sunday or other special occasions could put you at risk for a dangerous heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation (a-fib), even if you've never had it, researchers warn in...
THURSDAY, Jan. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Is your teen staring at their smartphone all day? There's many things parents can do to protect kids from the potentially negative effects of social media, experts say.While there are positive aspects to so...
THURSDAY, Jan. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A few hours of exercise a week may help slow Parkinson's disease, even if it's just moderate activity such as walking or gardening, a new study suggests.The key is to be consistent, the researchers found."Al...
THURSDAY, Jan. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Hands-on learning can be fun, and new research suggests that it works as well as more traditional teaching methods.Known as "guided play," the technique involves educational activities that are gently steere...
THURSDAY, Jan. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A drug used to treat several types of cancer is also an effective treatment for aggressive forms of endometrial cancer, the second most common cancer in women worldwide, a new clinical trial shows. The endom...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Reprocessing of N95 respirators using vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) is safe and does not impair respiratory integrity or filtration efficiency, according to a brief report published online Jan. 5 in the...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In a sign that the highly contagious omicron variant is sparing no one, a report shows that new COVID-19 cases among U.S. children spiked to a high of more than 580,000 for the week ending Jan. 6, a 78 perc...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The omicron surge may have peaked in Britain and could be about to do the same in the United States, experts report.That is because the COVID-19 variant first detected in South Africa in mid-November is so ...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Countering earlier concerns, a real-world study shows that a widely used at-home COVID-19 test called BinaxNOW is as effective at detecting omicron as other coronavirus variants.The study of the Abbot rapid...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In an effort to keep children in classrooms, the White House announced Wednesday that 10 million free COVID-19 tests will be provided to schools around the country every month while the wildly contagious om...
MARTES, 11 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Existe una necesidad urgente de donaciones de sangre, a medida que el suministro en Estados Unidos desciende a uno de sus niveles más bajos desde hace una década, afirmó el martes la Cruz Roja Americana....
MARTES, 11 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pfizer Inc. anunció el martes que una vacuna contra la COVID-19 que se dirige de forma específica a la variante ómicron estará lista en marzo.La compañía ya comenzó a producir la nueva versión de la vacu...
MARTES, 11 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Durante varios años, un importante grupo de pediatras de EE. UU. ha planteado que las escuelas intermedias y secundarias comiencen a una hora más tarde en la mañana, para ayudar a los jóvenes a dormir lo...
MARTES, 11 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- El vapor de segunda mano de los cigarrillos electrónicos es dañino para los demás: provoca síntomas de bronquitis y falta de aliento en los transeúntes jóvenes, informa un estudio reciente.En los adolesc...
MARTES, 11 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Padres, prepárense.Mientras la variante ómicron se dispara y las escuelas de EE. UU. afrontan una escasez de maestros sustitutos y consecuencias relacionadas de la pandemia, no se sorprenda si una vuelta...
MARTES, 11 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Estados Unidos llegó a otro hito macabro en la pandemia, mientras la variante ómicron se propaga por todo el país: las hospitalizaciones por la COVID ya han eclipsado al pico anterior, que se observó el ...
MARTES, 11 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Examinar la salud de una mujer en la mediana edad puede predecir su salud décadas más adelante, afirman unos investigadores.Cuatro factores específicos (un índice de masa corporal [IMC] más alto, fumar, ...
MIÉRCOLES, 12 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Chloe Jo Davis es una franca defensora de la lactancia materna.La escritora de Wilton, Connecticut, dio el seno a sus tres hijos durante años para asegurarse de que obtuvieran todos los beneficios aso...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Myopia progression may continue for more than one-third of young adults during the third decade of life, according to a study published online Jan. 6 in JAMA Ophthalmology.Samantha Sze-Yee Lee, Ph.D., from ...
WDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The prevalence of depression is increased among pediatric and adult patients with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.Shari Wright, from the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Legalization of commercial cannabis edibles was associated with a significant increase in the frequency and severity of emergency department visits due to cannabis exposures among children, according to a s...