WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Therapeutic aquatic exercise leads to greater pain alleviation in patients with chronic low back pain compared with physical therapy, according to a study published online Jan. 7 in JAMA Network Open.Meng-S...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pfizer Inc. said Tuesday that a COVID-19 vaccine that specifically targets the omicron variant will be ready by March.The company has already started making the new version of the vaccine, Pfizer CEO Albert...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Wildfires and rising temperatures are exposing more and more Americans to an air pollution double-whammy of smoke and smog, a new study warns.Researchers found that over the past 20 years, a growing number ...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In a sign that the highly contagious Omicron variant is sparing no one, a new 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...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A new report offers hope on the lung cancer front: Patients are being diagnosed at an earlier stage in their disease and living longer due to better access to care, higher screening rates and improved trea...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The record-breaking numbers surrounding the Omicron surge are dizzying, with so many Americans falling prey to the highly infectious COVID-19 variant.The United States reported more than 1.3 million COVID c...
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's because the COVID-19 variant first detected in South Africa in mid-November is so c...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Countering earlier concerns, a real-world study finds that a widely used at-home coronavirus test called BinaxNOW is as effective at detecting Omicron as other COVID-19 variants.The study of Abbot's rapid a...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In an effort to keep kids in classrooms, the White House announced Wednesday that 10 million free coronavirus tests will be provided to schools around the country every month while the wildly contagious Omi...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- People on bone-protecting drugs often take breaks from them for a few years. Now a new study finds that a "holiday" from the medication risedronate (Actonel) may come with a slightly increased risk of hip f...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The chance of someone who is covered by Medicaid surviving cancer may depend in part on where they live, a new analysis finds. In states that had lower Medicaid income eligibility limits, cancer survival ra...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Chloe Jo Davis is a vocal advocate for breastfeeding.The Wilton, Conn.-based writer breastfed her three sons for years to make sure they reaped all of the benefits associated with the practice."Breastfeedin...
As Omicron surges, how important are COVID case counts anymore? Vaccines have reduced the risks of severe COVID, making it harder to interpret the threat of a COVID surge through case counts alone -- particularly in the face of the Omicron variant, ex...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Babies conceived through infertility treatment are more likely to be born early and small.But there are reasons other than medically assisted reproduction to explain this difference, a new study concludes.“R...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) – In ancient times, intestinal parasites weren't just an affliction of the poor. Even the well-to-do had them. Researchers studied the contents of a cesspit beneath a toilet in Jerusalem. They found the remain...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Your fingerprints may be more than a surefire way to identify you: New research suggests their patterns may be linked to genes that guide limb development."People may wonder why our team is working on finger...
TUESDAY, Jan. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The United States has passed another grim milestone in the pandemic as the omicron variant races across the country: COVID-19 hospitalizations have now eclipsed a previous peak, which was seen last January.Th...
TUESDAY, Jan. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Private insurers will have to cover the cost of eight at-home COVID-19 tests per person per month as of Saturday, the Biden administration announced Monday. Under the plan, people who provide their insurance ...
TUESDAY, Jan. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There is an urgent need for blood donations as the U.S. blood supply drops to one of its lowest levels in more than a decade, the American Red Cross said Tuesday.In the past few weeks, blood centers nationwid...
TUESDAY, Jan. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Americans should avoid travel to Canada due to "very high" levels of COVID-19 cases in that country, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.The agency placed Canada under a Level 4 tr...
TUESDAY, Jan. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- It's a move that could severely limit the number of people taking the controversial new Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm: Medicare on Tuesday proposed to only cover the cost of the pricey medication for people enrol...
TUESDAY, Jan. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In a medical first, doctors from the University of Maryland have implanted the heart of a genetically modified pig in a 57-year-old man facing the final stages of heart disease. The surgical feat, known as xe...
LUNES, 10 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- El ejercicio lo ayuda a mantenerse en forma, sano y robusto, y los investigadores afirman que también podría ayudarlo a prevenir la demencia y la enfermedad de Alzheimer. Ahora, comprenden mejor los benef...
LUNES, 10 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Unos investigadores señalan que han descubierto una pista de por qué la variante ómicron de la COVID-19 se propaga con mucha más rapidez que sus antecesoras.Las personas que están infectadas pero que no t...
LUNES, 10 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Se ha ordenado a Medicare que reconsidere el aumento significativo de la prima que había anunciado, debido en gran medida al nuevo y costoso medicamento para el Alzheimer, Aduhelm .La orden del secretario...
LUNES, 10 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los hisopos que vienen con las pruebas rápidas de antígenos para la COVID-19 se deben usar en la nariz, no en la garganta, advierte la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE. UU.Publicó la...
LUNES, 10 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La vacunación sigue siendo la mejor forma de proteger a alguien de la COVID-19, pero una nueva investigación sugiere que la activación de las células T del sistema inmunitario que ocurre en el resfriado c...
LUNES, 22 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Mientras la variante ómicron arropa a EE. UU. y la demanda de pruebas de COVID-19 aumenta, lo mismo sucede con la especulación de precios.En todo el país se observan unos precios altos para las pruebas de...