FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The final touches are being put on the White House's plan to deliver 500 million free coronavirus rapid at-home test kits to households across America.The administration will launch a website where people can r...
FRIDAY, Jan. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If you have any risk factors for stroke and you like to smoke pot, a new study suggests you should stop toking.Researchers found that people with an aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, a rare, severe type of bl...
FRIDAY, Jan. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Take a whiff of the air in a zoo and you could breathe in the animals' DNA – not just the smell of the food they eat or their waste, a new study suggests.Sampling the air from local zoos, two teams of researcher...
FRIDAY, Jan. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Researchers in Austria say a new MRI technique may lead to faster diagnosis and treatment for people with multiple sclerosis.The technique can detect biochemical changes in the brains of people with MS early in ...
FRIDAY, Jan. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Although some U.S. states put up big amounts of cash to influence residents to get their COVID-19 vaccinations, it didn’t appear to make much any difference in immunization rates.Investigators who found that to...
THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Former members of President Joe Biden's transition team are calling for a new long-term strategy that envisions a world in which humans learn to live with the new coronavirus.Six former advisers published sev...
THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The Abbott BinaxNOW and Quidel QuickVue -- two widely used rapid at-home COVID-19 tests -- may sometimes fail to spot evidence of the omicron variant in the first days after infection, even when people are ca...
THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday announced that predeparture tests for people traveling to the United Kingdom will no longer be required because restrictions meant to contain the internationa...
MIÉRCOLES, 5 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La infección con la COVID-19 no es un juego, y nadie debe intentar contagiarse a propósito, ni siquiera con la supuestamente "leve" variante ómicron del virus.Se trata de una estrategia de alto riesgo ...
MIÉRCOLES, 5 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- El número de mujeres estadounidenses con hipertensión crónica que mueren durante y después del embarazo ha aumentado de forma marcada, advierte un estudio reciente.De los 155 millones de nacimientos en...
THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Former members of President Joe Biden’s transition team are calling for a new long-term strategy that envisions a world in which humans learn to live with the new coronavirus.Six former advisers published thr...
MIÉRCOLES, 5 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Una nueva investigación sugiere que nunca es tarde para que los fumadores dejen de fumar.El estudio encontró que es probable que las personas que abandonan el hábito después de un diagnóstico de un cán...
MIÉRCOLES, 5 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Su prueba de COVID-19 a domicilio podría ahora costarle más, dependiendo de dónde la compre.Las tiendas de Kroger y Walmart vendían los kits de pruebas al costo o con un descuento de hasta un 35 por ci...
MIÉRCOLES, 5 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Hace meses que los expertos señalan que ponerse una vacuna contra la COVID-19 durante el embarazo es seguro.Ahora, un nuevo estudio amplía las evidencias que respaldan a este consejo."Vacunarse contra ...
MIÉRCOLES, 5 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Millones de personas tienen un riesgo más alto de diabetes tipo 2 e hipertensión (presión arterial alta) y ni lo saben, debido a un problema hormonal oculto en sus cuerpos.Hasta 1 de cada 10 personas t...
MIÉRCOLES, 5 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Hace unos 100 años que los científicos saben que la insulina es el mecanismo principal del cuerpo para controlar los niveles de azúcar en la sangre, pero ahora los investigadores han descubierto que un...
THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- First, there was Beyond Meat. Next up? Beyond Fried Chicken.KFC announced Wednesday that it will begin offering a plant-based chicken in some of its meals on Jan. 10, from the same company known for its meat-...
JUEVES, 6 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los perros no hablan un idioma humano, pero saben cuando una persona cambia de un idioma a otro, encuentra un interesante nuevo estudio."Sabemos que las personas, incluso los bebés humanos preverbales, no...
THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Three people died recently in the United States recently from rabies linked to bats, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. They bring the total number of U.S. rabies cases in 2021...
THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A medication that acts on certain brain receptors can temporarily ease visual-processing problems in some adults with autism, a small study has found.Researchers said it's far too early to know whether the dr...
THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday endorsed the emergency use of the Pfizer booster shots for children ages 12 to 17 years, expanding protection to adolescents and teens as stude...
THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A simple blood test may help spot pregnant women who are at risk for developing preeclampsia -- dangerously high blood pressure during pregnancy -- before it becomes a threat to both mother and child.Marked b...
THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Linda Poolaw loves telling stories. At 79, the Grand Chief of the Delaware Grand Council of North America has a few.Some are nostalgic, about growing up in rural Oklahoma, the daughter of a K...
THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The Abbott BinaxNOW and Quidel QuickVue -- two widely used rapid at-home COVID tests -- may sometimes fail to spot evidence of the Omicron variant in the first days after infection, even when people are carry...
THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- What's good for the heart is good for the brain, and a new study suggests that connection might be especially critical for women.The study, of more than 1,800 adults in their 50s and 60s, found that those wit...
Doubts emerge on accuracy of some at-home COVID tests. Preliminary research is suggesting that two widely used nasal swab antigen tests, Abbott's BinaxNOW and Quidel QuickVue, may not detect the illness in the first few days after infection, even if p...