THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday announced that pre-departure tests for people traveling to the United Kingdom will no longer be required because restrictions meant to contain the internation...
THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Far fewer kids might develop asthma if there were less traffic pollution, suggests a new study that researched the issue worldwide."Our study found that nitrogen dioxide puts children at risk of developing as...
THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Cities worldwide are shrouded with air pollution – and it’s killing people. A new modeling study found that 86% of people living in cities throughout the world – a total of 2.5 billion people – are exposed to ...
THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Dogs don't speak a human language, but they do know when you switch from one tongue to another, an intriguing new study finds.“We know that people, even preverbal human infants, notice the difference," said st...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- At-home COVID-19 tests now come with a higher price tag, depending on where they are bought.Kroger and Walmart stores were selling the test kits at cost or at a discount of up to 35 percent for 100 days afte...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Be concerned about the rapidly spreading omicron variant, President Joe Biden urged Americans on Tuesday, but do not be alarmed.Biden delivered that message to reporters prior to a meeting with his COVID-19 ...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- An advisory panel to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday backed the emergency use approval of Pfizer's booster shots for those between the ages of 12 and 17. The Food and Drug A...
MARTES, 4 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Muchos pacientes con cáncer que tienen seguro experimentan graves problemas financieros vinculados con su enfermedad, afirma una nueva investigación.Por ejemplo, casi 3 de cada 4 pacientes asegurados con ...
MARTES, 4 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) de EE. UU. respaldaron el martes la aprobación para el uso de emergencia de la vacuna de refuerzo de Pfizer para los niños de 5 a 11 años ...
MARTES, 4 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los bebés nacidos durante el punto álgido de la pandemia parecen sufrir unos retrasos pequeños, pero significativos, en su desarrollo motor y social, informa un estudio reciente.Los bebés tuvieron un ries...
MARTES, 4 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- ¿Comer una dieta de "pocos alimentos" altamente restrictiva podría aliviar los síntomas clásicos del trastorno de déficit de atención e hiperactividad (TDAH) en los niños?Una nueva investigación sugiere q...
MARTES, 4 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las hospitalizaciones por la COVID-19 entre los niños se están disparando en todo Estados Unidos, al mismo tiempo que los estudiantes vuelven a la escuela y la variante ómicron, que es altamente transmisi...
MARTES, 4 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- ¿Su resolución de Año Nuevo fue comer de forma más saludable? Pruebe a pedir un artículo recién añadido al menú de su cadena de restaurantes favorita, en lugar de su preferido de siempre.El motivo es que ...
MARTES, 4 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- El cáncer sigue siendo una importante causa de muerte, y en 2019 se reportaron 10 millones de muertes en todo el mundo.En 2019, se registraron más de 23 millones de casos nuevos en todo el mundo, según in...
MIÉRCOLES, 5 de enero de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Si dejar el tabaco es una de sus resoluciones de Año Nuevo, debe saber que no será fácil, pero no se rinda. Cincuenta millones de exfumadores de Estados Unidos son la prueba de que se puede lograr."Más...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The number of American women with chronic high blood pressure who are dying during and after pregnancy is up sharply, a new study warns.Of 155 million births in the United States between 1979 and 2018, more ...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 infection isn’t a game, and you shouldn’t try to get it on purpose -- not even the supposedly "mild" Omicron variant of the virus.It's a high-risk strategy for yourself, for public health and the ec...
WEDNESDAY, Jan 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For smokers, new research suggests it really is never too late to quit. The study found that folks who kick their habit after a lung cancer diagnosis will likely live longer than those who continue lighting u...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Your at-home COVID-19 test could now come with a higher price tag, depending on where you buy it. Kroger and Walmart stores were selling the test kits at cost or at a discount of up to 35% for 100 days after...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Getting a COVID-19 vaccine is safe in pregnancy, experts have been saying for months. Now, a new study adds evidence to support that advice. "Getting vaccinated against COVID-19 is important for preventing s...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have known for 100 years that insulin is the body's main mechanism for controlling blood sugar levels, but researchers have now discovered a second hormone does the same job a bit differently -- a...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 5, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- More education is linked to better heart health, but it may not overcome the effects of race, a new study says.The research, which used data from a large national survey to examine the overl...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) – Be concerned about the rapidly spreading Omicron variant, President Joe Biden urged Americans on Tuesday, but don’t be alarmed. Biden delivered that message to reporters prior to a meeting with his COVID-19 ...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of people are at increased risk of type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure and don't even know it, due to a hidden hormone problem in their bodies.As many as 1 in 10 people have a non-cancerous tumo...
Biden urges calm in face of Omicron surge. In a speech Tuesday, the President emphasized that vaccines and new treatments have made Americans much less vulnerable to the new variant. He also announced that his administration is doubling its order of ...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While the Omicron variant appears wily enough to evade people's antibodies, researchers report that it should have a much harder time slipping past a person's T-cells."Despite being a preliminary study, we b...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) – If giving up tobacco is one of your New Year’s resolutions, know that it won't be easy but don't give up. Fifty million ex-smokers in the United States are proof that it can be done."More than 70% of smokers ...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- That sing-song speech parents use when talking to their babies is universal, and infants tend to prefer it.So, when a baby doesn't seem to engage with this melodic "motherese," or baby talk, it can be an ear...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) – It sounds as far-fetched as science fiction, but researchers foresee a day when some medical manufacturing moves into space.“Within the next five years, we may see a scenario where we find cells or tissues th...