MIÉRCOLES, 29 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Unas nuevas pastillas antivirales para la COVID-19, recién autorizadas por la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE. UU. para su uso de emergencia en las personas con un riesgo al...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers are still trying to figure out what will happen with both the Delta and Omicron variants of COVID-19 spreading simultaneously.Now new lab-based data is suggesting that the newer variant, Omicron...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Red-meat lovers may raise their risk of heart disease through a chain of events that plays out in the gut, a new study suggests.Many studies over the years have tied diets heavy in red and processed meats t...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 patients are at risk for serious long-term kidney damage, according to the results of a new investigation.The damage appears to come from the virus' ability to directly infect the kidneys. And in s...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Some smokers who take up vaping may give up tobacco cigarettes altogether -- without ever intending to, a new study suggests.The researchers see this as a hopeful sign that daily use of e-cigarettes can pla...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- New antiviral pills for COVID-19 recently authorized for emergency use in high-risk people by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration should give doctors an easier means of keeping people out of the hospital....
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In an update that illustrates just how challenging it is to track the spread of a fast-moving virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday lowered its estimate of how prevalent the ...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Early research suggests that some rapid COVID-19 tests may be less able to detect the Omicron variant, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday.To come to that conclusion, the agency used samples ...
Experts answer your questions about the new COVID pills. New antiviral pills for COVID-19 recently authorized for emergency use in high-risk people by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration should give doctors an easier way of keeping people out of the...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Hearing loss can happen with advancing age, but fewer American women appear to be affected now than in the past.Researchers who studied hearing loss between 2008 and 2017 found in the earliest of those year...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they may be closer than ever to detecting ovarian cancer earlier and improving the odds for women with this life-threatening disease.In a new study, scientists used stem cells created from t...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Having autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can make communication a challenge, and some of these children are also deaf, making social interactions even more daunting.But new research suggests that cochlear impl...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- While climate change calls to mind extreme weather and melting polar ice caps, government officials' inaction to stop it is also affecting the mental health of young people, new research reveals."This study...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A program meant to encourage the use of a drug that can help people overcome opioid addiction led to dramatic increases in its use in emergency rooms, researchers report.Buprenorphine is a medication that s...
TUESDAY, Dec. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Child hospitalizations for COVID-19 jumped 30 percent this past week as the omicron variant spread like wildfire throughout the United States.By Dec. 28, the country had an average of 260 pediatric COVID-19 h...
TUESDAY, Dec. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Every year in the United States, a few hundred children die suddenly and without explanation. Now researchers have found gene variants that may contribute to some of those tragic deaths.The hope, experts said...
LUNES, 27 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Cuando los pacientes con cáncer vacunados por completo desarrollan un caso de COVID-19 postvacunación, la mayoría enferman de gravedad y acaban hospitalizados, encuentra un estudio reciente.La conclus...
LUNES, 27 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La variante ómicron sigue manteniendo los vuelos en tierra el lunes, cuando las aerolíneas cancelaron al menos 2,400 vuelos más alrededor del mundo, entre ellos 900 en Estados Unidos.Varias líneas aér...
LUNES, 27 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La ketamina, que fue famosa como droga de "diseño", puede mejorar con rapidez la depresión difícil de tratar y frenar los pensamientos suicidas, confirma una nueva revisión.En los últimos años, la ket...
LUNES, 27 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La COVID-19 vuelve a dispararse por todo Estados Unidos, y la variante ómicron ya supera a la variante delta de este verano en la tasa de casos diarios.Pero el número de hospitalizaciones todavía no h...
LUNES, 27 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Las personas que se someten a una terapia para aumentar la inmunidad contra un melanoma avanzado quizá respondan mejor si comen una dieta rica en fibra, insinúa un estudio reciente.Los investigadores ...
LUNES, 27 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- ¿Vuelve a volar durante estas fiestas de fin de año tan anticipadas?Elija su asiento de avión de forma inteligente y no descuide las medidas conocidas, como dejarse la máscara puesta, para reducir las...
LUNES, 27 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Los confinamientos mantienen a las personas en sus casas unas semanas, pero pierden su atractivo tras unos pocos meses, afirma un nuevo estudio, que se publica mientras muchos países sopesan volver a ...
MARTES, 28 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La forma precisa en que el SARS-CoV-2 evade al sistema inmunitario humano ha sido un misterio para los científicos durante casi dos años, pero ahora han descubierto una pista importante.Resulta que e...
TUESDAY, Dec. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Child hospitalizations for COVID-19 jumped 30% this past week as the Omicron variant spread like wildfire throughout the United States.By Dec. 28, the country had an average of 260 pediatric COVID-19 hospital...
TUESDAY, Dec. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Ask a teacher whether school uniforms make a difference in their classrooms, and many are sure of it.They insist those crisp shirts and ties and those modest plaid skirts help kids focus on their classwork, l...
TUESDAY, Dec. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday that the recommended isolation time for people with COVID-19 is now reduced from 10 to five days for those who are asymptomatic. The agency...
TUESDAY, Dec. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) – People who test positive for COVID-19 or who are exposed to the virus but have no symptoms will no longer have to isolate or quarantine for as long a time period, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preve...