FRIDAY, Dec. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women who use hair dyes or straighteners may have relatively lower levels of pregnancy-supporting hormones, a recent study suggests.Researchers found that among more than 1,000 pregnant women they fol...
FRIDAY, Dec. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Breakthrough infections in people who've been vaccinated against COVID-19 may trigger "super immunity" against coronavirus variants, including Omicron, according to a new study."The key is to get vaccinated. Y...
FRIDAY, Dec. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In an effort to further lower lead levels in drinking water, the Biden administration on Thursday announced $2.9 billion in infrastructure bill funds for lead pipe removal and tighter lead limits.The new, toug...
FRIDAY, Dec. 17, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Zip up your coat or you'll catch a cold!Most people have probably heard some variation of that parental plea while growing up, or even directed such advice to their own children. It's a sensib...
VIERNES, 17 de diciembre de 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- ¡Abróchate bien o te dará un resfriado!Es muy probable que casi todos hayamos escuchado alguna variación de ese ruego paterno durante la niñez, o que incluso hayamos dirigido ese co...
FRIDAY, Dec. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- By this time, roughly 21 months into the pandemic, everyone should have masks and know how to wear them.Yet, go into a grocery store, a church or a holiday event where masks are required and you're likely to s...
FRIDAY, Dec. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- This season's flu vaccine may do little to prevent infection with the main circulating virus strain because the strain has changed since the vaccine was developed, a new study suggests.However, the vaccine is...
FRIDAY, Dec. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Access to abortion pills by mail was made permanent by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday.Patients will be able to have a telemedicine appointment with a provider who can prescribe the pills and...
Masking up again? Here's what works best. New research finds that when it comes to keeping the COVID-19 virus to yourself, a tight fit matters. So, too, do the materials used, experts say. Read moreU.S. lifts restrictions on receiving abortion pill by...
FRIDAY, Dec. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Recovery from heart surgery can bring some pain. But a new study suggests patients don't need potentially addictive prescription opioids to control that post-op discomfort."This study shows that discharge wit...
FRIDAY, Dec. 17 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A new study confirms what many older women already know: Bladder problems in women worsen with age.The researchers found that postmenopausal women between 45 and 54 years of age are more likely to have overacti...
FRIDAY, Dec. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Mask mandates work, according to a large international study that linked the laws with a reduction in COVID-19 deaths.The study included 44 countries with a combined population of nearly 1 billion. Over time, ...
THURSDAY, Dec. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Along with being contaminated, there was also a basic design flaw in COVID-19 testing kits created by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention early in the pandemic, a new agency review shows.It w...
THURSDAY, Dec. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Following continued reports of a rare but life-threatening clotting condition linked to the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, a federal advisory panel on Thursday recommended that the Pfizer and Moderna sh...
THURSDAY, Dec. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly 98 percent of the U.S. Army active-duty force had received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose as of Wednesday's deadline for mandatory vaccination, officials said Thursday. However, more than 3,800 so...
THURSDAY, Dec. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Following continued reports of a rare but life-threatening clotting condition linked to the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, a federal advisory panel on Thursday recommended that the Pfizer and Moderna...
MIÉRCOLES, 15 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Los niños con una epilepsia grave a veces toman múltiples medicamentos y siguen dietas especiales, pero de cualquier forma sufren convulsiones. Ahora, un nuevo estudio de tamaño reducido sugiere q...
Con la eliminación de ciertos aceites, la margarina ahora quizá sea más saludable que la mantequilla
MIÉRCOLES, 15 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La margarina ha tenido una mala reputación durante años, pero una prohibición de los aceites parcialmente hidrogenados en EE. UU. quizá la haya convertido en una opción más saludable que la manteq...
MIÉRCOLES, 15 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La variante ómicron se está propagando con rapidez en Estados Unidos, y podría desencadenar una inmensa ola de infecciones de COVID incluso ya en enero, señalaron el martes las autoridades de salu...
MIÉRCOLES, 15 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- "Medicare para todos" es una frase muy utilizada por los defensores de una cobertura de salud universal, pero un nuevo estudio encuentra que el Medicare de hoy en día dista mucho de ser gratis par...
MIÉRCOLES, 15 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Una estrategia de distanciamiento social de verdad funcionó en los primeros días de la pandemia: una nueva investigación muestra que proveer habitaciones de hotel a las personas sin hogar con un ...
MIÉRCOLES, 15 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Cuando alguien dice "necesito una copa", con frecuencia es porque ha tenido un día difícil. Una investigación reciente sugiere ahora que es más probable que el estrés desencadene un consumo excesi...
MIÉRCOLES, 15 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La vacunación contra la COVID-19 provee mucha menos protección a las personas con mieloma múltiple que a los sobrevivientes de otros tipos de cáncer, muestra una investigación reciente.Los hallazg...
JUEVES, 16 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Afrontar el aislamiento, el miedo y la tristeza de la pandemia quizá haya sido un poco más fácil si tuvo a su lado a un perro confiado y cariñoso.Francois Martin, un investigador que estudia los vínc...
THURSDAY, Dec. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly 98% of the U.S. Army's active duty force had received at least one coronavirus vaccine dose as of Wednesday's deadline for mandatory vaccination, officials said Thursday.However, more than 3,800 soldi...
THURSDAY, Dec. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- It's a phenomenon first identified in India earlier this year: Patients who have or are recovering from COVID-19 who then contract a sometimes deadly fungal infection known as mucormycosis -- also known as "...