WEDNESDAY, Dec. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- "Medicare For All" gets tossed around a lot by advocates of universal health coverage, but a new study finds that today's Medicare is far from free for seniors and people with disabilities.Instead, a large ...
Omicron could trigger big surge in infections by January. A sevenfold spike in Omicron prevalence in just one week could portend a worst-case scenario where a huge wave of infections swamps U.S. hospitals as soon as next month, the CDC warns. Read mo...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The deadly tornadoes that devastated communities in multiple states this past weekend have destroyed many homes and left others without power.But if people turn to generators to manage in the aftermath, the...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- When it comes to fending off new viruses, baby has Mom and Dad beat.An infant's immune system is better than an adult's at combating new viruses, researchers say.Compared to adults, babies get a lot of vira...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Here's a social distancing strategy that really worked in the early days of the pandemic: New research shows that providing hotel rooms to homeless people at high risk for severe COVID-19 significantly low...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- When someone says "I need a drink," it's usually because they've had a rough day. Now, new research suggests that stress is more likely to trigger heavy drinking in women than in men."Some people can intend...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Is air pollution a bigger health threat to minorities?Apparently so, claims a new U.S. study that finds while air pollution levels have fallen in recent decades, people of color still have more exposure to...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 vaccination provides far less protection to people with multiple myeloma than to survivors of other types of cancer, new research shows.The findings highlight the need for multiple myeloma patients...
TUESDAY, Dec. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Pfizer Inc. announced Tuesday that a final analysis shows its experimental antiviral pill Paxlovid sharply reduced hospitalizations and deaths among COVID-19 patients at high risk for severe illness.The lates...
TUESDAY, Dec. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- As COVID-19 cases surge nationwide, only about half of fully vaccinated nursing home residents have received a vaccine booster dose, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.Research shows ...
TUESDAY, Dec. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Compared with previous coronavirus variants, omicron appears to cause less severe illness, but is more resistant to the Pfizer vaccine, researchers at South Africa's largest health insurer report.The team at ...
TUESDAY, Dec. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A statewide indoor mask mandate will be reintroduced in California on Wednesday and last one month, officials in America's largest state said Monday."To ensure that we collectively protect the health and well...
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LUNES, 13 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Un nuevo estudio confirma otra consecuencia de la pandemia en los niños y adolescentes: los trastornos de la alimentación, y las hospitalizaciones relacionadas, aumentaron de forma marcada en 2020.El ...
LUNES, 13 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- El número de muertes por la COVID-19 llegó a 800,000 el lunes en Estados Unidos, y un experto cree que es probable que llegue a 1 millón en algún momento en 2022.Las 800,156 muertes confirmadas en los...
LUNES, 13 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La capacidad de las vacunas de dos dosis contra la COVID-19 de proteger de la infección sintomática con la variante ómicron se queda bastante corta, pero una dosis de refuerzo provee una protección co...
LUNES, 13 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Para muchos estadounidenses, las grandes facturas médicas "sorpresivas" quizá todavía sean un problema.Según un estudio reciente, más de la mitad de los hospitales de EE. UU. no han cumplido las regul...
LUNES, 13 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- No siempre puede elegir quién le opera, sobre todo durante una emergencia, sin embargo, el sexo de su cirujano no debería importar, ¿no?Es posible que sí, según un estudio canadiense con 1.3 millones ...
LUNES, 13 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- El sonido de la voz de mamá puede consolar a un bebé irritable mejor que nada, pero ahora una investigación reciente sugiere que el aroma de su madre también calma al bebé.Estudios anteriores con anim...
LUNES, 13 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La COVID prolongada puede ser difícil de diagnosticar en los niños, pero hay varias cosas a las que se debe estar atento."Muchos niños no presentan ningún síntoma cuando sufren una infección con la CO...
MARTES, 14 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- California volverá a introducir el miércoles una orden de obligatoriedad de las máscaras en interiores en todo el estado, que durará un mes, señalaron el lunes las autoridades del mayor estado de EE....
TUESDAY, Dec. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Synthetic forms of the potentially lethal opioid fentanyl are flooding the illicit drug market, leaving a soaring number of fatal overdoses in their wake, a new U.S. report finds.The latest data from the U.S....
MONDAY, Aug. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with advanced prostate cancer receiving ongoing androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), positron emission tomography (PET) with prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) has a high detection rate, according to a study published online June 29 in the Annals of Nuclear Medicine.Saskia Fassbind, from the
TUESDAY, Dec. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- People with depression symptoms might find some help from online programs or smartphone apps — but the human component remains key, a new research review suggests.Not everyone with depression can readily get ...
TUESDAY, Dec. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- "I been on a low; I been taking my time; I feel like I'm out of my mind; I feel like my life ain't mine; who can relate?"New research suggests many Americans did relate to the opening lyrics of "1-800-273-825...