THURSDAY, Dec. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A condition called "diabetic retinopathy" often threatens the vision of adults with diabetes, but new research suggests that kids with type 2 diabetes may be particularly vulnerable to the vision-robbing comp...
THURSDAY, Dec. 9, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Bob Parker was waiting for a parking spot at his neighborhood coffee shop when he suddenly saw a flash. His foot slipped off the break and he crashed into a pole. The café window shattered.In...
FRIDAY, Dec. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Shortness of breath in people with "long COVID" might not just be about the lungs — it may indicate heart damage from the disease, new research suggests."The findings could help to explain why some patients wi...
200 million Americans now vaccinated against COVID-19. The United States reached the milestone Wednesday, but that news comes as infections spike yet again. Read moreShortness of breath in 'long COVID' may point to heart damage. One year after leaving...
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THURSDAY, Dec. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The United States reached a vaccine milestone Wednesday as health officials reported that 200 million Americans are now fully vaccinated. However, that news came as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are ...
THURSDAY, Dec. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The coronavirus appears to target both fat cells and certain immune cells within body fat, which may explain why overweight and obese people are more likely to develop severe COVID-19, researchers report.When...
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THURSDAY, Dec. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- New research on hysterectomies among women who don’t have cancer determined there is an age at which it is safer to also remove the ovaries and fallopian tubes and an age at which it isn't.Canadian scientists...
THURSDAY, Dec. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The smoke from wildfires is dangerous for your lungs, but tiny particles from the smoke can also enter your brain and cause lifelong neurological issues, a new animal study suggests.Once that happens, the par...
THURSDAY, Dec. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Regular physical activity has all sorts of benefits, and now researchers say it may help ward off serious pneumonia.Until now, it wasn't clear how exercise affected the risk of pneumonia, an infection of the ...
THURSDAY, Dec. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Public health experts have long recommended getting a seasonal flu shot, but a new study suggests there's hesitancy about that vaccine, too. Physicians and pharmacists can play a key role in flu shot uptake,...
THURSDAY, Dec. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Dirty air could cancel out some of the brain benefits of exercise, a new study suggests."Physical activity is associated with improved markers of brain health in areas with lower air pollution," said study au...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The pandemic has intensified mental health struggles that were already widespread among American teens, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D., warned Tuesday.The pandemic and other major issues faced by th...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Booster doses of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine set recipients up to effectively withstand the ravages of both the Delta and Omicron variants, a group of new studies suggest.Boosted folks are 90% less likely t...
MARTES, 7 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Aunque viven en uno de los países más ricos del mundo, un creciente número de estadounidenses jóvenes carecen de un seguro de salud amplio.Un nuevo estudio reporta que un 34 por ciento de los niños de...
MARTES, 7 de noviembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Una pastilla experimental de terapia hormonal puede frenar con efectividad la progresión del cáncer de mama, incluso en las pacientes mayores cuyos tumores han mutado para hacer que este tipo de terap...
MARTES, 7 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Muchas personas recurren a la marihuana para que las ayude a relajarse y dormir bien de noche, pero una investigación reciente indica que la práctica podría resultar en justo lo contrario."Pienso que ...
MARTES, 7 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Ahora es mucho más fácil administrar el mejor tratamiento disponible para la infección con la COVID-19 a las personas, lo que tiene el potencial de que se salven más vidas, afirma un estudio reciente....
MARTES, 7 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Los rasgos particulares de ciertas razas de perros (como las distintivas manchas de un dálmata o las patas rechonchas de un perro salchicha) a menudo se consiguen mediante la endogamia.Pero un estudio...
MARTES, 7 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Una investigación reciente encuentra que las tasas de mortalidad se redujeron en los estados que expandieron a Medicaid, una señal de que la expansión del programa de seguro de salud público de verdad...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- People who get cochlear implants to treat severe hearing loss may develop new bone growth in the ear — and it may lessen any hearing they have left, a new study hints.The researchers found that among 100-plu...
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 8, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down New York City in March 2020, Jose Montanez, like millions of others in the service industry, lost his source of income. A hair stylist who also ran karao...
MIÉRCOLES, 8 de diciembre de 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Cuando la pandemia de COVID-19 cerró la ciudad de Nueva York en marzo de 2020, José Montanez, al igual que millones de personas del sector de los servicios, perdió su fuente de ing...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- First, the COVID-19 pandemic brought panic, with successive waves of infection and death, including the emergence this year of the Delta variant. Then vaccines offered the promise of a recovery, with a speed...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Pfizer/BioNTech said Wednesday that while two doses of their coronavirus vaccine may not offer good protection against the Omicron variant, adding a booster shot does the trick.According to a statement from ...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Kids can be cruel, and bullies often zero in on kids they view as weak or different, including those with asthma.One in 10 children with asthma say they have been bullied or teased as a result of their condi...