THURSDAY, Dec.2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For those who think vaping is safer than smoking, think again.A new study warns that vaping triggers the same gene regulation changes that smoking does, so it may raise the risk of cancer and other serious di...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A settlement that gives protections to Sackler family members who own Purdue Pharma should be rejected, a group of states told a federal judge on Tuesday.The settlement was reached in thousands of lawsuits a...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The first confirmed U.S. case of the omicron variant has been reported in California, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday. The patient was a traveler, apparently from the ...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The first U.S. overdose prevention centers have opened in New York City in the Manhattan neighborhoods of East Harlem and Washington Heights.People will be able to bring their drugs and use them under the su...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- As the world struggles with ways to stem the spread of the new omicron variant, the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday that international travelers to the United States will soo...
MARTES, 30 de noviembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Los estadounidenses que están vacunados y se han puesto las dosis de refuerzo contra la COVID-19 deberían contar con suficiente protección de anticuerpos para prevenir una enfermedad grave si se infe...
MARTES, 30 de noviembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Una afección que con frecuencia resulta debilitante, conocida como síndrome de fatiga crónica, parece ser común entre las personas con COVID prolongada.Esta es la conclusión clave de una nueva observ...
MARTES, 30 de noviembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Un panel asesor de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE. UU. sopesará tanto la seguridad como la potencia de la nueva pastilla antiviral de Merck para la prevención de una COVID-...
MARTES, 30 de noviembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- El primer grupo de chicas que recibieron la vacuna contra el VPH tienen muchas menos probabilidades de desarrollar o fallecer de un cáncer de cuello uterino que las mujeres que tienen apenas unos año...
MARTES, 30 de noviembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Los amantes del café saben que una caliente taza de la bebida les ofrece energía y claridad mental cada mañana, pero una nueva investigación sugiere que también podría proteger de la enfermedad de Al...
MARTES, 30 de noviembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Los anticoagulantes más antiguos, en especial los que se toman en combinación con una dosis baja diaria de aspirina, se asocian con un riesgo más alto de hemorragia cerebral y muerte después del alta...
MARTES, 30 de noviembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals declaró el martes que su coctel de anticuerpos, que se utiliza comúnmente para tratar a los pacientes con COVID-19, quizá sea menos efectivo contra la variante ómicron.La co...
MIÉRCOLES, 1 de diciembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Mientras el mundo se esfuerza por encontrar formas de frenar la propagación de la nueva variante ómicron, los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) de EE. UU. anunciaron el ...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The first confirmed U.S. case of the Omicron variant has been reported in California, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday.The patient was a traveler, apparently from the S...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- With HIV a continuing threat to women's health, the World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the first long-acting device to protect women from sexually transmitted HIV.The device is a vaginal ring made ...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Vaping can be tough on the lungs, but new research warns of another possible danger to men: It may more than double the risk for erectile dysfunction.After tracking erectile dysfunction (ED) risk among nearl...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Parents who want to read to their toddlers and give them a developmental boost ought to pick up a traditional paper book rather than an e-book on a tablet, a new study reports.Toddlers are more likely to int...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Blows to the head are common among America's kids, with close to 7% showing signs of a brain injury at some time in childhood, U.S. health officials report.Sports, falls and abuse are likely causes, experts...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Some progress has been made in the U.S. fight against HIV, with new infections falling among white gay and bisexual men over the past decade. But their Black and Hispanic counterparts did not see that advanc...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Asthma is a tough disease for kids and their parents to manage well, but not keeping it under control may make these children up to six times more likely to wind up in the hospital with severe COVID-19, new ...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Hispanic people hospitalized for peripheral artery disease may be more likely to undergo amputations than their white peers who are not Hispanic, according to new research that points to the...
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MIÉRCOLES, 1 de diciembre de 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Los hispanos hospitalizados por enfermedad arterial periférica pueden tener más probabilidades de sufrir amputaciones que sus contrapartes blancas no hispanos, según una nueva inve...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- As the world struggles with ways to stem the spread of the new Omicron variant, the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday that international travelers to the United States will soo...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- If you've had a heart attack or stroke, you might want to avoid ultra-processed foods, new research suggests. The study found that a high intake of such foods significantly increases the risk of another hea...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The United States' first overdose prevention centers have opened in New York City in the Manhattan neighborhoods of East Harlem and Washington Heights.People will be able to bring their drugs and use them un...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A settlement that gives protections to Sackler family members who own Purdue Pharma should be rejected, a group of states told a federal judge on Tuesday.The settlement was reached in thousands of lawsuits a...
Tighter rules on COVID tests for foreign travelers. Trying to keep the Omicron variant out of the United States, the CDC plans to shrink the window necessary for a pre-flight negative COVID test from 72 to 24 hours prior to departure. The quick turnar...