FRIDAY, Nov. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday granted emergency use of both the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 booster shots for all adults, clearing the way to additional vaccine protection for tens of million...
FRIDAY, Nov. 19, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Improving your overall sleep health could help lower your risk for high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity and other cardiovascular threats, according to new research.Experts already knew a lac...
FRIDAY, Nov. 19, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Just before Mike Wigal was put under for arthroscopic knee surgery, the anesthesiologist stopped the procedure. He needed to check something he saw on a heart monitor.After the procedure, the ...
FRIDAY, Nov. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The COVID-19 pandemic, heart-healthy eating, and better ways to treat and prevent heart disease were among the hot topics that emerged during the American Heart Association's annual meeting this week."I was at...
FRIDAY, Nov. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The first known person with COVID-19 was a vendor in a large seafood market in Wuhan, China, claims an American scientist whose findings challenge the World Health Organization's conclusion that the first pati...
FRIDAY, Nov. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- There was no smallpox virus in frozen vials recently discovered at a vaccine research facility in Pennsylvania, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.Instead of the variola virus th...
Cardiologists' meeting brings new insights, advances. The COVID-19 pandemic, heart-healthy eating, and better ways to treat and prevent heart disease were among the hot topics that emerged during the American Heart Association's annual meeting this we...
THURSDAY, Nov. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) – People who live with chronic migraines suffer intense throbbing and pulsing, sensitivity to light and sound, nausea and vomiting. Could a plant-based diet, credited with a variety of positive health impacts, ...
FRIDAY, Nov. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- While climate change gets a lot of notice for its numerous negative impacts around the globe, children's allergies may not be among them. Despite climate change, with the longer growing seasons and larger poll...
FRIDAY, Nov. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A COVID-19 vaccine booster shot gives cancer patients -- especially those with blood cancer -- much-needed protection, new research reports."Our study demonstrates in clear terms how the booster shot can make ...
FRIDAY, Nov. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Guidelines for treating movement problems in people in the early stages of Parkinson's disease have been updated.The new treatment recommendations from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) focus on dopamine...
FRIDAY, Nov. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Low-dose aspirin neither reduces nor increases the risk of dementia in adults with type 2 diabetes, a new study finds."This is reassuring that an increase in the risk of dementia is unlikely for the millions o...
THURSDAY, Nov. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The first human clinical trial of a nasal vaccine to slow the progression of Alzheimer disease is set to begin after nearly 20 years of research.This is a "remarkable milestone," according to Howard Weiner, ...
THURSDAY, Nov. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Several frozen vials that were labeled "smallpox" have been discovered in a vaccine research facility in Pennsylvania, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. There is no indication that an...
THURSDAY, Nov. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Almost one in 10 eligible U.S. children ages 5 to 11 years have received a first shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine since it was approved for that age group two weeks ago, the White House said Wednesday.Of ...
THURSDAY, Nov. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Moderna asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday to allow emergency use of the company's COVID-19 vaccine booster for all adults aged 18 years and older.Currently, the booster is approved for...
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MIÉRCOLES, 17 de noviembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Los Centros para el Control de Enfermedades (CDC) de EE. UU. y el Departamento de Salud de Maryland están investigando un caso de viruela del mono (también viruela símica o de los simios) en un vi...
MIÉRCOLES, 17 de noviembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Claire Wiedmaier experimenta unas convulsiones epilépticas tan intensas que se ha roto dientes durante un ataque."Tengo algunos dientes falsos. Me rompí los dos dientes frontales inferiores", come...
MIÉRCOLES, 17 de noviembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- El primer ensayo humano de una vacuna nasal para ralentizar la progresión de la enfermedad de Alzheimer comenzará después de 20 años de investigación.Se trata de un "hito extraordinario", según el...
MIÉRCOLES, 17 de noviembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La administración de Biden planifica invertir miles de millones para asociarse con la industria, con el objetivo de ampliar la capacidad del país de producir vacunas contra el coronavirus, garanti...
MIÉRCOLES, 17 de noviembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Los adolescentes estadounidenses recurren cada vez más a Instagram, un gigante de los medios sociales, para compartir imágenes graficas de sus propios intentos de autolesionarse, revela un estudio...
MIÉRCOLES, 17 de noviembre de 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Más personas mayores acaban en las listas de espera para un trasplante de hígado que nunca antes, a medida que la obesidad y el alcoholismo superan a la hepatitis C como la causa principal de insu...
MIÉRCOLES, 17 de noviembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Casi uno de cada tres estadounidenses mayores planifica un viaje largo para el próximo año, y uno de cada cuatro planifica viajar durante la temporada de fiestas de fin de año, pero teniendo en cu...
MIÉRCOLES, 17 de noviembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Las abuelas tienen un fuerte vínculo con los niños pequeños de sus familias, y la conexión incluso aparece en los escáneres cerebrales, señalan unos investigadores.Los investigadores iniciaron un ...
THURSDAY, Nov. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Neurologists must make sure Alzheimer's patients and their families understand that the controversial drug aducanumab does not restore mental function, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) said in new pos...
THURSDAY, Nov. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Lyss Stern lost her sense of smell when she was diagnosed with COVID-19 in March 2020, and it still hasn't returned.Stern, 47, a New York City author and mother, has seen countless doctors and taken many typ...
THURSDAY, Nov. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Race-based gaps in health care and health outcomes persist in every region of the United States, a new state-by-state report card shows.Racial and ethnic disparities woven throughout America and its system o...