TUESDAY, Aug. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Mosquitoes can be a big pest, leaving behind itchy bumps on skin and potentially spreading serious diseases, such as West Nile virus.Sam Telford III is a professor of infectious disease and global health at C...
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Shift work is associated with an increased risk for depression and anxiety, according to a study published online Aug. 14 in JAMA Network Open.Minzhi Xu, Ph.D., from the Huazhong University of Science and Tech...
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Benzodiazepines and anxiety disorders are associated with dementia risk, but for patients with anxiety disorders, no additional risk is seen with benzodiazepine use, according to a study published online July ...
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Prepregnancy factors related to socioeconomic status and cardiovascular health are associated with racial differences in the rates of preterm birth (PTB), according to a research letter published online Aug. 6...
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned that consumers should not use certain pregnancy, ovulation, urine, urinary tract infection, and breast milk test kits over concerns that the tests may not be sa...
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The family of Henrietta Lacks has filed another in a series of planned lawsuits over the use of Lacks' cells without her knowledge or consent. Known as the HeLa cell line, it has changed modern medicine becaus...
VIERNES, 11 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- El jueves, la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE. UU. retiró una marca de helado de crema, tras vincularla con unos casos de listeria en Pensilvania y Nueva York. El producto, las c...
VIERNES, 11 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Dormir mal se cobra un precio, y recuperar el sueño el fin de semana no soluciona el problema, informan unos investigadores. Un nuevo estudio de tamaño reducido mostró que la frecuencia cardiaca y la p...
VIERNES, 11 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Una investigación que utilizó réplicas tridimensionales del cerebro en desarrollo, creadas en una placa de laboratorio, ofrecen nueva luz sobre el trastorno del espectro autista. Unos investigadores de...
VIERNES, 11 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- La obesidad infantil es preocupante por muchos motivos, entre ellos que la gravedad del trastorno del sueño conocido como apnea obstructiva del sueño (AOS) aumenta junto con los niveles de obesidad y l...
VIERNES, 11 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Se está aconsejando a padres y cuidadores que dejen de utilizar de inmediato las tumbonas (o hamacas) para bebés La-La-Me Infant Loungers, porque plantean un riesgo de asfixia y caídas para los bebés. ...
VIERNES, 11 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Un único circuito cerebral programado podría ser responsable del impulso sexual masculino, informa un nuevo estudio con ratones. En ratones de laboratorio, los investigadores identificaron una región d...
VIERNES, 11 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- El vínculo entre el fútbol americano profesional y el riesgo de una enfermedad neurodegenerativa llamada encefalopatía traumática crónica (ETC) es bien conocido, y ahora un nuevo estudio sugiere que el...
En medio de la escasez, el fabricante de Wegovy anuncia que las restricciones continuarán hasta 2024
VIERNES, 11 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Mientras la demanda del popularísimo medicamento para perder peso Wegovy continúa en aumento, el fabricante del fármaco, Novo Nordis, anunció el jueves que continuará con las restricciones de las dosis...
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A more personalized approach to exercise may be necessary, claims a new study that found fat burning varied widely between individuals. Even worse, this rate often does not align with the “fat-burning zone” on...
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Psilocybin, the active ingredient in "magic" mushrooms, is getting renewed interest as a potential treatment for various health conditions. Now, a new research review argues that migraines should be added to t...
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- People are more likely to recommend that a pregnant family member or friend get vaccinated to protect the infant from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) if they are shown information about the rigorous process ...
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Most obstetric and gynecology residency programs lack a dedicated menopause curriculum, according to a study published online Aug. 8 in Menopause.Jennifer T. Allen, M.D., from Augusta University in Georgia, an...
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Yoga and breathing control practices, in combination with aerobic training, may benefit people with asthma seeking to improve their lung function, according to a review published online Aug. 10 in the Annals o...
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Most adults initiating treatment with prescription opioids have relatively low and time-limited exposure to opioids during a five-year period, according to a study published online Aug. 10 in JAMA Network Open...
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Punishing heat is a fact of life inside America’s prisons without air conditioning, and it is taking a serious toll on prisoners' mental health. When the outside thermometer hits 90 degrees Fahrenheit or more,...
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A lower disability rate, better physical condition, and higher daily-living activity predict lower fatigue levels in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), according to a study published ...
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A fully automated deep learning pipeline can accurately measure sarcopenia in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), which is associated with disease outcomes, according to a study published online Aug...
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For Black women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), incident racial discrimination is associated with elevated C-reactive protein (CRP), according to a study published in the August issue of Brain, Behavi...
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Following gender-affirming mastectomy, decisional regret is low and satisfaction high, according to a study published online Aug. 9 in JAMA Surgery.Lauren Bruce, from the University of Michigan Medical School ...
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For people with severe alcohol use disorder, a new gene therapy trial could lead to an effective treatment that would involve chemically rebalancing the area of the brain associated with addiction. “With alcoh...
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For individuals with obesity, gastric bypass surgery is associated with an increased risk for nonalcohol substance use disorder (SUD), according to a study published online July 21 in Obesity.Per-Arne Svensson...
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Peanut oral immunotherapy (OIT) can induce desensitization to peanuts in children younger than 12 months of age, according to research published online July 13 in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology...
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- As cannabis use has become legal in many U.S. states for medical or recreational use, Americans' views on the drug may have gotten rosier.In fact, a new report finds that over 44% of adults now believe smoking...