SUNDAY, Nov. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- When children have colds, parents may want to hold off on using cough and cold medicines, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration suggests.Most children get better on their own, and cough or cold medicines won't ...
SATURDAY, Nov. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Setting your clocks back an hour this Sunday also means it's time to replace the batteries in your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) says. Working...
Here is what the editors at Physician's Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of Nov. 1 to 5, 2021. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal studies and other trusted sourc...
FRIDAY, Nov. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Pfizer Inc. announced Friday that its experimental COVID-19 pill slashed the risk of hospitalization and death by 89 percent in infected high-risk people.The five-day treatment, when given within three days of ...
FRIDAY, Nov. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The number of new COVID-19 vaccinations in the United States rose for eight straight days in late October, the longest period of increases since early August, government data show.The latest figures from the U....
JUEVES, 4 de noviembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Todos los adultos de EE. UU. menores de 60 años se deben vacunar contra la hepatitis B, recomendó el miércoles el Comité Asesor de Prácticas de Inmunización. Hasta ahora, se recomendaban las vacunas s...
JUEVES, 4 de noviembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- El descubrimiento de que hasta un 80 por ciento de los venados de cola blanca de Iowa podrían estar infectados con la COVID-19 preocupa a los científicos de que los animales pudieran convertirse en un...
JUEVES, 4 de noviembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Un creciente número de adultos estadounidenses dicen que tienen una discapacidad física o mental, encuentra un nuevo estudio.De más de 400,000 adultos que respondieron a una encuesta de los Centros pa...
JUEVES, 4 de noviembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Mientras más pronto se vacunan las chicas contra el virus del papiloma humano (VPH), más bajo es su riesgo futuro de cáncer de cuello uterino, encuentra un estudio reciente.En comparación con las muje...
JUEVES, 4 de noviembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Una terapia genética experimental para mejorar la efectividad de la levodopa, un medicamento para el Parkinson, arrojó resultados promisorios en ratones, informan unos investigadores.A medida que la p...
JUEVES, 4 de noviembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- No toda la grasa corporal es igual.Y un nuevo estudio sugiere que las personas que tienen más de lo que se conoce como grasa marrón podrían tener un riesgo más bajo de problemas de salud relacionados ...
JUEVES, 4 de noviembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Una prueba de orina podría algún día determinar cuáles pacientes con un cáncer de próstata necesitan un tratamiento inmediato y cuáles no, informan unos investigadores británicos."El cáncer de próstat...
JUEVES, 4 de noviembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Las personas mayores que comen pescado un par de veces por semana podrían estarle haciendo un favor a sus cerebros.Una nueva investigación sugiere que el pescado, incluso en cantidades moderadas, ayud...
FRIDAY, Nov. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- At a veterinary clinic in the United Kingdom, the staff noticed a sudden and atypical increase in cats and dogs who were experiencing myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle.Was it a coincidence that t...
FRIDAY, Nov. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Bypass surgery is slightly better overall than stenting to open blocked arteries in people with severe coronary artery disease, new research shows.But decisions may still need to be made on a case-by-case basis...
FRIDAY, Nov. 5, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- A COVID-19 vaccine has finally arrived for children ages 5 to 11 – and with it, some important questions from parents.Many are wondering about safety, said Dr. Donna Curtis, a pediatric infecti...
FRIDAY, Nov. 5, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- In March 2020, just as work was beginning on Breaktime Café – an ambitiously planned restaurant to train and employ young people experiencing homelessness in Boston – the pandemic brought const...
FRIDAY, Nov. , 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Pfizer Inc. announced Friday that its experimental COVID-19 pill slashed the risk of hospitalization and death by 89% in infected high-risk people.The five-day treatment, when given within three days of infectio...
FRIDAY, Nov. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Most folks groan when the time comes to either "spring forward" or "fall back" an hour, with the waxing and waning of daylight saving time.But that one-hour time shift — which occurs at 2 a.m. Sunday — is more ...
FRIDAY, Nov. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Across the country, children ages 5 to 11 are lining up to get their first dose of Pfizer's newly approved COVID-19 pediatric vaccine.Most kids fear needles, but a few simple steps can help your young one get t...
New pill shows great promise in fighting COVID-19. An experimental pill reduced the risk of hospitalization and death by 89 percent in high-risk people infected with the coronavirus, Pfizer announced Friday. The results were so impressive that the co...
FRIDAY, Nov. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The risk of serious illness or death is lower among vaccinated people who get breakthrough COVID-19 infections than among unvaccinated people who get infected, two new studies confirm.An ongoing study of 780,00...
FRIDAY, Nov. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The number of new COVID-19 vaccinations in the United States rose for eight straight days in late October, the longest period of increases since early August, government data shows.The latest figures from the U...
FRIDAY, Nov. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- As clocks are turned back an hour this weekend and it gets dark earlier, many people will begin grappling with seasonal affective disorder (SAD).The disorder -- also known as winter or seasonal depression -- af...
FRIDAY, Nov. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Many young Americans with asthma aren't sufficiently prepared by their childhood care providers to transition to adult care, a small new study shows.It's important for youth with asthma to understand their asth...
FRIDAY, Nov. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Feeding eggs to infants could reduce their risk of egg allergy later on, new research suggests.For the study, researchers at the University at Buffalo in New York, analyzed U.S. government data from more than 2...
FRIDAY, Nov. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Why is it so easy for bilingual folks to switch back and forth from one language to another?Researchers have discovered that the brain uses a shared mechanism that makes using multiple languages completely natu...
THURSDAY, Nov. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- All U.S. adults younger than 60 years should be vaccinated against hepatitis B, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended Wednesday.Until now, the shots were recommended only for certain gr...