TUESDAY, Oct. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Cataracts, a common eye disorder that often comes with age, may also be linked to a heightened risk of death from heart disease, new research shows.Experts stressed that the finding doesn't mean that cataract...
TUESDAY, Oct. 26, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- On the first crisp day of fall, Melanie Falcon went for a run in Allentown, Pennsylvania.She returned home feeling more worn out than usual. In the days that followed, Falcon – a TV news anch...
TUESDAY, Oct. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- American cancer patients spent more than $21 billion on their care in 2019, a new report shows. That $21.09 billion included out-of-pocket costs of $16.22 billion and patient time costs of $4.87 billion. Pati...
TUESDAY, Oct. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Teenagers have followed the vaping trend into marijuana use, with recent studies chronicling a boom in pot vaping among adolescents in the United States and Canada, researchers report.The percentage of teens ...
TUESDAY, Oct. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a mainstay of depression treatment, but a new study warns that taking common painkillers alongside SSRIs may raise the chances for in...
TUESDAY, Oct. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The Biden administration on Monday released the specifics of its plan to allow the return of foreign travelers to the United States.While adult visitors will have to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and w...
TUESDAY, Oct. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The Biden Administration on Monday announced a $70 million program to help the makers of rapid at-home COVID-19 tests get U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval more quickly, in a move meant to boost avai...
TUESDAY, Oct. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Citterio Premium Italian-Style Salame Sticks, sold primarily at Trader Joe's, have been linked to a salmonella outbreak with 20 reported cases in eight states, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevent...
Combo of common antidepressants and painkillers could raise bleeding risk. Two widely used medications -- SSRI antidepressants (such as Paxil or Zoloft) and over-the-counter painkillers like Advil or Aleve -- appear to raise the odds for dangerous bl...
TUESDAY, Oct. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- As basketball fans crammed into stadiums, U.S. counties with universities that hosted "March Madness" games saw a jump in COVID-19 cases earlier this year, new research shows. "Counties that are home to univ...
MONDAY, Oct. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Moderna announced Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine safely triggers a strong immune response in children aged 6 to 11 years.Company data show that a month after receiving both doses of the vaccine, children's a...
MONDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Walmart has recalled an aromatic room spray sold nationwide after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified the presence of a "rare and dangerous" bacteria in the spray that is linked to four il...
VIERNES, 22 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Una dosis más baja de la vacuna contra el coronavirus de Pfizer tiene una efectividad de un 90.7 por ciento para la prevención de la COVID-19 sintomática en los niños de 5 a 11 años, según nuevos dato...
VIERNES, 22 de octubre 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La violencia con armas de fuego se disparó en más de un 30 por ciento en Estados Unidos durante el primer año de la pandemia de COVID-19.Casi 39,000 lesiones y muertes en todo el país implicaron armas de...
VIERNES, 22 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) de EE. UU. aprobaron el jueves las dosis de refuerzo de las vacunas contra el coronavirus de Moderna y de Johnson & Johnson para decen...
VIERNES, 22 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- En general, la enfermedad hepática se asocia con el alcoholismo o la hepatitis, pero la obesidad y la diabetes se están convirtiendo en una amenaza incluso mayor de una enfermedad hepática letal, reve...
VIERNES, 22 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Los investigadores podrían estar un paso más cerca de desarrollar el equivalente a un alcoholímetro para detectar el consumo de marihuana.En un estudio inicial, los científicos encontraron que su prue...
VIERNES, 22 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Un subtipo de la variante Delta está provocando un creciente número de infecciones en Reino Unido, y se está monitorizando de cerca en ese país y en otros países.Durante la semana del 27 de septiembre...
VIERNES, 22 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Apenas unas horas por semana de ejercicio moderado podrían reducir el riesgo de cáncer, sugiere un estudio reciente.Si los estadounidenses hicieran las cinco horas de actividad física de intensidad mo...
VIERNES, 22 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Es probable que haya oído que dormir mejor puede ser bueno para la cintura. Parece que también es cierto para los bebés.Los recién nacidos que duermen más y se despiertan menos durante la noche son me...
MONDAY, Oct. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Smokers who kick the habit before age 45 can nearly eliminate their excess risk of dying from lung or other cancers, a new study estimates.It's well-established that after smokers quit, their risk of tobacco-r...
MONDAY, Oct. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Moderna announced Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine safely triggers a strong immune response in children aged 6 to 11.Company data shows that a month after receiving both doses of the vaccine, children's antibo...
MONDAY, Oct. 25, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- When former President Bill Clinton was treated for sepsis earlier this month, it put a spotlight on a common illness not often discussed. But it's one that can endanger the heart.It is technic...
MONDAY, Oct. 25, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Nearly two years after earning a degree in information technology in 2016, Dwayne Levene was struggling to find a job and direction for his life.His outlook changed when the 28-year-old discov...
The annual meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery was held in Los Angeles from Oct. 3 to 6 and attracted approximately 5,000 participants from around the world, including otolaryngologists, medical experts, allied heal...
MONDAY, Oct. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In his work with patients who have pancreatic cancer, Dr. Srinivas Gaddam was bothered by something that he was seeing."There are some patients that you can't stop thinking about because they've left a mark on...
MONDAY, Oct. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- It's well-known that COVID-19 pandemic restrictions pretty much quashed the 2020-2021 flu season, with influenza cases falling to never-before-seen lows in the United States.So little flu circulated, in fact, ...
MONDAY, Oct. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Even months after beating COVID-19, many people still suffer memory lapses, difficulty concentrating and other symptoms of "brain fog," a new study shows.Researchers found that such symptoms were prevalent sev...