THURSDAY, Oct. 21, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Hearing loss is a natural part of aging nobody likes to admit is happening. But happen it does – and ignoring it comes with a cost. It could put you at risk for another feared consequence of...
THURSDAY, Oct. 21, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- When Darlene Anita Scott started experiencing shortness of breath at age 41, her first worry was how it would affect her running.In her 20s, she was a frequent gym-goer who loved spin classe...
JUEVES, 21 de octubre de 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- La pérdida de la audición es una parte natural del envejecimiento que a nadie le gusta admitir. Pero sucede, y el hecho de ignorarla tiene un costo. Podría ponerlo en riesgo de sufrir ...
THURSDAY, Oct. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Though most U.S. dentists say non-opioid painkillers effectively manage dental pain, nearly half still prescribe potentially addictive opioid painkillers, a new survey reveals.In all, 84% of the 269 responde...
Imported onions behind salmonella outbreak in 37 states. The CDC has tracked down the source of a multi-state outbreak of potentially deadly salmonella: imported red, yellow and white onions from Mexico. So far, 652 people have been sickened across ...
THURSDAY, Oct. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Slings and other popular "baby-wearing" products have sent thousands of U.S. infants to the emergency room in the past decade, a new study finds.Researchers estimate that between 2011 and 2020, more than 14,...
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Onions from Mexico have been linked to a salmonella outbreak that's sickened 652 people in 37 states, federal health officials said Wednesday.So far, there have been 129 hospitalizations, but no deaths.Inve...
THURSDAY, Oct. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The United States has now donated 200 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to more than 100 countries and territories, making it the largest donor in the world.Those donations include more than 120 million surplus...
THURSDAY, Oct. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A new study may allay concerns that strenuous exercise could up the risk for developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), an incurable neurological disease.No evidence of rising ALS risk was seen among ad...
THURSDAY, Oct. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The Pfizer and AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines reduce the risk of death from the Delta variant by 90%, a new U.K. study finds. The Delta variant is now the dominant form of the coronavirus in the United St...
THURSDAY, Oct. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- When a pregnant woman is infected with COVID-19, the sex of the fetus may influence immune system activity, researchers say.The new study included 68 mothers-to-be. Thirty-eight developed COVID-19 during the...
THURSDAY, Oct. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. cancer patients in poor and rural areas are more likely to die by suicide than those in affluent, urban areas, a new study finds."People who have received a cancer diagnosis are faced with a number of c...
THURSDAY, Oct. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Nine of 10 patients with so-called "bubble boy" immune disease who received gene therapy about a decade ago are still disease-free, researchers report. The gene therapy was developed at the University of Cal...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of Americans who received the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccines will be eligible for booster shots in the near future -- and they'll be able choose any coronavirus vaccine for thei...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The White House on Wednesday unveiled a national plan to roll out COVID-19 vaccines for 5- to 11-year-olds that is designed to make getting shots as easy and comfortable as possible for both children and th...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Flu activity in the United States is 23 percent higher so far this season than in 2020, sales of flu medications at Walgreens suggest.The significant increase shown by the company's analysis of its own data...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A kidney grown in a genetically altered pig functioned normally after being attached to a human patient during a groundbreaking procedure performed by U.S. doctors. If the technique proves generally success...
Can a mammogram save my life?Mammograms -- X-ray pictures of the breasts -- are a valuable but imperfect tool for detecting breast cancer. The death rate from breast cancer has dropped dramatically in the last 20 or 30 years, but most of that progress...
How does depression affect cancer patients?For cancer patients, depression means much more than just a dark mood. The illness, which strikes about up to 25 percent of all cancer patients (compared with about 7 percent of the general public), can sap a...
MARTES, 19 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Los niños en edad preescolar con un trastorno de déficit de atención e hiperactividad (TDAH) raras veces reciben el tratamiento que es el estándar de excelencia, y que recomienda la Academia Americana ...
MARTES, 19 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Unos audífonos sin receta y asequibles podrían pronto brindar alivio a millones de estadounidenses que sufren de pérdida auditiva, según una histórica propuesta que anunció el martes la Administración ...
MARTES, 19 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE. UU. planifica anunciar el miércoles que las personas pueden combinar sus vacunas contra la COVID y las dosis de refuerzo, una medida que daría...
MARTES, 19 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Las personas que viven en partes marginadas de Estados Unidos tienen casi el doble de probabilidades de morir jóvenes por una enfermedad cardiaca, en comparación con las personas en los lugares más ric...
MARTES, 19 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Muchas médicas de familia de sexo femenino se enfrentan al acoso sexual, pero la mayoría siguen sintiéndose satisfechas con sus carreras, encuentra un estudio reciente.Los investigadores encuestaron a ...
MARTES, 19 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- China y Estados Unidos son superpotencias del consumo de sal. Los dos líderes mundiales se situaron en los niveles más altos de sal de los productos procesados de carne y pescado entre cinco países ana...
MARTES, 19 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Mientras ayudan a aliviar el reflujo, algunos antiácidos también podrían estar reduciendo la gravedad de la enfermedad de las encías, sugiere una investigación reciente.En el estudio, los investigadore...
MARTES, 19 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Los hombres todavía superan en número a las mujeres en los ensayos clínicos de tratamientos para el accidente cerebrovascular (ACV), lo que significa que las mujeres pueden acabar recibiendo tratamient...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Obese people have a tougher time fighting COVID-19, even if they have a milder form of the virus, a new study finds.Researchers looked at more than 500 patients who tested positive for COVID but didn't requ...