WEDNESDAY, Oct. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Private insurers paid out about $156.2 billion in 2018 for U.S. patients with the 15 most common cancers.Medication was the largest expense and drugs for breast, lung, lymphoma and colon cancers accounted f...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- New research provides further proof that helmets are essential for young users of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and dirt bikes.Wearing a helmet significantly reduces their risk of moderate or severe head inju...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- More kids swallowed small magnets and batteries in 2020 compared to previous years -- a worrisome surge that dovetailed with pandemic stay-at-home orders.An analysis of data from more than 100 U.S. hospital...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) – Committing to a bird is no small decision. And it's an even bigger commitment if you choose a bird like a parrot or parakeet that's brainy by nature.Smarter birds have more needs to stay healthy and happy in...
TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Free menstrual pads and tampons must be provided in restrooms at all California public schools and colleges starting in the 2022-2023 academic year.The bill, signed on Oct. 8 by Gov. Gavin Newsom, adds to a 2...
TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Climate change is the "single biggest health threat facing humanity," and governments must "act with urgency" to tackle the crisis, a World Health Organization special report warns.In advance of a United Nati...
TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Free menstrual pads and tampons must be provided in restrooms at all California public schools and colleges starting in the 2022-2023 academic year.The bill, signed on Oct. 8 by Gov. Gavin Newsom, adds to a 2...
TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Merck & Co. announced Monday that it had submitted an application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use approval of the first antiviral pill targeted to COVID-19.Experts say authorizati...
TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Most people shouldn't bother taking daily low-dose aspirin to reduce their risk of a first heart attack or stroke, the nation's leading panel of preventive medicine experts announced Tuesday.The U.S. Preventi...
TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- After knee replacement surgery, many patients experience a level of pain that has them reaching for prescription opioid painkillers. Now new research suggests that using acupuncture during the operation may h...
TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Just over a decade ago, the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) made many common cancer screenings free. But a pair of new studies caution that when those free tests turn up signs of troubl...
VIERNES, 8 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- El abuso físico de los niños en edad escolar se triplicó durante los primeros mees de la pandemia, cuando se implementaron unas órdenes generalizadas de confinamiento en casa, encuentra un nuevo estudi...
Los CDC aconsejan vacunarse contra la gripe, pero según una encuesta, la mitad de EE. UU. no lo hará
VIERNES, 8 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Una encuesta reciente que muestra que es poco probable que casi la mitad de los adultos de EE. UU. se vacunen contra la gripe esta temporada ha dado lugar a que las autoridades de salud federales inste...
VIERNES, 8 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- En algún momento se pensó que el uso de estimulantes entre los estudiantes universitarios era un problema de los estudiantes sobresalientes que buscaban energía y concentración para estudiar.Pero no es...
VIERNES, 8 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Los años de exposición a la contaminación del aire y el ruido del tráfico podrían hacerlo más vulnerable a la insuficiencia cardiaca, advierte un estudio reciente."Encontramos que la exposición a largo...
VIERNES, 8 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Una buena higiene dental podría ser un arma contra la COVID-19 grave: un nuevo estudio muestra que cuidar los dientes y encías podría reducir el riesgo de una infección grave, sobre todo si tiene una e...
VIERNES, 8 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- El distanciamiento social y las órdenes de obligatoriedad de las máscaras durante la pandemia casi eliminaron los casos de gripe y del virus sincitial respiratorio (VSR) entre los niños, encuentra un e...
VIERNES, 8 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Las quemaduras accidentales entre los niños de EE. UU. aumentaron en un tercio durante los primeros meses de la pandemia de COVID-19, según un nuevo estudio."La COVID-19 y las órdenes de confinamiento ...
JUEVES, 7 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Dos estudios recientes confirman que la inmunidad ofrecida por dos dosis de la vacuna contra el coronavirus de Pfizer se reduce tras unos dos meses, aunque la protección contra la enfermedad grave, la h...
TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who undergo surgery for certain types of cancer may have better short-term survival if they receive a particular anti-nausea drug, a preliminary study suggests.Among more than 74,000 patients who had...
TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- A medical school lecture taught Dr. Samuel Kung a vital lesson: He needed to see a cardiologist.As a toddler, Kung had Kawasaki disease, an illness of unknown cause that tends to strike young...
TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- The pandemic has highlighted societal inequities that leave historically disenfranchised communities more at risk for COVID-19 exposure. But recent studies suggest the disparities more severe...
TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- The pandemic has highlighted societal inequities that leave historically disenfranchised communities more at risk for COVID-19 exposure. But recent studies suggest the disparities more severe...
TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Merck & Co. announced Monday that it had submitted an application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use approval of the first antiviral pill targeted to COVID-19.Experts say authorizati...
TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Climate change is the "single biggest health threat facing humanity," and governments must "act with urgency" to tackle the crisis, a World Health Organization (WHO) special report warns.In advance of a Unite...
Six in 10 Americans will skip or delay a flu shot this year. Experts are warning that Americans' resistance to influenza may be waning because the disease was a no-show last season. That's why it's troubling that 60% of respondents in a new poll said...
TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Golf carts aren't just for golfing anymore: They also abound in retirement communities, on farms, and at sporting and other events. But the downside of that newfound popularity may be that an increasing numbe...
TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- It's okay for American children to go trick-or-treating this Halloween, Dr. Anthony Fauci says.During an appearance on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday, the nation's leading infectious disease expert said t...