FRIDAY, Oct. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Accidental burns among U.S. children rose by one-third during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study."COVID-19 and stay-at-home orders inevitably created a new dynamic between chil...
FRIDAY, Oct. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Good dental hygiene may well be a weapon against severe COVID-19: A new study shows that taking care of your teeth and gums may lower your risk of serious infection, especially if you have heart disease.Previou...
FRIDAY, Oct. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Social distancing and mask mandates during the pandemic nearly eliminated cases of the flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) among children, a new study finds."Numbers don't lie. Face masking, and proper hy...
THURSDAY, Oct. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- One of the strictest COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the United States has been approved in Los Angeles.The city council on Wednesday voted 11 to 2 in favor of a measure that requires proof of full vaccination f...
THURSDAY, Oct. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Pfizer announced Thursday that it has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency approval for its COVID-19 vaccine to be given to children between the ages of 5 and 11 years. The agency has sch...
MARTES, 5 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Incluso en tiempos normales, hacer ejercicio con regularidad y pasar menos tiempo frente a las pantallas puede ser bueno para los niños. Entonces, no debería resultar sorprendente que los investigadores...
MIÉRCOLES, 6 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) dio su respaldo a la primera vacuna para proteger contra la malaria, que podría prevenir las muertes de decenas de miles de niños al año.La malaria acaba con...
MIÉRCOLES, 6 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Desde la aparición de la variante Delta, un hospital de Texas ha experimentado un aumento en la COVID-19 grave entre las mujeres embarazadas, casi todas sin vacunar.Los investigadores del hospital de...
MIÉRCOLES, 6 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- El hierro es vital para la salud, y una deficiencia en la dieta podría conducir a la enfermedad cardiaca, informan unos investigadores europeos.Dijeron que alrededor de 1 de cada 10 casos de enfermed...
MIÉRCOLES, 6 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La tasa de homicidios que acaban con las vidas de los estadounidenses aumentó en un 30 por ciento en el primer año de la pandemia de COVID-19, el aumento de un año a otro más grande que jamás se ha v...
MIÉRCOLES, 6 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Casi 200,000 kits de pruebas para la COVID-19 a domicilio de Ellume se han retirado debido a que es probable que arrojen un resultado falto positivo.El problema de las pruebas rápidas de antígenos se...
MIÉRCOLES, 6 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Los anillos de los majestuosos pinos de las costas de Carolina del Norte y del Sur ofrecen unas esclarecedoras evidencias a largo plazo del cambio climático, y un escalofriante pronóstico para el fut...
MIÉRCOLES, 6 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- El uso de las drogas y del alcohol aumenta el riesgo de una infección postvacunación con la COVID-19, además de enfermedades graves y muerte entre las personas vacunadas del todo, muestra un estudio ...
THURSDAY, Oct. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A pair of special headphones plus a free app might help kids with hearing difficulty due to "glue ear," a new, small study suggests.Glue ear is slang for a condition called otitis media with effusion (OME), w...
THURSDAY, Oct. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Parents frazzled by their little ones' finicky food choices often sigh in exasperation, thinking: "They'll grow out of it by college."Maybe not, suggests a new study from Bowling Green State University in Ohi...
THURSDAY, Oct. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Pfizer Inc. announced Thursday that it has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency approval for its coronavirus vaccine to be given to children between the ages of 5 and 11."We're committed ...
THURSDAY, Oct. 7, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Heart surgery can be tough. It can be stressful. And while it can lead families on a path they might not have chosen, sometimes that path guides them smack dab into a purpose.That's what happ...
JUEVES, 7 de octubre de 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- La cirugía cardíaca puede ser dura, además de estresante. Sin embargo, si bien puede llevar a las familias por un camino que quizá no hayan elegido, a veces esa trayectoria las guía dir...
THURSDAY, Oct. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- It is an excruciating statistic: One in every four COVID-19 deaths in the United States leaves a child without a parent or other caregiver, researchers report.The analysis of data shows that from April 2020 ...
THURSDAY, Oct. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Life is challenging enough for teens and pre-teens with food allergies. But bullying often comes with the territory, making their situation worse.In a new study of more than 100 kids with food allergies, nea...
THURSDAY, Oct. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- One of the strictest coronavirus vaccine mandates in the United States has been approved in Los Angeles.The city council on Wednesday voted 11-2 in favor of a measure that requires proof of full vaccination f...
THURSDAY, Oct. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists in Japan have discovered yet another tick-borne virus that can make people sick.The Yezo virus is transmitted by tick bites, and triggers fever and a reduction in blood platelets and white blood ce...
THURSDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies confirm that the immunity offered by two doses of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine drops off after about two months, although protection against severe disease, hospitalization and death holds strong. T...
Over 140,000 U.S. children have lost a caregiver to COVID-19. New CDC data shows that between April 2020 and July 2021, 1 in 4 fatal cases of COVID-19 left a child without a parent or other caregiver. Overall, about 1 in 500 U.S. kids have been affe...
THURSDAY, Oct. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- You might think that wildfires in the western United States would only affect folks in places like Colorado, California or Oregon.But a new study estimates that three-quarters of smoke-related deaths and visi...
THURSDAY, Oct. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In yet another illustration of how the pandemic wreaked havoc on medical care, a new report shows that 15% of adult cancer patients worldwide didn't get potentially lifesaving surgery due to COVID-19 lockdown...
THURSDAY, Oct. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A shift in thinking means it's OK to skip your monthly breast self-exam — but don't miss your regular professional checkup and diagnostic imaging, health experts say.A periodic visual check in a mirror can be...
THURSDAY, Oct. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- If you intend to run, bike or put in a Zumba video after work, plan on doing it sooner rather than later. A workout that ends a couple of hours before bedtime should help you fall asleep, while one that's clo...