WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The Biden administration said Wednesday that it plans to purchase $1 billion worth of rapid, at-home COVID-19 tests and take other actions to quadruple the number of tests available to Americans by December....
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The first vaccine to protect against malaria has been endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and could prevent the deaths of tens of thousands of children a year. Malaria kills about half a million ...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Almost 200,000 Ellume COVID-19 home testing kits have been recalled because they may be more likely to give a false-positive result.The problem with the rapid antigen tests was identified in mid-September an...
MARTES, 5 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Los afroamericanos se han visto duramente afectados de forma constante por los factores de riesgo de la enfermedad cardiaca en los últimos 20 años... y problemas sociales como el desempleo y unos ingres...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The Biden administration said Wednesday that it plans to purchase $1 billion worth of rapid, at-home coronavirus tests and take other actions to quadruple the number of tests available to Americans by Decemb...
MARTES, 5 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Se ha probado que las estatinas reducen el colesterol, pero también podrían conllevar una desventaja para los pacientes con diabetes. Un estudio reciente encuentra que podrían empeorar la enfermedad del...
MARTES, 5 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La presión de la pandemia podría haber alterado de forma dramática el lugar de trabajo estadounidense, y ahora, una nueva encuesta muestra que muchas personas que han tenido dificultades por unos salari...
MARTES, 5 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Los aeropatines (hoverboards), los patinetes eléctricos y las bicicletas eléctricas son el transporte preferido por un creciente número de estadounidenses, pero conducen a demasiados directo a la sala d...
MARTES, 5 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Casi la mitad de los estadounidenses tienen hipertensión, y apenas un 24 por ciento la tienen bajo control. Pero, ¿cuál es la mejor forma de tratarla, con una pastilla a una dosis alta, o con dos a una ...
MARTES, 5 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La vacunación completa con la vacuna contra la COVID-19 de dos dosis de Pfizer ha tenido una efectividad de un 90 por ciento para proteger contra la hospitalización durante al menos seis meses, muestra ...
MARTES, 5 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La información falsa y la desconfianza en la medicina son importantes factores de la renuencia a vacunarse de los hispanos de EE. UU., muestra una nueva investigación.Los investigadores también encontra...
MARTES, 5 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La pandemia de coronavirus en curso ha afectado mucho a los grupos minoritarios en Estados Unidos, con un número significativamente mayor de muertes entre los estadounidenses negros y de origen hispano,...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The first vaccine to protect against malaria has been endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and could prevent the deaths of tens of thousands of children a year.Malaria kills about half a million p...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The key to eternal youth may lie in our guts.Advancing age seems to change the makeup of the microbiome in the small intestine, and in the future, it may be possible to tweak this bacterial milieu and boost ...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Since the rise of the Delta variant, one Texas hospital has seen a surge in severe COVID-19 among pregnant women — nearly all unvaccinated.Researchers at the Dallas hospital found that in late August and ear...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Iron is vital to health, and too little in your diet might lead to heart disease, European researchers report.They said about 1 in 10 new cases of heart disease in middle-aged people might be prevented if th...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Living with a mental health disorder isn't easy. It can carry the weight of stigma, making you feel different. For people who face racial and ethnic discrimination, experts say the added "ot...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The rate at which homicide is taking the lives of Americans jumped by 30% over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic — the largest year-to-year increase ever, new federal government figures show.The rate j...
U.S. murder rate jumped a record 30% during pandemic. New CDC statistics show that the rate at which Americans lost their lives to homicide rose by almost a third during the first year of the pandemic -- the biggest one-year increase ever. Read moreT...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Almost 200,000 Ellume COVID-19 home testing kits have been recalled because they may be more likely to give a false positive result.The problem with the rapid antigen tests was identified in mid-September an...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The rings of stately pines on the coasts of North and South Carolina offer telling long-term evidence of climate change and a chilling forecast for the future.The upshot: The last 300 years have gotten wette...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Happy young adults may be somewhat protected from dementia, but the reverse may be true, too: If you're a depressed young adult, your odds for dementia rise, a new study suggests. "Generally, we found that t...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Drug and alcohol abuse increase the risk of breakthrough COVID-19 infection as well as severe illness and death among fully vaccinated people, a new study shows."First and foremost, vaccination is highly eff...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- If you often have a stomachache after eating, you're not alone, a new survey finds. One in 10 people experience frequent meal-related pain.This includes 13% of women and 9% of men, and is most common in 18- ...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- While mammograms have reduced deaths by detecting breast cancers when they're small and easier to treat, it's less effective for women with dense breasts.However, a new study finds that supplemental MRI scre...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Child abuse and neglect can do significant and long-lasting damage, according to a six-decade review of British data.The analysis of records dating to the late 1950s found that children who experienced physi...
