TUESDAY, Oct. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Medtronic has expanded a recall of its MiniMed 600 series insulin pumps to include more than 463,000 of the devices.The pumps may deliver incorrect dosing of insulin, and the recall has been identified by the ...
TUESDAY, Oct. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Johnson & Johnson announced Tuesday that it has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve emergency use of its COVID-19 booster shot.The request to authorize an extra vaccine dose for people who h...
The annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America was held virtually this year from Sept. 29 to Oct. 3 and attracted participants from around the world, including scientists, physicians, and other health care professionals. The conferen...
TUESDAY, Oct. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Francis Collins, M.D., the longest-serving director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, plans to step down from his leadership post by the end of the year, the institute is expected to announce on Tuesd...
LUNES, 4 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Desde el miedo a enfermar hasta el aislamiento por los confinamientos, la pandemia de la COVID-19 ha aumentado los niveles de estrés de forma notable, y este incremento condujo a cambios en el periodo me...
LUNES, 4 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Dos investigadores estadounidenses recibieron el premio Nobel de fisiología o medicina de este año por unos descubrimientos que podrían ayudar a aliviar el dolor crónico y el agudo.El premio se otorgó en...
LUNES, 4 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Imagine que se enfrenta a una depresión debilitante durante años, y que lo intenta todo, pero encuentra poco o nada de alivio.Eso es con lo que Sarah, que tiene 36 años, vivió la mayor parte de su adulte...
LUNES, 4 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Las personas recién infectadas con la COVID-19 quizá tengan pronto acceso a lo que es, en esencia, un Tamiflu contra el nuevo coronavirus, un avance que según los expertos alteraría de forma drástica el ...
LUNES, 4 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Johnson & Johnson planifica solicitar a la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE. UU. que apruebe el uso de emergencia de una dosis de refuerzo de su vacuna de una sola dosis contra la C...
LUNES, 4 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- En una emergencia de salud, los gigantes de los medios sociales, como Facebook, pueden ser tanto pantanos de información falsa como fuentes de respaldo social y orientación fiable, sugiere un nuevo estud...
LUNES, 4 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Estados Unidos ya ha sobrepasado las 700,000 muertes por el coronavirus, mientras la variante Delta, que es altamente contagiosa, sigue manteniendo al país asediado.EE. UU. sigue teniendo más muertes por...
LUNES, 4 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Ha habido un aumento significativo en las muertes relacionadas con la COVID-19 en los hogares de ancianos, a medida que la variante Delta, que es altamente contagiosa, se propaga por todo el país, muestr...
TUESDAY, Oct. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Medtronic has expanded a recall of its MiniMed 600 series insulin pumps to include more than 463,000 of the devices.The pumps may deliver incorrect dosing of insulin and the recall has been identified by the ...
TUESDAY, Oct. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Even in normal times, getting regular exercise and spending less time on screens can be good for kids. So it should come as no surprise that researchers discovered that kids who exercised more and used technol...
TUESDAY, Oct. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Black Americans have been persistently hard-hit with heart disease risk factors for the past 20 years — and social issues like unemployment and low income account for a good deal of it, a new study finds.Cardi...
TUESDAY, Oct. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Statins are proven to lower cholesterol, but they may also come with a downside for patients with diabetes: A new study finds they may make the blood sugar disease worse.Researchers found that among those taki...
TUESDAY, Oct. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The pressures of the pandemic have dramatically altered the American workplace, and now a new survey shows that many folks who have struggled with low salaries, long hours and lack of opportunity plan to chang...
TUESDAY, Oct. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Hoverboards, electric scooters and electric bikes are the transportation of choice for a growing number of Americans, but they're taking many straight to the emergency room.Injuries associated with these so-ca...
TUESDAY, Oct. 5, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Marla Sewall does it for the endorphins. "It makes me feel good," said the 52-year-old whose jogs help her maintain her physical and mental health.In addition to her regular outings near her h...
TUESDAY, Oct. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Dr. Francis Collins, the longest serving director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, plans to step down from his leadership post by the end of the year, the institute plans to announce on Tuesday.Colli...
Dr. Francis Collins announces retirement as head of NIH. The 71-year-old ushered in such milestones as the mapping of the human genome and is the longest-serving director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Read moreStudy finds Pfizer vaccine p...
TUESDAY, Oct. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly half of Americans have high blood pressure and only 24% have it under control, but what's the best way to treat it -- one high-dose pill or two at a lower dose?A large new study suggests that two medica...
TUESDAY, Oct. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Johnson & Johnson announced Tuesday that it has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve emergency use of its coronavirus booster shot.The request to authorize an extra vaccine dose for people w...
TUESDAY, Oct. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Full vaccination with the two-dose Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has been 90% effective in protecting against hospitalization for at least six months, a new study shows. That includes the time during which the highl...
TUESDAY, Oct. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Depression rates rose three-fold among U.S. adults during the first year of the COVID pandemic, new research shows.Surveys of more than 6,500 adults found that about 33% have had more intense symptoms of depre...
TUESDAY, Oct. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Misinformation and medical mistrust are major drivers of vaccine hesitancy among U.S. Hispanics, new research shows.The researchers also found that protecting other family members is an important factor in con...
TUESDAY, Oct. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The United States has the highest income gap in the developed world, and it's affecting how kids do in school, new research suggests.A new study reports that 10-year-olds' scores on standardized math tests wer...
TUESDAY, Oct. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has hit minority groups in the United States hard, with significantly more deaths among Black and Hispanic Americans compared with white and Asian Americans, a new study finds....
