MIÉRCOLES, 9 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Una nueva investigación vincula a la contaminación atmosférica con una variedad de cánceres, no solo con el cáncer de pulmón. La exposición a largo plazo a los contaminantes atmosféricos de materia fi...
MIÉRCOLES, 9 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Parece obvio que enviar y recibir mensajes de texto mientras camina puede ser una combinación peligrosa, pero ahora un nuevo estudio australiano ofrece evidencias sólidas de los peligros. Los hallazgo...
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- People with autism are over three times more likely than their peers without the developmental disorder to experience self-injury, suicidal ideation, suicide attempt, or death by suicide, new research shows....
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- As researchers continue to try to better understand the condition known as long COVID, a new study has discovered that symptoms can emerge months after infection or even return later for some folks.The resea...
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cumulative use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) for more than 4.4 years is associated with an increased risk for dementia, according to a study published online Aug. 9 in Neurology.Carin Northuis, M.P.H., Ph...
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- An exercise intervention using apps is associated with improvement in depressive symptoms and burnout among health care workers (HCWs), according to a study published online Aug. 9 in JAMA Psychiatry.Vincent...
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- About 20 percent of adults with past-year opioid use disorder (OUD) in 2021 received medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), according to a research letter published online Aug. 7 in JAMA Network Open.Ch...
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cardiac troponin I (cTnI) concentration is associated with medium-term mortality in an unselected hospital population, according to a study published online Aug. 7 in Heart.Jonathan Hinton, from the Universi...
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A high volume of enhancing parenchyma on baseline dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans is associated with increased occurrence of breast cancer among women with extremely de...
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Delays in infant care for cystic fibrosis (CF) are associated with differences in growth parameters that persist through childhood, according to a study published online July 3 in The Journal of Pediatrics.S...
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Anemia remains a considerable global health challenge, according to a study published online July 31 in The Lancet Haematology.William M. Gardener, M.P.H., from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluatio...
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Outdoor air pollution is tied to a higher risk for nonlung cancers in older adults, according to a study published online Aug. 1 in Environmental Epidemiology.Yaguang Wei, Ph.D., from the Harvard T.H. Chan S...
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A small battery-operated device long used as a treatment for pain may also help patients with sleep apnea, a British study suggests.Sleep apnea is a condition that impedes breathing during sleep, reduces oxy...
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Greater dietary plant protein intake is associated with a lower risk for incident chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published online July 28 in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.Ga You...
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In a study published Aug. 2 in the American Journal of Roentgenology, a radiomic machine learning model predicted Crohn disease diagnosis with better performance than two of three expert radiologists.Richard...
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Most people with appendicitis who are given antibiotics — instead of having their appendix removed — fare well over the long haul, new research indicates.The conclusion follows roughly two decades spent trac...
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The heart risks posed by air pollution have grown worldwide over the past three decades, a new study claims.The annual number of premature heart-related deaths and years of disability attributable to particu...
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Any parent knows that back-to-school season can turn into one of the busiest times of the year. As a medical professional whose many roles include being a parent to two adolescents, Dr. Nata...
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Older adults who use certain heartburn medications for years may have a heightened risk of developing dementia, a new study suggests.The study, published Aug. 9 in the journal Neurology, is the latest to poi...
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Modern antidepressants could be effective for long-term treatment of some patients with bipolar disorder, a new trial suggests.Current guidelines discourage use of antidepressants in these patients, over con...
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have found evidence of ancient parasites preserved in the dung of an aquatic predator from more than 200 million years ago.The ancient predator -- believed to be an extinct crocodile-like reptile ...
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- It may not get the publicity of some better-known vitamins like D, but vitamin K -- found in leafy green vegetables -- may boost lung health.A new, large study -- published Aug. 10 in ERJ Open Research -- su...
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Microplastics appear to be everywhere, including within the tissues of the human heart.A new Chinese report describes doctors finding microplastics in heart tissue both before and after heart surgery. The re...
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) – For people who are transmasculine or nonbinary, getting a gender-affirming mastectomy can be life-changing. Now, a new study finds there are high levels of satisfaction and low levels of regret for patients y...
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Screening programs that include women in their 40s are associated with significantly higher breast cancer (BC) 10-year net survival (NS) for women aged 40 to 49 years, according to a study published online A...
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Among adults with overweight or obesity, the annual probability of weight loss of 5 percent or more was achieved by only one in 10, according to a study published online Aug. 7 in JAMA Network Open.Lyudmyla ...
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Most pregnancy-specific alcohol policies are not associated with decreased odds of infant injuries or morbidities, according to a study published online Aug. 3 in JAMA Network Open.Sarah C.M. Roberts, Dr.P.H...
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Izervay (avacincaptad pegol intravitreal solution) for the treatment of geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration.The approval was ba...