SUNDAY, Oct. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Although the focus is on the COVID-19 vaccine, don't forget to also get your flu shot — it's important, an expert says."In the United States, it is recommended that everyone over the age of 6 months be vaccinat...
SATURDAY, Oct. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- If you work from home and can't sleep, it may be your circadian rhythms are out of sync, a new study suggests. In short, your sleep-wake cycle may be out of whack, according to Randy Nelson, director of the W...
Here is what the editors at Physician's Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of Sept. 27 to Oct. 1, 2021. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal studies and other truste...
FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- One-quarter of U.S. parents report that their child has had to quarantine because of possible COVID-19 exposure since school started, a new poll reveals.The nationally representative survey of 1,519 people cond...
JUEVES, 30 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- En un futuro, su teléfono inteligente quizá pueda decirle si está contrayendo un virus y qué tan enfermo se pondrá, incluso antes de que comiencen los síntomas.En un pequeño estudio, los investigado...
JUEVES, 30 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Para las personas que fuman o beben alcohol, la marihuana está a un corto paso, informan unos investigadores."El consumo legal de alcohol y tabaco podría aumentar de forma directa el nivel de uso de...
JUEVES, 30 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- No es un secreto que el exceso de peso es malo para el corazón. Pero un nuevo estudio sugiere que las personas obesas que pierden un peso sustancial podrían revertir los riesgos cardiovasculares rel...
JUEVES, 30 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La inteligencia artificial (IA) podría ser capaz de detectar el próximo virus que vaya a dar el salto de los animales a los humanos, informan unos investigadores escoceses. Identificar a las enferme...
JUEVES, 30 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Cuando las personas sufren una lesión grave en la cabeza, predecir cómo les irá a largo plazo resulta difícil. Pero un nuevo estudio sugiere que algo bastante simple, medir una proteína en la sangre...
JUEVES, 30 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Los estadounidenses están divididos sobre la orden de obligatoriedad de las vacunas del Presidente Joe Biden, y la afiliación a los partidos políticos tiene un rol fundamental en sus opiniones, encu...
JUEVES, 30 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La principal agencia de salud del país rogó el miércoles a todas las estadounidenses que estén embarazadas, que den el seno o que estén planificando quedar embarazadas que se vacunen contra el coron...
JUEVES, 30 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Para las personas con diabetes que sufren un accidente cerebrovascular (ACV), quizá haya un objetivo ideal de azúcar en la sangre para prevenir otro ACV o un ataque cardiaco, encuentra un estudio su...
FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. said Friday that it will seek federal approval for emergency use of its new antiviral pill molnupiravir after a clinical trial showed the drug halved the risk for hospitalizatio...
FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A small fix might make reading a bit easier for kids with dyslexia, as well as their classmates: Increasing the amount of space between printed letters.That's the finding of a small study that tested the effect...
FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- As TV reporter Mike Lowe ran the Lifetime Chicago Triathlon in August, he heard shouts of, "Do it for Erin!"Lowe was running in honor of his colleague, Erin Ivory, who used to compete in severa...
FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- One-quarter of U.S. parents report that their child has had to quarantine because of possible COVID-19 exposure since school started, a new poll finds.The nationally representative survey of 1,519 people conduc...
FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. said Friday that it will seek federal approval for emergency use of its new antiviral pill molnupiravir, after a clinical trial showed the drug halved the risk of hospitalizatio...
Merck to seek emergency approval for its new COVID antiviral pill: In a trial of the drug molnupiravir, the risk of hospitalization and death was halved when given to high-risk patients within five days of infection. Read moreHas the pandemic made the...
FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- It turns out that the pandemic has reaped one unexpected benefit: As teens were kept home more often, their use of electronic cigarettes dropped by nearly 40%, a new report finds. U.S. health officials said the...
FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken up the U.S. opioid crisis in ways bad and good, increasing the risk of use and overdose but also spurring innovative approaches to treatment.The pandemic has definitely been lin...
FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- While high-profile cases like the 2020 killing of George Floyd have cast a harsh spotlight on police violence in the United States, researchers say deaths attributable to it have been underreported for at least...
FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Type 2 diabetes may up the risk for Alzheimer's disease by altering brain function, new animal research suggests.A University of Nevada Las Vegas team showed that chronically high blood sugar could impair memor...
FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Many people with long-term back pain have tried physical therapy and medication, to no avail. A new study suggests they might "unlearn" their discomfort in weeks -- using psychological therapy."For a long time,...
FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Trying to slim down? Diet drinks aren't likely to help, researchers warn.And those containing the artificial sweetener sucralose may even increase food cravings and appetite in women and people who are obese, a...
FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Besides the long-established benefits of breastfeeding for baby and mom, a new study reports one more: Nursing could help chase the blues away.It is linked to a lower risk for postpartum depression -- the so-ca...
FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) – Bullying by a brother or sister in childhood can have lasting effects, threatening mental health in the teen years, new British research suggests.Researchers found that mental health was affected whether one was...
THURSDAY, Sept. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Despite the troubling findings of a congressional report released earlier this year on toxins in baby foods, a new report shows even more manufacturers are selling baby foods that contain potentially unsafe...