WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Younger women who undergo radiation for cancer in the left breast have a heightened risk of heart disease years later, a new study finds.Among women who received radiation therapy for left-sided breast can...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- For some people, the subject of hunger conjures up tragic images of starving people with swollen bellies in blighted, desolate parts of the world.In this country, the picture is different....
MIÉRCOLES, 22 de septiembre de 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- En algunas personas, el tema del hambre evoca imágenes trágicas de personas hambrientas con vientres hinchados, en partes del mundo devastadas y desoladas.El panorama es diferent...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- An advisory panel to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet on Wednesday to discuss which Americans, if any, should get Pfizer booster shots to rev up their immunity to COVID-19.Thei...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- One way to help protect newborns from COVID-19 is for women to get their COVID vaccine while pregnant. A new study found that mothers-to-be who had either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine passed high...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Sleeplessness. Night sweats. Anxiety. Irritability. Aches and pains.Would smoking a little pot help women deal with these common symptoms of menopause?A good number of middle-aged women apparently think so...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Women with a history of migraine headaches may suffer severe hot flashes during menopause, and this combo may boost their risk for heart disease, researchers say.Migraine doesn't cause more or worse hot fl...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Seeing a parent abuse a sibling can be as traumatizing as watching a parent hurt another parent, a new study finds. And it can lead to depression, anxiety and anger, researchers say."When we hear about exp...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- It's known that sexual assault affects a woman's physical and mental health. Now, researchers say these traumatic incidents may also harm her brain health.A new study found that traumatic experiences, incl...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Having a child in the hospital is distressing for families, and not knowing what that stay might cost can add to that stress, researchers say.A new study has found that three-quarters of U.S. families want...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Antibodies from current COVID-19 vaccines don't bind well to the new variants of the virus, a study finds.Researchers collected data from previously published papers about the sequence of antibodies produc...
The annual meeting of the American Urological Association was held virtually this year from Sept. 10 to 13 and attracted participants from around the world, including clinicians, academicians, allied health professionals, and others interested in urol...
TUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- An animal tranquilizer, xylazine, is increasingly linked to drug overdose deaths across the United States, health officials say.According to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevent...
TUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Getting a second dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine substantially increased its protection, the company announced Tuesday.According to the results of a new clinical trial, two doses of the vaccin...
LUNES, 20 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Tras una cirugía de rutina, una visita de seguimiento "virtual" podría ser igual de buena que una cita tradicional en el consultorio, sugiere un estudio reciente.Los investigadores encontraron que lo...
LUNES, 20 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Las mujeres embarazadas que se infectan con ciertas cepas del virus del papiloma humano (VPH) quizá tengan un riesgo más alto de parto prematuro, sugiere un estudio reciente.El VPH es una enfermedad ...
LUNES, 20 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Una dosis más baja de la vacuna de Pfizer contra el coronavirus provoca de forma segura una fuerte respuesta inmunitaria en niños de incluso apenas 5 años, anunció la compañía el lunes por la mañana....
LUNES, 20 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Si a una persona le diagnostican COVID-19 en Estados Unidos ahora mismo, casi sin duda es provocada por la variante Delta.La variante, que es altamente transmisible y provocó unos devastadores aument...
LUNES, 20 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Pronto acabará la espera de los estadounidenses que recibieron las vacunas contra el coronavirus de Moderna o de Johnson & Johnson que están consternados por la falta de información sobre las dosis d...
LUNES, 20 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Los adictos a los opioides hospitalizados tienen una tasa de mortalidad similar a la de las personas que sufren un ataque cardiaco tras salir del hospital.Casi un 8 por ciento de los pacientes adicto...
LUNES, 20 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Si tiene un paro cardiaco, las probabilidades de supervivencia son mejores en un aeropuerto o un avión, encuentra un estudio reciente.Esto se debe a que los desfibriladores externos automáticos (DEA)...
LUNES, 20 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Los cambios emocionales antes de la menopausia a veces pueden conducir a la depresión.Puede ser importante ver a un médico para ayudar a determinar si solo se está sintiendo estresada o "triste", o s...
TUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Getting another shot of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine substantially increased its protection, the company announced Tuesday.According to the results of a new clinical trial, two doses of the vaccine...
TUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Many middle-aged adults with apparently healthy hearts have a "silent" buildup of fatty deposits in their arteries, a large, new study shows.Researchers found that of more than 25,000 50- to 64-year-olds, ab...
TUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- As the highly contagious delta variant has swept across the United States, the country has reached a tragic milestone. COVID-19 has now killed more Americans than the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic did, when roug...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Infants may show early signs of autism, but a diagnosis usually isn't made until age 3. Now, a new study suggests that jumpstarting therapy might stave off that diagnosis altogether.Researchers say their p...
TUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Older children and kids with chronic diseases are those most likely to wind up in the hospital with COVID-19, researchers have found.Conditions such as obesity, diabetes and neurologic problems, among others...