MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of U.S. sleep apnea patients are scrambling to find ways to protect their nightly slumber, following a voluntary recall from one of the nation's leading manufacturers of CPAP breathing machines.Phili...
MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A smaller dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine safely triggers a strong immune response in children as young as 5 years, the company announced Monday morning."Over the past nine months, hundreds of millions of...
MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Starting in November, the United States plans to lift travel restrictions on people coming from overseas who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.This move by the Biden administration will open the United St...
MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- After routine surgery, a "virtual" follow-up visit might be just as good as a traditional office appointment, a new study suggests.Researchers found that surgery patients who had video follow-up appointments ...
MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday recommended a third Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for all Americans aged 65 years or older, as well as for those deemed to ...
MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women infected with certain strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) may have a heightened risk of preterm birth, a new study suggests.HPV is a sexually transmitted disease that can cause genital warts....
MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Physically removing a blood clot in the brain is a safe and effective treatment for pregnant women having a stroke, a new study suggests.Stroke during pregnancy remains rare, but the risk inc...
LUNES, 20 de septiembre de 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Extraer físicamente un coágulo sanguíneo en el cerebro es un tratamiento seguro y eficaz para mujeres embarazadas con ataque cerebral, sugiere en un nuevo estudio.Los derrames cerebr...
Here are some of HealthDay's top stories for Monday, Sept. 20:Lower dose of Pfizer vaccine works in kids as young as 5: The pharmaceutical giant announced Monday that a dose that is one-third the strength of adult doses triggered a robust immune respo...
MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A smaller dose of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine safely triggers a strong immune response in children as young as 5, the company announced Monday morning. "Over the past nine months, hundreds of millions of peo...
MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- If a person is diagnosed with COVID-19 in the United States right now, it's almost certainly caused by the Delta variant.The highly transmissible variant, which caused crippling surges in India and Britain th...
MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) – If Americans who received the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccines are dismayed by the lack of information on booster shots for them, their wait should end soon.Data on booster shots for those vac...
MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A study of millions of people vaccinated against COVID-19 has identified those at greatest risk of hospitalization and death after breakthrough infection.The most vulnerable are those who are immunosuppress...
MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Hospitalized opioid addicts die at a rate similar to people who have a heart attack after leaving the hospital.Nearly 8% of patients addicted to opioids died within 12 months of hospital discharge, according ...
MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Birth rates tend to fall during pandemics, and history is repeating itself with the COVID-19 scourge, researchers say.Fewer babies have been born in much of Europe and the United States. Earlier in the pandem...
MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- If you have a cardiac arrest, your odds of survival are best in an airport or airplane, a new study finds.That's because automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are readily available and so are people ready ...
MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- It's not just athletes on the field who suffer when outdoor temperatures get too high. Members of college and high school marching bands are at increased risk of heat-related illness, too, researchers warn."T...
MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Emotional changes in the run-up to menopause can sometimes lead to depression.It can be important to see a doctor to help determine whether you're just feeling stressed or "blue" -- or whether you might have ...
SUNDAY, Sept. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- When hair sprouts where you don't want it, you can always shave, but other ways to remove unwanted body hair can last longer.The downside: Chemical hair removers can cause burning, itching or redness. "Hair r...
SATURDAY, Sept. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- It's no wonder many teens are pooped out."The obligations of school, work, family and friends make it hard for teenagers to get sufficient sleep to perform their best," said Dr. Raman Malhotra, president of...
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday recommended a third Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine booster shot for all Americans aged 65 or older, as well as for those deemed to be at hig...
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday recommended a third Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine booster shot for all Americans aged 65 or older, as well as for those deemed to be at hig...
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. 13 to 17, 2021. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal studies and other trusted so...
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. 13 to 17, 2021. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal studies and other trusted so...
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Pfizer is expanding the recall of its antismoking drug Chantix (varenicline), the company announced Friday.The nationwide recall of all Chantix 0.5-mg and 1-mg tablets was prompted because they may contain le...
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- With a special advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration meeting Friday to decide on the need for COVID vaccine booster shots, new data shows Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines maintaining str...
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisors are meeting today to consider whether it is safe and effective for Americans to receive a third "booster" dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The FDA poste...
JUEVES, 16 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Los pacientes con esclerosis múltiple (EM) diagnosticados con cáncer de colon podrían tener un mayor riesgo de fallecer del cáncer o de otras causas entre los seis meses y el año posteriores que los...