JUEVES, 16 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- El "bastón blanco" del que dependen muchas personas ciegas para orientarse por el mundo no se ha actualizado en un siglo, pero unos investigadores informan sobre progresos con un "bastón robótico" q...
JUEVES, 16 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Millones de personas toman estatinas para reducir el colesterol, y una nueva investigación sugiere que estos medicamentos también podrían aliviar la colitis ulcerativa.La colitis ulcerativa es una e...
JUEVES, 16 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Incluso cuando la genética y la personalidad trabajan en su contra, contar con una fuerte red de amigos y familiares que le den respaldo podría ayudar a reducir el riesgo de alcoholismo, señalan uno...
JUEVES, 16 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- El costo de proveer atención hospitalaria a los estadounidenses sin vacunar ha alcanzado los 5.7 mil millones de dólares en apenas tres meses, informó CBS News.Entre junio y agosto, unas 287,000 per...
JUEVES, 16 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Los pacientes con esclerosis múltiple (EM) que se están sometiendo a un tratamiento que reduce un tipo de célula inmunitaria que fomenta los ataques de EM de cualquier forma tienen una fuerte respue...
JUEVES, 16 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Si usted fabrica sus propias máscaras faciales para protegerse de la COVID-19, tres capas de tela de toalla de algodón son lo mejor, informan unos investigadores de India.Esta recomendación se origi...
JUEVES, 16 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La pandemia de COVID-19 está haciendo que muchas mujeres se lo piensen dos veces respecto a tener más hijos.En una encuesta de casi 1,200 mujeres de la ciudad de Nueva York con hijos pequeños, un te...
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Shedding excess weight does much more for the long-term heart health of young people than building muscle, new research suggests.It's not that gaining muscle while young proved to be a cardiovascular problem....
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Pfizer is expanding the recall of its anti-smoking 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 l...
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In kids and teens, symptoms of long COVID rarely last more than 12 weeks, a new international study reports.The researchers also found that exposure to the highly contagious Delta variant did not result in mo...
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In kids and teens, symptoms of long COVID rarely last more than 12 weeks, a new international study reports.The researchers also found that exposure to the highly contagious Delta variant did not result in mo...
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In kids and teens, symptoms of long COVID rarely last more than 12 weeks, a new international study reports.The researchers also found that exposure to the highly contagious Delta variant did not result in mo...
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In kids and teens, symptoms of long COVID rarely last more than 12 weeks, a new international study reports.The researchers also found that exposure to the highly contagious Delta variant did not result in mo...
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- About a month into the COVID-19 pandemic, LeCount Holmes saw on television that Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan was within a mile of his house for a big announcement.Because Prince George's County ...
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- About a month into the COVID-19 pandemic, LeCount Holmes saw on television that Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan was within a mile of his house for a big announcement.Because Prince George's County ...
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- About a month into the COVID-19 pandemic, LeCount Holmes saw on television that Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan was within a mile of his house for a big announcement.Because Prince George's County ...
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- About a month into the COVID-19 pandemic, LeCount Holmes saw on television that Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan was within a mile of his house for a big announcement.Because Prince George's County ...
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisors will meet Friday 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 posted...
Here are some of HealthDay's top stories for Friday, Sept. 17:FDA advisory panel meets on need for COVID-19 booster shots. Presented with evidence seemingly pro and con, an advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will convene Frida...
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Childhood obesity was a worrisome issue before the pandemic, and now it's alarmingly worse, new data shows.A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study found a "profound increase in weight gain for...
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Treating sickle cell anemia with the drug hydroxyurea may also reverse related heart abnormalities, a new study suggests.Heart issues are common among people with sickle cell disease. Among them are enlargeme...
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- When the COVID-19 public health emergency ends, a new crisis in insurance coverage in the United States may begin.Fifteen million Americans who enrolled in Medicaid during the pandemic could lose their covera...
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Diseases that can rob you of vision as you age also appear to be tied to an increased risk for dementia, a new study finds. Specifically, age-related macular degeneration, cataracts and diabetes-related eye d...
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Health officials are bracing for a viral double whammy this fall and winter. "This year, we expect influenza and COVID-19 to circulate at the same time," said Dr. Jonathan Grein, director of hospital epidemio...
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Cholesterol made in the brain may spur development of Alzheimer's disease, a new study suggests.Cholesterol made by cells called astrocytes is needed for controlling production of amyloid beta, a sticky prote...
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Logging and landscaping are the most dangerous jobs in America, a new study finds.The risk of death for loggers is more than 30 times higher than for all U.S. workers. Tree care workers also encounter hazards...
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) – Researchers hoped to show that the natural antioxidant urate could delay Parkinson's disease progression, but a study completed at Massachusetts General Hospital dashed those expectations.The trial enrolled n...
THURSDAY, Sept. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- On Wednesday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that 16 states now have at least 35 percent of their residents who are obese, a number that has nearly doubled since 2018.The CDC ...