FRIDAY, Sept. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- New glasses are helping kids in Baltimore see more success in school.A three-year clinical study found that students who got new eyeglasses through a school-based program had higher reading and math test scor...
THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In an assertive offensive against a resurgent COVID-19 pandemic, President Joe Biden on Thursday announced sweeping new efforts at pressuring tens of millions of U.S. government workers to get vaccinated aga...
THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- School districts in Florida can require their students to wear masks, despite the governor's order blocking mask mandates -- for now at least. A circuit court judge in Leon County ruled Wednesday that the st...
THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- President Joe Biden is slated to announce an ambitious six-point plan to double down on a resurgent COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, including more pressure on government, businesses, and schools to i...
MIÉRCOLES, 8 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- El eccema no solo irrita la piel de los niños. La afección, que con frecuencia provoca deformidades, puede estar relacionada también con la depresión, la ansiedad y las dificultades para dormir, a...
MIÉRCOLES, 8 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La variante Delta de la COVID-19, que es altamente transmisible, ha resaltado un temor que los expertos en enfermedades infecciosas de todo el mundo comparten: que unas mutaciones cada vez más pel...
MIÉRCOLES, 8 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Siéntate. Búscalo. Quédate quieto.Detecta la convulsión.Sí, lo leyó bien.Aunque muchos perros son capaces de seguir instrucciones básicas, como "siéntate" y "túmbate", con cierta práctica y la pro...
MIÉRCOLES, 8 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La pérdida o la alteración del sentido del gusto, la boca reseca y las llagas son comunes entre los pacientes con COVID-19, y esos síntomas podrían durar mucho tiempo después de que los demás desa...
MIÉRCOLES, 8 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Hacer ejercicio durante el embarazo puede ser beneficioso para los pulmones del bebé, informan unos investigadores escandinavos."Este estudio ofrece una pista fascinante de que una mayor actividad...
MIÉRCOLES, 8 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Los adultos con autismo, discapacidades intelectuales o trastornos de la salud mental tienen un riesgo más elevado de COVID-19 y de una enfermedad grave, informan unos investigadores.Ser conscient...
MIÉRCOLES, 8 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Las personas con VIH tienen un riesgo más alto de muerte cardiaca súbita, advierte un estudio reciente, sobre todo si el virus no está bien controlado.La muerte cardiaca súbita ocurre cuando el co...
MIÉRCOLES, 8 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Muchas personas con asma saben que su enfermedad se puede exacerbar de noche, y una nueva investigación sugiere que el reloj interno del cuerpo quizá tenga la culpa.Los hallazgos podrían resultar ...
THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar revealed Thursday that she's been treated for early-stage breast cancer, including surgery to remove a lump and radiation therapy.The 61-year-old Minnesota Democrat said in a statemen...
THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Every second counts after having a stroke, and rapid-response mobile stroke units can start clot-busting drugs quickly, potentially staving off lasting damage, new research finds.Mobile stroke units are spec...
THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Until now, folks suffering from hearing loss typically have had to fork out thousands of dollars for a device that could be adjusted only by a professional audiologist.No wonder that only one-quarter of the ...
THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Many people feel their to-do list is overloaded, but there is also such a thing as too much free time, a new study suggests.In a series of studies, researchers found that having either too little or too much...
THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Pomegranates can be a little intimidating. Cutting one open requires some precision. And are they even worth the work to free all those little ruby red buds inside? Nutritionists think so."P...
JUEVES, 9 de septiembre de 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Las granadas pueden ser un poco intimidantes. Abrirlas requiere cierta precisión. Además, ¿realmente merece la pena el trabajo de liberar todas esas bellas semillas rubí que tiene ad...
THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- President Joe Biden is slated to announce an ambitious six-point plan to double down on a resurgent COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, including more pressure on government, business and schools to impl...
Here are some of HealthDay's top stories for Thursday, Sept. 9:Biden to announce new COVID plan, including push for vaccine mandates. With new COVID-19 cases topping 161,000 per day, President Joe Biden on Thursday will outline a new 6-point plan to ...
THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- School districts in Florida can require their students to wear masks, despite the governor's order blocking mask mandates – for now at least.A circuit court judge in Leon County ruled Wednesday that the stat...
THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Workers, take heed: Your place of work can help bring on or exacerbate asthma, a new study suggests.Common workplace triggers include poor ventilation and moldy air conditioning systems, cleaning products an...
THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Wildfires are killing people around the world — even those with limited exposure to wildfire-related pollution, an international team of researchers reports.The new research revealed that short-term exposure...
THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- One of the keys to good health could be in the hands of those who decide zoning policies for their communities. Inclusionary zoning policies that provide for affordable housing were associated with lower rat...
THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- It's more than just an annoyance: Long-term exposure to traffic and train noise may increase the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease, Danish researchers report.The study authors said that more than 1,20...
THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, researchers report that early recovery workers and volunteers have a high risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A study of near...