WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- College students often put on weight during their freshman year, and a lack of structured exercise may be largely to blame, a new study suggests.Weight gain is so common among first-year college students th...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Sports-related head injuries in male athletes tend to grab all of the headlines, but new research shows that female athletes are also increasingly at risk.From 2000 to 2019, there was a threefold jump in sp...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Feelings of despair and hopelessness can raise the odds of death in people battling heart disease, and new research suggests that where you live, as well as your marital status, can also play a role.The st...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- You probably can't fool Fido.New research indicates dogs may know whether you mean to withhold a treat or you're doing so by accident.This suggests dogs have a least one aspect of something known as Theory...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 vaccines trigger antibody production in most people who have weakened immune systems, but a new study reveals that their responses are weaker than in healthy people."Some of our patients have been ...
WEDNESDAY, Sept.1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Sugar is killing Americans in droves, according to researchers who found that reducing the sweetener in packaged foods and beverages could prevent more than 2 million strokes, heart attacks and cardiac arres...
TUESDAY, Aug. 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The ability of COVID-19 vaccines to protect adults older than 75 years against hospitalization appears to wane over time but still remained 80 percent effective as of the end of July, new federal data show.Th...
TUESDAY, Aug. 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Algeria recently became the last country in the world to halt sales of highly toxic leaded gasoline, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said Monday.The agency said that marked the "official end" ...
LUNES, 30 de agosto de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- ¿Lo último sobre el café? Podría ser bueno para el corazón, sugiere un estudio reciente de gran tamaño.Tomar cantidades entre bajas y moderadas, hasta tres tazas al día, podría reducir el riesgo de accid...
LUNES, 30 de agosto de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Toda una mitad de los adultos jóvenes con el trastorno de déficit de atención e hiperactividad (TDAH) también podrían enfrentarse al abuso del alcohol o las drogas.Y las personas con TDAH que tienen ante...
LUNES, 30 de agosto de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Un buen samaritano puede salvarle la vida a alguien que sufre un paro cardiaco si hay un desfibrilador portátil cerca. Ahora, un estudio piloto sugiere una buena forma de hacer llegar los dispositivos a ...
LUNES, 30 de agosto de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La demanda de las pruebas para la COVID-19 a domicilio de Abbott Laboratories ha alcanzado unos niveles "sin precedentes", y el suministro quizá sea limitado en las próximas semanas, señala la compañía.L...
LUNES, 30 de agosto de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Debido al aumento en los casos de coronavirus, Estados Unidos será eliminado de "lista de destinos seguros" de la Unión Europea (UE) de países desde los cuales sus ciudadanos pueden viajar al bloque de 2...
LUNES, 30 de agosto de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La dieta mediterránea puede ofrecer muchos beneficios al cuerpo humano, entre ellos un corazón más sano y un cerebro más agudo.Pero hay otro beneficio en que los hombres podrían tener un interés particul...
LUNES, 30 de agosto de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Tener un hijo con necesidades especiales puede significar emergencias médicas y visitas al médico, durante las cuales los padres tienen que tomar tiempo libre en el trabajo, y ahora un nuevo estudio mues...
LUNES, 30 de agosto de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Se sabe que las madres secan las lágrimas de sus pequeños, a veces con un abrazo, una canción o un beso en una rodilla lastimada.Entonces, quizá no resulte sorprendente que una nueva investigación muestr...
TUESDAY, Aug. 31, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Lisa Wiles was in the kitchen prepping dinner in April 2020 when she heard her husband, Dan, shout an expletive from the other room.She figured it was a reaction to the news. Still, she went ...
TUESDAY, Aug. 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Many seniors who undergo surgery after breaking a hip continue to take opioids long after being released from the hospital, new research indicates.After tracking nearly 30,000 U.S. older patients, investigato...
TUESDAY, Aug. 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Along with other dangers, the aftermath of Hurricane Ida could pose significant heart health risks.Stress and trauma from the storm that slammed into Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and other states could inc...
TUESDAY, Aug. 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The debate over masks in schools intensified on Monday, as the U.S. Education Department launched a civil rights investigation into mask mandate bans in five states while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made good o...
TUESDAY, Aug. 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The pause in youth sports caused by the COVID-19 pandemic wound up shaking some budding athletes to their core, a new U.S. survey shows.More than 1 in 10 youth athletes ended up reconsidering their sports goa...
Here are some of HealthDay's top stories for Tuesday, Aug. 31:COVID vaccines' power to keep elderly out of hospital may fade. New research from the CDC finds the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines to keep people over 75 out of the hospital does wane ...
TUESDAY, Aug. 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The ability of COVID-19 vaccines to protect adults older than 75 against hospitalization appears to wane over time, but still remained 80% effective as of the end of July, new federal data shows.The same data...
TUESDAY, Aug. 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Algeria recently became the last country in the world to halt sales of highly toxic leaded gasoline, the U.N. Environment Agency (UNEP) said Monday.The agency said that marked the "official end" of the use of...
TUESDAY, Aug. 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- New research confirms the pandemic has not been good for the waistlines of children.During lockdowns, American kids gained more weight than before the pandemic, and the number who became obese also increased,...
TUESDAY, Aug. 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- With Labor Day festivities approaching, you might want to think twice about that cocktail. Or at least you should avoid that second round, especially if you have a history of your heart beating irregularly.A ...
TUESDAY, Aug. 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Monoclonal antibody infusions can help prevent severe COVID-19, but the best protection is to get vaccinated, experts say.Antibodies are made by the immune system to fight infections."The problem is that our ...
TUESDAY, Aug. 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A high amount of coronavirus in the lungs is a major contributor to death in COVID-19 patients, new research shows.The findings challenge previous theories that simultaneous infections such as pneumonia or an...