TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- There are significant racial and ethnic disparities in rates of attrition from M.D.-Ph.D. training programs, according to a research letter published online July 31 in JAMA Internal Medicine.Mytien Nguyen, fro...
TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The family of a mother of four who collapsed and died while cooking breakfast has been awarded $11 million in a wrongful death lawsuit.The cause of death for Krystal Talavera, 39, involved the opioid-like herb...
TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- As Americans continue to grapple with the effects of long COVID, the Biden administration on Monday announced the creation of a new office focused on research about the condition that will be part of the U.S. ...
TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cervical cells from Henrietta Lacks, a cancer patient who died more than 70 years ago, are a cornerstone of modern medicine, but her family has never been compensated for the cells taken without her knowledge....
TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cervical cells from Henrietta Lacks, a cancer patient who died more than 70 years ago, are a cornerstone of modern medicine, but her family has never been compensated for the cells taken without her knowledge....
LUNES, 31 de julio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cuando los padres se reúnen con el Cirujano General de EE. UU., el Dr. Vivek Murthy, plantean una preocupación una y otra vez. "La pregunta más común que los padres me hacen es si las redes sociales son s...
LUNES, 31 de julio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Por cuarto verano consecutivo, los estadounidenses experimentan un brote de COVID-19, caracterizado por un aumento en las admisiones al hospital, las visitas a las salas de emergencias, las tasas de posit...
LUNES, 31 de julio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- La apnea del sueño podría aumentar el riesgo de ataque cardiaco y accidente cerebrovascular, a medida que la respiración errática hace que los niveles de oxígeno se reduzcan, muestra una nueva investigaci...
LUNES, 31 de julio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las mujeres están alcanzando a los hombres, cuando se trata de las muertes por el abuso de alcohol, encuentra un nuevo estudio. Aunque los hombres tienen casi tres veces más probabilidades de morir de abu...
LUNES, 31 de julio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Ya sea que beba mucho o poco alcohol, el consumo diario se vincula con una presión arterial más alta, advierte una nueva revisión de la investigación. En comparación con no beber, apenas una bebida alcohó...
LUNES, 31 de julio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Millones de personas viven con acné, y puede afectar de forma dramática su calidad de vida, ¿pero hay algún tratamiento que sea mejor que los demás?Sí, sugiere una revisión de más de 200 estudios. Cuando ...
El papeleo hace que muchos estadounidenses pierdan la cobertura de Medicaid, advierte la Casa Blanca
LUNES, 31 de julio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Muchos estadounidenses que fueron excluidos de Medicaid esta primavera perdieron la cobertura debido a problemas con el papeleo, y no porque ya no fueran elegibles para el programa público de seguro de sa...
LUNES, 31 de julio de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Durante décadas, los científicos se han esforzado por crear algo que pueda tratar con éxito a la enfermedad de Alzheimer, y ahora unos nuevos medicamentos muestran la capacidad de eliminar las placas amil...
TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends folic acid supplementation for people planning to or who could become pregnant. These recommendations form the basis of a final recommendation stateme...
TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Elderly adults who start on a statin may see an even bigger drop in their "bad" cholesterol levels than their younger counterparts do, a new study suggests.The study, of nearly 84,000 Danish patients, found th...
TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A 30-minute exposure to outdoor cold air is beneficial for reducing clinical symptoms in children with croup as an adjunct to oral dexamethasone, according to a study published online Aug. 1 in Pediatrics.Joha...
TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A simple and a comprehensive score have been developed for persons at risk for inflammatory arthritis, according to a study published online Aug. 1 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Laurence Duquenne, M.D., f...
TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For older versus younger adults, low- to moderate-intensity statins are associated with a greater reduction in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), according to a study published online Aug. 1 in the A...
TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Mammography with supplementary ultrasound has higher accuracy and a lower recall rate than mammography with artificial intelligence (AI) or mammography with ultrasound and AI, according to a study published on...
TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Minority and disadvantaged patients presenting to the emergency department are more likely to be passed over and less likely to receive care over others with the same triage acuity, according to a study publis...
TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with symptomatic, mild-to-moderate COVID-19, oral probenecid results in a reduction in the time to viral clearance, according to a study published online July 6 in Viruses.David E. Martin, Pharm.D...
TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Hypoxic and ventilatory burden in obstructive sleep apnea predict cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality, according to a study published online July 7 in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critica...
TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In a study published online July 25 in Pediatrics, the authors describe pediatric allergy patterns across the United States.Stanislaw J. Gabryszewski, M.D., Ph.D., from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia,...
TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The prevalence of all self-reported neuropsychiatric symptoms is significantly higher in those with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs) versus controls, according to a study published online July 27...
TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- One dose of the hallucinogenic ingredient in "magic mushrooms" may help some people with anorexia move past their preoccupation with body image, an early study suggests.The study, of just 10 women with anorexi...
TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Kombucha is a fermented tea that many folks believe offers numerous health benefits — and new research suggests they may be right.Though the study was small -- 12 participants -- it found that kombucha may hel...
TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Taking the stairs rather than an elevator. Raking leaves. Toting heavy grocery bags. Pushing a vacuum. Playing hard with your kids or pets.Short bursts of vigorous physical activity during everyday events like...