FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In a report from the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines, published online July 20 in Circulation and in the Journal of the American Colleg...
FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Induction of labor (IOL) at 39 weeks is associated with a small reduction in the risk for adverse perinatal outcomes, particularly for women with socioeconomic deprivation and nulliparous women, according to a...
FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Induction of labor (IOL) at 39 weeks is associated with a small reduction in the risk for adverse perinatal outcomes, particularly for women with socioeconomic deprivation and nulliparous women, according to a...
FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A hexavalent capsular polysaccharide (CPS)-cross-reactive material 197 glycoconjugate vaccine (GBS6) can prevent invasive group B streptococcus in young infants, according to a study published in the July 20 i...
FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A hexavalent capsular polysaccharide (CPS)-cross-reactive material 197 glycoconjugate vaccine (GBS6) can prevent invasive group B streptococcus in young infants, according to a study published in the July 20 i...
FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Higher levels of a composite inflammatory biomarker are associated with an increased subsequent risk for dementia, according to a study published online July 19 in PLOS ONE.Krisztina Mekli, Ph.D., from the Cat...
FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Higher levels of a composite inflammatory biomarker are associated with an increased subsequent risk for dementia, according to a study published online July 19 in PLOS ONE.Krisztina Mekli, Ph.D., from the Cat...
FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Biological sex should be included in Lyme disease research, according to a study published online June 17 in the International Journal of General Medicine.Lorraine Johnson, from MyLymeData in San Ramon, Califo...
FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Biological sex should be included in Lyme disease research, according to a study published online June 17 in the International Journal of General Medicine.Lorraine Johnson, from MyLymeData in San Ramon, Califo...
FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A four-week treatment course of racemic ketamine is efficacious and safe for treatment-resistant depression (TRD), according to a study published online July 14 in the British Journal of Psychiatry.Colleen Loo...
FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A four-week treatment course of racemic ketamine is efficacious and safe for treatment-resistant depression (TRD), according to a study published online July 14 in the British Journal of Psychiatry.Colleen Loo...
FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For pediatric liver transplant (LT) candidates, higher technical variant graft (TVG; including living donor [LD] and deceased donor split/partial grafts) usage is associated with lower waitlist (WL) mortality,...
FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Your body needs vitamin D, the "sunshine" vitamin, but too much time in the sun can increase your risk for skin cancer. An expert offers tips for boosting vitamin D intake while staying safe from the sun and t...
People living with type 2 diabetes face several significant health challenges.The condition, which affects more than 10% of Americans, puts people at increased risk for debilitating medical issues like heart, kidney and eye damage, according to the U....
FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Close to one-fifth of kids with COVID-19 may still have lingering symptoms months after their initial infection, new research finds.The review, of 31 international studies, found that over 16% of children and ...
FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A new study offers strong evidence that eating fish or supplements containing omega-3 fatty acids supports lung health.The finding underscores the importance of including fish and other sources of omega-3s in ...
FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Women who have survived breast cancer age faster than women who have never had to survive the disease.The treatment they received impacted their aging rates, according to a new study from Moffitt Cancer Center...
FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have reported a link between air pollution and dementia risk, but they haven't had a good understanding of the mechanisms behind this association. Now, a new study provides some answers. “In this s...
FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Aspirin, naproxen and other common pain medications known as NSAIDs worsen gastrointestinal infections caused by a bacterium known as Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), new research shows.NSAIDs (nonsteroidal...
FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- It’s not only a mother’s mental health that is tied to the risk for preterm birth — the father’s matters, too.New research found that the risk of premature birth was higher for infants whose mothers or fathers...
FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Competitive sports can be a lot of fun for kids and teens, but starting a new season requires some planning.Nemours TeensHealth offers some suggestions for kids and teens who are taking up a new sport or begin...
THURSDAY, July 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The prevalence of arthritis is 305 per 100,000 children and adolescents in the United States, with higher prevalence among non-Hispanic Black or African American versus non-Hispanic White children and adoles...
THURSDAY, July 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- During 2012 to 2021, 251 cases of soft tick relapsing fever (STRF), caused by certain Borrelia spirochetes and transmitted to humans by soft-bodied Ornithodoros ticks, were reported in 11 states, according ...
THURSDAY, July 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In 2020 to 2021, about 6 percent of U.S. adults had an activity-limiting injury in the past three months, according to a July data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Nati...
THURSDAY, July 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Most older adults think that screening for dementia is a good idea, but few actually take that step. Only about 20 percent of those aged 65 to 80 years had a screening test in the past year to see if their m...
THURSDAY, July 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- It is rare for someone with HIV to go into remission and be considered "cured," but a European man may be the sixth to do so.First diagnosed with HIV in 1990, the man had been taking antiretroviral drugs sin...
I’ve been a personal trainer for 5 years, but when I first graduated college, I had a desk job where I was sitting 8+ hours a day. Within 2 years, I had lower back pain. I stopped working out, thinking rest was the best thing, but my back pain got
THURSDAY, July 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- It’s difficult to fully predict who will develop Alzheimer’s disease in advance. Now, a new study suggests that certain markers in the blood may occur 10 to 20 years before the start of symptoms and could he...