Air Pollution May Do More Harm to Women Than Men
FRIDAY, Sept. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Breathing in fumes from diesel exhaust may be more damaging to women than to men, a new, small Canadian study claims.“We already know that there are sex differences in lung diseases such as asthma and respirat…
Learn MoreUnos esteroides de uso común podrían alterar al cerebro
MIÉRCOLES, 31 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — El uso de esteroides a largo plazo puede remodelar a la estructura del cerebro, y hacer que algunas partes se encojan y otras crezcan, informa un nuevo e importante estudio.Las personas que toman est…
Learn MoreUnos esteroides de uso común podrían alterar al cerebro
MIÉRCOLES, 31 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — El uso de esteroides a largo plazo puede remodelar a la estructura del cerebro, y hacer que algunas partes se encojan y otras crezcan, informa un nuevo e importante estudio.Las personas que toman est…
Learn MoreWidely Used Steroid Meds Could Alter the Brain
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Long-term steroid use can reshape the structure of the brain, causing some parts to shrink and others to grow, a major new study reports.People taking steroids — even inhaled steroids — appear to have les…
Learn MoreLa limpieza del derrame de petróleo del Deepwater Horizon puso a los trabajadores en riesgo de asma
LUNES, 22 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Los trabajadores que limpiaron el derrame de petróleo del Deepwater Horizon en 2010 en el Golfo de México eran más propensos que otros a haber desarrollado asma o síntomas relacionados, muestra un seguim…
Learn MoreAsthma Risk May Be Increased in Oil Spill Response, Cleanup Workers
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For oil spill response and cleanup workers, total hydrocarbons (THCs) and benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, o-, m-, and p-xylenes and n-hexane (BTEX-H) chemicals are associated with increased asthma risk, accord…
Learn MoreDeepwater Horizon Oil Spill Cleanup Put Workers at Risk for Asthma
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Workers who cleaned up the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico were more likely than others to have developed asthma or related symptoms, a long-term follow-up shows.”This is the first study…
Learn MoreMepolizumab Cuts Exacerbations in Children With Severe Asthma
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Asthma exacerbations are reduced for children and adolescents with exacerbation-prone eosinophilic asthma who are living in socioeconomically disadvantaged urban neighborhoods and receive mepolizumab therapy…
Learn MoreBiden to Sign Bill That Helps Veterans Exposed to Toxic Burn Pits
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) — President Biden was poised on Wednesday to sign a bill that expands health care benefits for U.S. veterans exposed to toxic burn pits.Known as the PACT Act, the legislation is the biggest expansion of veter…
Learn MoreMás de la mitad de los adultos jóvenes de EE. UU. tienen una afección de salud crónica
JUEVES, 28 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Obesidad, depresión, hipertensión, asma: estas son solo algunas de las afecciones de salud crónicas que afectan ahora a casi 40 millones de estadounidenses de entre 18 y 34 años, muestran unos nuevos dat…
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