Quality of YouTube Medical Videos Often Poor for Patient Education
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — YouTube videos describing implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) for patients are highly variable with overall low quality, according to a study presented at the annual American College of Cardiolo…
Learn More‘Breakthrough’ Infections After COVID Vaccine Can Help Prevent Future Illness
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — It’s very frustrating to get a COVID-19 vaccine and then wind up catching the virus anyway.But these breakthrough infections actually do you a world of good, providing a powerful boost to your existing vac…
Learn MoreStudy Probes Links Between Vaccines and Asthma in Kids, With Inconclusive Results
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Aluminum in childhood vaccines has long been the cause of speculation about a potential link to allergies and asthma, but a new study designed to figure out whether there might be a connection did not come…
Learn MoreRise in Cases of Kids Infected With Virus Linked to Paralyzing Illness
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Cases of a virus that strikes children and teens and can trigger paralysis in rare cases have been increasing in the United States and could continue to do so this fall, health officials warned Tuesday. Inc…
Learn MoreSleep Experts Warn Against Giving Melatonin to Children
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Use of the over-the-counter sleep aid melatonin is increasing among young people, and calls to poison control centers and visits to the emergency room are also on the rise. This is mostly because young chi…
Learn MoreVinculan el uso de embriones congelados con un mayor riesgo de una peligrosa complicación del embarazo
LUNES, 26 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Los embriones congelados parecen estar vinculados con un riesgo significativamente más alto de una presión arterial alta peligrosa en las mujeres que quedan embarazadas mediante fertilización in vitr…
Learn MorePersistent Pulmonary Dysfunction Seen in Children After COVID-19
TUESDAY, Sept. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Persistent pulmonary dysfunction is observed on low-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in children and adolescents after COVID-19, according to a study published online Sept. 20 in Radiology.Rafael Heiss…
Learn MoreIn Utero Exposure to Natural Disaster Ups Child Psychopathology
TUESDAY, Sept. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In utero exposure to a major weather-related disaster is associated with an increased risk for psychopathology in children, according to a study published online Sept. 21 in the Journal of Child Psychology a…
Learn MoreCOVID Infection Raises a Child’s Odds for Type 1 Diabetes by 72%
TUESDAY, Sept. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Children who fall ill with COVID-19 may have a slightly increased risk of developing type 1 diabetes, a new study suggests.Researchers found that of more than 285,000 children with COVID, 0.04% were diagnose…
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