Lecciones de un incendio forestal sobre cómo salvar las vidas de las mascotas
LUNES, 13 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Tras desastres naturales como los incendios forestales, que han destruido comunidades enteras con una velocidad alarmante, algunas personas están concentradas en las queridas mascotas que dejaron atrás….
Learn MoreNot Allergic to Penicillin After All? Your Pharmacy May Not Know
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When testing determines that a patient who was thought to be allergic to penicillin actually is not, the warning is expected to be removed from their charts and pharmacy records.But that “de-labeling” is not …
Learn MoreUSPSTF Reaffirms Recommendation Against Genital Herpes Screening
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends against routine screening for genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) among asymptomatic adults and adolescents. This recommendation forms the basis of a…
Learn MoreCAPTURE Screening Tool Has High Specificity for Identifying COPD
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Assessment in Primary Care to Identify Undiagnosed Respiratory Disease and Exacerbation Risk (CAPTURE) screening tool has low sensitivity and high specificity …
Learn MoreHealthier School Meals Program Led to Less Overweight Kids: Study
TUESDAY, Feb 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — More than a decade ago, the Obama administration passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 as a way to counter the toll the obesity epidemic was taking on children’s health.The goal was to markedly impr…
Learn MoreLink Found Between Maternal HIV Status and Inflammation in Pregnancy
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Maternal HIV status is associated with inflammation/immune activation during pregnancy, which may affect child growth, according to a study published online Jan. 2 in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.Stepha…
Learn More>60 Percent of Adults With Type 1 Diabetes Have Overweight, Obesity
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Rates of overweight and obesity in adults with type 1 diabetes are similar to rates in the general population, while those with type 1 diabetes are least likely to increase physical activity or reduce caloric…
Learn MoreHow Worried Should the World Be About Bird Flu in Humans?
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A highly infectious strain of avian influenza is tearing through commercial and backyard poultry flocks, causing egg prices to rise as sick chickens are culled across the United States.Now, some experts are w…
Learn MorePancreatic Cancer Rates Rising Faster Among Women
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — While rates of pancreatic cancer are increasing for both men and women, they’re climbing the fastest among young women, particularly those who are Black. “We can tell that the rate of pancreatic cancer among …
Learn MoreFolks With Type 1 Diabetes Are No More or Less Likely to Be Overweight: Study
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Type 1 diabetes has long been considered a thin person’s disease, but a new study challenges that notion.About 62% of adults with type 1 diabetes were overweight or obese, the researchers found. That compare…
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