Las estadías largas son comunes entre los niños que visitan emergencias con una crisis de salud mental
MIÉRCOLES, 28 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Es una situación que ningún padre quiere vivir: su hijo sufre una crisis de salud mental, y lo llevan a la sala de emergencias, solo para tener que esperar 12 horas o más para recibir la atención …
Learn MoreLos bebés están en peligro por la ingesta de opioides contaminados con un tranquilizante para animales
MIÉRCOLES, 28 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Cuando un niño pequeño o un bebé consumen por accidente un opioide recetado, los resultados inmediatos pueden ser letales, advierten los expertos.Pero hay otra nueva y preocupante dinámica en Esta…
Learn MoreWho Will Respond Best to Ketamine for Severe Depression? New Study Takes a Look
THURSDAY, Dec. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Made infamous as the club drug Special K, ketamine is nowadays being seen as a wonder drug for some folks with hard-to-treat depression.However, a new study finds that some types of patients are more likely …
Learn MoreRansomware Attacks on Health Care Organizations on the Rise
THURSDAY, Dec. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — From 2016 to 2021, there was an increase in ransomware attacks on health care delivery organizations, exposing the personal health information (PHI) of nearly 42 million patients, according to a study publis…
Learn MoreMolnupiravir Does Not Reduce COVID-19-Related Hospitalization, Death
THURSDAY, Dec. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For high-risk vaccinated adults, molnupiravir plus usual care does not reduce the frequency of COVID-19-associated hospitalizations or deaths, according to a study published online Dec. 22 in The Lancet.Chri…
Learn MoreBlack Patients Less Likely to Undergo Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery
THURSDAY, Dec. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Non-Hispanic Black patients are less likely to undergo minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MIMVS) and are more likely to die or experience a major complication than non-Hispanic White patients, accordin…
Learn More5α-Reductase Inhibitors Linked to Depression, but Not Dementia
THURSDAY, Dec. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — 5α-reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs) are associated with an increased risk for depression but seem not to be associated with dementia, according to a study published online Dec. 22 in JAMA Network Open.Miguel Ga…
Learn MoreObesity Might Lower Milk Production in Breastfeeding Moms
THURSDAY, Dec. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — While 8 of 10 mothers breastfeed their newborns for a short time, the number plummets despite recommendations from experts, in part because milk production falls off.Researchers investigating why that happen…
Learn More1990 to 2019 Saw Improvement in Women’s Representation in Academic Medicine
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Representation of women in academic medicine improved from 1990 to 2019, but representation of underrepresented minorities (URM) only modestly increased, according to a study published online Dec. 20 in JAM…
Learn MoreLower Levels of Adolescent Cannabis, Vaping During Pandemic Persisted to 2022
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The reduced levels of adolescent cannabis use and nicotine vaping seen during the pandemic in 2021 continued into 2022, while alcohol use levels increased to prepandemic levels, according to the results of …
Learn More