Postdischarge Text Message Intervention Cuts Readmissions
MONDAY, Nov. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An automated texting program to support primary care patients after hospital discharge is associated with significant reductions in use of acute care resources, according to a study published online Oct. 26 in…
Learn MoreLos teléfonos inteligentes son refugios de alérgenos
JUEVES, 10 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Ese teléfono inteligente que tiene en la mano podría estar desencadenando sus alergias, sugiere un nuevo estudio llevado a cabo por una estudiante de escuela secundaria de 18 años.Un proyecto de cien…
Learn MorePor primera vez, usan terapia genética para corregir una enfermedad letal antes del nacimiento
JUEVES, 10 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Los médicos tienen la esperanza de que un innovador tratamiento realizado antes del nacimiento pueda ayudar a los niños nacidos con una afección genética rara, y con frecuencia letal, llamada enferme…
Learn MoreElectronic Health Record Data Can Predict Readmission in Children
MONDAY, Nov. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A new risk prediction model may identify infants and children at risk for hospital readmission, according to a study published online Nov. 11 in JAMA Network Open.Denise M. Goodman, M.D., from Ann & Robert H. …
Learn MoreDangerous Myths Keep Many Adults With Food Allergies From Getting an EpiPen
MONDAY, Nov. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The EpiPen is a known lifesaver when someone with a serious food allergy eats something they can’t tolerate.Yet the auto-injection treatment is greatly underused in the United States, according to a new survey…
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Does your child have a cold or severe RSV? Most cases of RSV will just look like a cold, and then improve over time. But in some cases, labored breathing can be a sign a child needs hospital care. Read moreDamage to health mounts with each new COVID …
Learn MoreCancer of the Appendix: Very Rare, But Genes May Play Role
MONDAY, Nov. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — While appendix cancer is rare, for a small percentage of patients the disease may be linked to a particular genetic variant, a new study suggests. Researchers built on earlier research with this study, finding…
Learn MoreShe Thought Cancer Had Won — Until This Experimental Therapy
FRIDAY, Nov. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The breast cancer of author and poet Stephanie Gangi has receded and advanced in wearying waves for two decades now.First diagnosed and treated in 1999, Gangi’s cancer spread to the bone of her sternum in 2014…
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Three-fifths of world’s people may have been exposed to COVID virus. Many more people have been infected with COVID-19 than previously known, with as many as 10.5 infections for every reported case, new research suggests. Read moreLiability fears keep…
Learn MoreGene Therapy Used for First Time to Correct Fatal Illness Before Birth
THURSDAY, Nov. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Doctors are hopeful that an innovative treatment performed before birth may help children born with the rare genetic, and often fatal, condition called Pompe disease.A thriving Canadian toddler is evidence th…
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