Los mitos sobre las vacunas contra la COVID provocan bajas tasas de adopción entre los niños de EE. UU.
MARTES, 4 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Casi 8 de cada 10 adultos de EE. UU. han recibido la serie primaria de vacunas contra la COVID-19, pero lo mismo ha sucedido con apenas un 31 por ciento de los niños de 5 a 11 años, según un nuevo infor…
Learn MoreAI Model Quantifies Coronary Artery Calcium From PET CTAC Scans
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Deep-learning (DL) positron emission tomography (PET) computed tomography (CT) attenuation correction (CTAC) scan scores may predict cardiovascular risk similarly to standard coronary artery calcium (CAC) sc…
Learn MoreCOVID Vaccine Myths Drive Low Rates of Uptake Among U.S. Kids
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Almost 8 in 10 U.S. adults have received their primary COVID-19 vaccine series, but only 31% of children ages 5 to 11 have done the same, according to a new report based on late September figures from the U.S….
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Disabled patients face discrimination from doctors. More than three decades after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), some doctors still harbor biases toward people with disabilities, and even actively avoid accepting them as pat…
Learn MoreLos monitores de actividad podrían hacer que camine más, aunque ni los mire
VIERNES, 30 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Usar un monitor de actividad podría ayudarlo a dar más pasos, aunque nunca ni lo mire. Un nuevo estudio encontró que las personas que usaban un podómetro daban en promedio 318 pasos más al día que …
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Alzheimer’s meds are mostly tested in whites. That worries Black patients, caregivers. Evidence on how drugs like Aricept and Adulhelm work for Black and Hispanic patients is sorely lacking because so few were included in clinical trials of the medica…
Learn MoreNovel Inherited Variants May Raise Risk for Hodgkin Lymphoma
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Novel coding and noncoding gene variants have been identified that may increase the risk for developing Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), according to a study published online Aug. 20 in Blood.Jamie E. Flerlage, M.D., f…
Learn MoreGastric Mapping Device Used to Study Gastric Dysfunction
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Two groups of patients with chronic nausea and vomiting syndromes (NVS) have been identified, with overlapping symptoms but distinct underlying phenotypes, according to a study published in the Sept. 21 issue…
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Suicides rose among Americans in 2021, reversing two years of decline. The U.S. suicide rate increased to 14 suicides for every 100,000 people, up from 13.5 per 100,000 in 2020, according to new CDC numbers. Read moreAfter Ian’s destruction: How to sa…
Learn MoreFitness Trackers Could Get You Stepping More — Even If You Don’t Look at Them
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Wearing a fitness tracker may help you get more steps in — even if you never give it a glance.A new study found that folks who wore a pedometer averaged 318 more steps a day than those who didn’t, even witho…
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