Obesity Can Raise Odds for Post-Surgical Complications
MONDAY, May 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Here’s one more reason to watch your weight: Obesity can increase your odds for serious complications after surgery.Compared with patients of normal weight, those who are obese are at greater risk for developing…
Learn MoreScience Reveals Cause of Rare Heart Trouble in Young Men Who Get COVID Vaccines
FRIDAY, May 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Researchers think they’ve figured out why the COVID vaccine causes heart inflammation in an extremely small number of teenage boys — and what might be done to avoid it.The second dose of COVID vaccine appears to…
Learn MoreIdiopathic CD4 Lymphocytopenia Linked to Opportunistic Infection, Cancer
THURSDAY, May 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia (ICL) is associated with increased risk for opportunistic infection and invasive cancer, according to a study published in the May 4 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine….
Learn MoreNew Disease Biomarkers Uncovered in MIS-C, COVID-19
THURSDAY, May 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Next-generation sequencing of nucleic acids can differentiate multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) from COVID-19, according to a study published online April 25 in Cell Reports Medicine.Conor …
Learn MoreDangerous Infections in ‘Preemie’ Babies May Begin in the Gut
THURSDAY, May 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — About half of extremely preterm babies have at least one life-threatening bacterial infection in their bloodstream after 72 hours of life. Now, new research points to the babies’ own gut microbiomes as the sou…
Learn MoreFDA Approves First RSV Vaccine
WEDNESDAY, May 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The first vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in seniors aged 60 and older.Arexvy, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), is expect…
Learn MoreNo hay ningún caso de viruela símica en más de una semana por primera vez desde el inicio del brote: CDC
VIERNES, 28 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Por primera vez desde el principio del brote de viruela símica (mpox) la primavera pasada, no se ha reportado ningún caso nuevo en más de una semana, muestran unos nuevos datos del gobierno.Durante el p…
Learn MoreCDC Reports No New Mpox Cases in Over a Week for First Time Since Outbreak Began
FRIDAY, April 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) – For the first time since the mpox outbreak began last spring, no new cases have been reported in more than a week, fresh government data shows.At the peak of the outbreak, there were 500 new infections reporte…
Learn MoreFDA Approves First Pill for Fecal Transplant Therapy
THURSDAY, April 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first pill form of fecal microbiota — similar to what’s known as fecal transplant therapy — to treat the bacterial infection Clostridioides d…
Learn MoreEl VSR en la infancia podría aumentar el riesgo de asma de un niño
MARTES, 25 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Los niños que se infectaron con el virus sincitial respiratorio, mejor conocido como VSR, en el primer año de vida podrían tener un riesgo más alto de asma, según los investigadores.Su nuevo estudio obse…
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