Sepsis Raises Odds for Heart Failure After Hospital Discharge
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Having sepsis — a life-threatening response to infection — may put patients at risk for future heart failure and rehospitalization, according to a new study. Sepsis is an extreme immune response to an infe…
Learn MoreLa pandemia está en un punto de inflexión, según la OMS
LUNES, 30 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — La pandemia ha llegado a un “punto de transición”, anunció el lunes la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS).Pero esto no significa que la designación de emergencia de salud pública de importancia intern…
Learn MoreCeliac Disease Could Raise Heart Risks, Study Finds
TUESDAY, Jan. 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — People with celiac disease may be more likely to develop heart disease despite having fewer traditional heart risks than other folks.Celiac disease is an immune reaction that occurs when some people eat glute…
Learn MorePandemic at a Tipping Point: WHO
MONDAY, Jan. 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The pandemic has reached a “transition point,” the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday. Still, that doesn’t mean the public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) designation declared by the…
Learn MoreTroubling Signs TB Is Gaining Resistance Against Combo Antibiotics
MONDAY, Jan. 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New drugs may be needed to fight the deadliest form of tuberculosis, because it may no longer respond to current treatments.An animal study by Johns Hopkins University researchers found that an approved antibi…
Learn MoreLos refuerzos actualizados podrían reducir el riesgo de infección con la variante XBB casi a la mitad
JUEVES, 26 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Unos nuevos datos del gobierno muestran que las dosis de refuerzo de la vacuna bivalente contra la COVID reducen las probabilidades de infección con la nueva variante XBB casi a la mitad, un hallazgo que…
Learn MorePediatric SARS-CoV-2, MIS-C Differed in Delta, Omicron Waves
THURSDAY, Jan. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The clinical presentation of hospitalized children with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-positive testing or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) differed in the …
Learn MoreFew Staff Receive Formal Training on CLABSI Surveillance for Home Infusion
THURSDAY, Jan. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Many home infusion therapy (HIT) staff who perform surveillance receive no formal training on central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) surveillance, according to a brief report published online…
Learn MoreUpdated Boosters Cut Risk of XBB Variant Infection by Nearly Half
THURSDAY, Jan. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) — In a finding that suggests the updated bivalent COVID booster shots are worth getting, new government data shows they cut the chances of infection with the new XBB variant by nearly half.While those ages 49 …
Learn MorePrevalence of VEXAS Syndrome Identified in U.S. Health System
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The prevalence and clinical manifestations of UBA1 variants associated with VEXAS (Vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, Autoinflammatory, Somatic) syndrome have been identified in a single health system, accordin…
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