A los microbios les encantan los ‘puntos calientes’ en tu cuerpo
MARTES, 3 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — La abuela lo sabía desde siempre: ciertos lugares en el cuerpo son “puntos calientes” para microbios poco saludables.Esa noción, a la que los autores de un nuevo estudio llamaron “la hipótesis de la abue…
Learn MoreSexual, Gender Minorities With Chronic Skin Diseases More Likely to Face Barriers to Care
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Sexual and gender-minority (SGM) patients with chronic inflammatory skin diseases (CISDs) are more likely to experience cost and noncost barriers to care, according to a study published online Sept. 27 in JAMA…
Learn MoreLa FDA comenzará a regular miles de pruebas de laboratorio
LUNES, 2 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) – Frente a crecientes informes de pruebas clínicas de laboratorio inexactas, la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE. UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) anunció el viernes que por primera vez r…
Learn MoreEl COVID provocó más casos de sepsis mortal durante la pandemia de lo que se pensaba
LUNES, 2 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — La infección sanguínea potencialmente mortal llamada sepsis fue más común de lo que se pensaba entre los pacientes con COVID-19 al inicio de la pandemia.Investigadores de Massachusetts relacionaron el SA…
Learn MoreCDC Will Recommend an Antibiotic After Sex to Help Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections
MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is poised to recommend use of a powerful antibiotic to prevent sexually transmitted infections.On Monday, the CDC issued draft recommendations, recommending d…
Learn MoreGerms Love Two Skin ‘Hot Spots’ on Your Body
MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Grandma knew it all along: Certain places on the body are “hot spots” for unhealthy microbes.That notion — which the authors of a new study dubbed “the grandma hypothesis,” after grandma’s admonitions to clean …
Learn MoreScientists Gain Insight Into How COVID Harms the Heart
MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New research shows the COVID-19 virus can directly infect coronary arteries, inflaming fatty plaque inside them, which can increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.This may explain why some people who get …
Learn MoreFDA Will Begin to Regulate Thousands of Lab Tests
FRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Faced with growing reports of inaccurate clinical lab tests, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced that it will for the first time regulate these vital diagnostic tools.Many Americans migh…
Learn MoreCOVID Triggered More Cases of Deadly Sepsis During Pandemic Than Thought
FRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The life-threatening infection sepsis was more common than once thought among COVID-19 patients early in the pandemic.Massachusetts researchers linked SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, to about 1 in 6 …
Learn MoreIs the First Cure for Advanced Rabies Near?
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Rabies virus is incurable and almost always fatal once it has invaded the central nervous system, with the victim doomed to suffer a horrible death.But researchers now think they’ve found an effective and s…
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