La FDA aprueba los refuerzos bivalentes contra la COVID para los niños de a partir de 6 meses
JUEVES, 8 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Los refuerzos bivalentes actualizados contra la COVID-19 cuentan ahora con la aprobación para su uso en niños de incluso apenas 6 meses, anunció hoy la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA)…
Learn More¿Es una prohibición de los mentolados suficiente para frustrar a las grandes tabacaleras?
JUEVES, 8 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Una prohibición federal propuesta en EE. UU. contra los cigarrillos mentolados no llega lo bastante lejos, y debe incluir otros productos mentolados, desde el tabaco para las pipas hasta los tubos de …
Learn MoreMás estadounidenses se están mudando a áreas susceptibles a los incendios forestales
JUEVES, 8 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Algunos estadounidenses parecen estarse mudando de áreas con huracanes y olas de calor frecuentes a lugares amenazados por los incendios forestales y el calor creciente.Están cambiando el riesgo de un…
Learn MoreBlack Patients With Brain Tumors Less Likely to Get Surgery Than Whites
FRIDAY, Dec. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Black patients with brain tumors may be less likely to have surgery recommended to them than white patients are, according to a large U.S. study.The research, which looked at two national databases, found that …
Learn MoreBlack Patients More Likely to Be Advised Against Brain Tumor Surgery
FRIDAY, Dec. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Black patients are significantly more likely to receive a recommendation against surgical resection of glioblastoma, meningioma, pituitary adenoma, and vestibular schwannoma than White patients, according to a …
Learn MoreBlack Patients Have Worse Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Outcomes
FRIDAY, Dec. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Black patients have a higher risk for 90-day readmission and mortality following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) than White patients, according to a study published online Nov. 11 in the American Heart…
Learn MoreWorkplace Fumes, Dust Could Raise Odds for Rheumatoid Arthritis
FRIDAY, Dec. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The air where you work could be increasing your risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, a new study suggests.Breathing in the fumes from commercial vapors, gases and solvents — and even common dusts found in …
Learn MoreTwins Study Shows Exercise Altering How Genes Behave
FRIDAY, Dec. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — One might expect identical twins to have the same health outcomes.But it’s not just genetics that makes a notable difference in their weight and in how their genes behave, according to a new study. Exercise ca…
Learn MoreJYNNEOS Vaccination Provides Protection Against Mpox
THURSDAY, Dec. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Among men aged 18 to 49 years who are eligible for the JYNNEOS vaccine, mpox incidence is considerably higher among unvaccinated persons versus those who received one or two vaccine doses, according to resea…
Learn More~10 Percent of Deaths Among Ever-Employed Linked to COPD in 2020
THURSDAY, Dec. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — About 10 percent of deaths among ever-employed persons aged 15 years and older were associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in 2020, according to research published in the Dec. 9 issue o…
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