Diabetes-Related Deaths Not Decreasing in Rural Areas in the U.S.
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Decreases in U.S. diabetes-related mortality during the past two decades have been concentrated in urban areas, according to a study published online Sept. 10 in Diabetologia.Ofer Kobo, M.D., from Hillel Yaff…
Learn MoreAmerica’s ER Docs Alarmed by Rising Violence From Patients
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The stories grabbed headlines during the pandemic: Violent episodes in U.S. emergency rooms where patients attacked doctors.Now, a new poll shows just how widespread the problem has become: Two-thirds of emer…
Learn MoreHints That Experimental Drug Might Curb a Form of ALS
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — People with a rare genetic form of ALS may benefit from extended use of an investigational drug, a new study shows.The medication, tofersen, benefited patients with mutations of the gene SOD1. These mutations…
Learn MoreMore Batches of Moderna COVID-19 Shots Shipped Amid Reports of Shortages
THURSDAY, Sept. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — To keep up with demand for updated booster shots, U.S. health officials are shipping out more batches of the revamped Moderna vaccine to pharmacies across the country.While supplies of the updated Pfizer bo…
Learn MoreFeds Warn of Home Carbon Monoxide Detectors That May Fail to Alarm
THURSDAY, Sept. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Consumers should immediately stop using HECOPRO digital display carbon monoxide (CO) detectors because they can fail to warn about the presence of the dangerous gas, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commiss…
Learn MoreLos residentes de Flint sufren depresión y TEPT 5 años tras la crisis de agua
MIÉRCOLES, 21 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Una crisis de agua sin precedentes continúa cobrándose un alto precio en la salud mental de los adultos de Flint, Michigan, muestra una encuesta de gran tamaño.Cinco años tras la crisis, un estim…
Learn MoreLos adolescentes de EE. UU. beben y fuman menos, pero el vapeo y el uso de marihuana aumentan
MIÉRCOLES, 21 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Menos adolescentes de EE. UU. beben alcohol y fuman hoy en día, pero la popularidad de la marihuana y del vapeo ha aumentado, en particular entre los jóvenes que tienen tiempo libre sin supervisi…
Learn MoreLa FDA admite fallos en la respuesta a la escasez de fórmula infantil
MIÉRCOLES, 21 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — En un informe que emitió el martes, la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE. UU. reconoció varios fallos en su respuesta a la escasez de fórmula infantil de principios de año.”R…
Learn MoreFeds Warn of Home Carbon Monoxide Detectors That May Fail to Alarm
THURSDAY, Sept. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Consumers should immediately stop using HECOPRO digital display carbon monoxide (CO) detectors because they can fail to warn about the presence of the dangerous gas, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commiss…
Learn MoreA Hotter World Can Worsen Heart Failure
THURSDAY, Sept. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Climate change could spell trouble for those with heart failure, a new study suggests.When the temperatures soared in France during the summer of 2019, the heat wave appears to have worsened the conditions …
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