Climate Change Making 218 Infectious Diseases Even Worse
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Flooding, heat waves and drought have made 58% of infectious diseases worse, a new analysis claims.For the review of previous studies, published Aug. 8 in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers found t…
Learn MoreWhen Pot Made Legal, Poisonings From Synthetic Pot Decline
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — People appear less likely to turn to dangerous synthetic pot products in U.S. states where marijuana has been legalized, a new Washington State University study finds.Researchers discovered a 37% drop in poiso…
Learn MoreWhen Pot Made Legal, Poisonings From Synthetic Pot Decline
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — People appear less likely to turn to dangerous synthetic pot products in U.S. states where marijuana has been legalized, a new Washington State University study finds.Researchers discovered a 37% drop in poiso…
Learn MorePot Users Less Likely to Think Cigarettes Are Unhealthy: Study
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Could cannabis end up being a gateway drug for cigarettes? Possibly, said researchers from Columbia University, who found that adults who use pot daily do not perceive smoking a pack a day as being as harmful …
Learn MorePot Users Less Likely to Think Cigarettes Are Unhealthy: Study
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Could cannabis end up being a gateway drug for cigarettes? Possibly, said researchers from Columbia University, who found that adults who use pot daily do not perceive smoking a pack a day as being as harmful …
Learn MoreRural Americans With Early Alzheimer’s Find It Tough to See Specialists
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Rural Americans with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease are less likely than city dwellers to see a specialist and undergo tests that can help them and their families manage, new research reveals.While most Alzhe…
Learn MoreRural Americans With Early Alzheimer’s Find It Tough to See Specialists
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Rural Americans with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease are less likely than city dwellers to see a specialist and undergo tests that can help them and their families manage, new research reveals.While most Alzhe…
Learn MoreFDA Approves First Targeted Therapy for HER2-Low Breast Cancer
MONDAY, Aug. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Enhertu (am-trastuzumab-deruxtecan-nxki), an intravenous infusion treatment for patients with unresectable or metastatic human epidermal growth factor receptor…
Learn MorePoll: Inflation Has Many Americans Cutting Back on Health Care
MONDAY, Aug. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Inflation is putting Americans’ health at risk, with nearly two in five struggling to pay for the care they need, according to a new West Health-Gallup poll.
About 38 percent — which translates to an estim…
Learn MoreAl tratar las lesiones del cuello uterino, añadir la vacuna del VPH podría reducir más el riesgo de cáncer
VIERNES, 5 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — La mayoría de las personas sexualmente activas contraen el virus del papiloma humano (VPH) en algún momento de sus vidas, y alrededor de un 90 por ciento lo eliminan del cuerpo. Pero algunas mujeres son…
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