For the first time, some Medicare beneficiaries will be able to access Novo Nordisk's Wegovy without having to shoulder the total monthly price tag.
A recent study disproves the notion of COVID-19's increased risk of asthma in children. There's no proof that a child's chance of developing asthma is increased by a COVID-19 infection, according to a recent study.
“We haven’t had a full night’s sleep since our son was born eight years ago,” said Mrs. B, pointing to her son’s dry, red and itchy skin. Her son has had eczema his entire life. Also known as atopic dermatitis, this chronic skin disease affects about 1 in 5 children in the industrialized world. Some studies have found rates of eczema in developing nations to be over thirtyfold lower compared with industrialized nations. However, rates of eczema didn’t spike with the Industrial Revolution,...
GENEVA: More than 70 per cent of the global workforce is exposed to risks linked to climate change that cause hundreds of thousands of deaths each year, the International Labour Organization said on Monday, adding governments would need to act as the numbers rise. Workers, especially the world's poorest, are more vulnerable than the general population to the dangers of climate extremes such as heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and hurricanes because they are often the first exposed or exposed for...
Washington, Apr 17 (Prensa Latina)The harder your brain works at your job, the less likely you may be to have memory and thinking problems later in life, according to a new study published in the journal Neurology. The post Routine jobs increase the risk of cognitive, dementia decline – Study first appeared on Prensa Latina.
The recall comes years after surgeons say they first noticed problems with the HeartMate II and HeartMate 3, manufactured by Thoratec Corp., a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories.
A pair of heart devices linked to hundreds of injuries and at least 14 deaths has received the FDA's most serious recall, the agency announced Monday.The recall comes years after surgeons say they first noticed problems with the HeartMate II and HeartMate 3, manufactured by Thoratec Corp., a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories. The devices are not currently being removed from the market. In an emailed response, Abbott said it had communicated the risk to customers this year.The delayed action...
The study is small and imperfect but offers more data on how time-restricted diets work.
Across Canada, the burden of premature opioid-related deaths doubled between 2019 and 2021, representing more than one-quarter of deaths among younger adults, a study found.
Previous research suggests people with subjective cognitive decline are 2.5 times more likely to develop dementia.
Research reveals ‘long-lasting effects’ caused by pressure from parents, families, bullies and the mediaParents who tease their children about their weight are putting them at greater risk of feeling bad about their bodies decades later, regardless of whether they grow up to have obesity or not, a groundbreaking study has found.Thirteen-year-olds who felt pressure from family members to shed pounds and endured weight-based teasing showed higher levels of internalised weight stigma when they...
A new study has found that beyond being able to respond to commands like “roll over,” dogs can learn to associate words with specific objects.