Latest Coronavirus News FRIDAY, Feb. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) Just having a chat in a hair salon can spread the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, a new study finds. The same is likely true in many health care settings, the same research showed. Most research on exhaled air and the spread of the virus has focused
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Latest Lungs News FRIDAY, Feb. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) Menthol cigarettes helped lure about 10 million extra Americans into smoking over 38 years, with often deadly results, according to a new study. Researchers also concluded that menthol cigarettes were responsible for 378,000 premature deaths in the United States during the study period –1980 to 2018.
Latest Mental Health News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Feb. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) Communities of color face a burgeoning wave of mental health problems as a result of how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way people interact and grieve, experts warn. “We’re about to have a mental health epidemic because of COVID,”
Latest Diet & Weight Management News By Colin Tweedy HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Feb. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) Helping your brain stay sharp with age may be as simple as changing up the food on your plate at dinnertime, a new study suggests. The study focused on the healthy “Mediterranean” diet, a regimen reliant on olive
Latest Alzheimer’s News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Feb. 26, 2021 The ravages of Alzheimer’s may strike later in women than men, but once it takes hold women tend to deteriorate far faster than men, according to a new study. Something known as cognitive reserve helps the aging brain function better for longer, and
Latest Allergies News By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Feb. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) If you suffer the itchy, sneezy, wheezy consequences of seasonal allergies, you’re probably painfully aware that pollen season is starting earlier and lasting longer than ever. It’s an upshot of climate change, and new research from Germany offers an explanation for
Latest Coronavirus News By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Feb. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) If you think you can safely exercise without your mask in a gym during the pandemic, two new government reports show you are mistaken. Coronavirus outbreaks at fitness centers in Chicago and Honolulu last summer were likely the result of exercisers
Latest Coronavirus News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Feb. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) U.S. hospitals are expected to lose billions again in 2021, leaving them in dire financial shape as the COVID-19 pandemic guts the industry for a second year. Hospitals could lose $53 billion to $122 billion in revenue in 2021, between 4%
Latest Depression News FRIDAY, Feb. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) The most widely prescribed antidepressants in the United States don’t appear to increase the risk of the deadliest type of stroke, according to a new preliminary study. It examined the association between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and intracerebral hemorrhage. This is when a brain blood
Latest Coronavirus News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) Need a COVID-19 vaccine? Your neighborhood pharmacy may soon have one on hand. Pharmacies across the United States are joining the coronavirus vaccination effort, as part of the Biden administration’s push to reach herd immunity as quickly as possible in this
Latest Coronavirus News WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) Protective immune system antibodies that develop after being infected with COVID-19 last for at least a few months, a new study suggests. And reinfection does seem to be relatively rare. That could have big implications for public health and societies, including allowing people to return to
Latest Coronavirus News By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Feb. 25, 2021 Hungry for good news on the pandemic? One epidemiologist believes Americans might reach herd immunity to the new coronavirus as soon as late spring. That’s the view held by Suzanne Judd, a professor with the school of public health at the University of
Latest Coronavirus News WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) During the pandemic, people with asthma have worried that their respiratory condition might raise their risk of severe illness or death from COVID-19, but new research findings should calm their fears. After analyzing data from 57 studies that included a total of over 587,000 people, scientists
Latest Cancer News WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) Battling cancer is tough in normal times, but many U.S. cancer survivors are concerned the coronavirus pandemic will interfere with their care and put their health at risk, a new study finds. “This study demonstrates the importance of clear communication between health care providers and patients
Latest Heart News WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) For people who have livedoid vasculopathy, which causes painful ulcers on the feet and lower legs, new research may bring newfound hope. The disease is a rare medical mystery with no known cause and no commonly accepted cure, according to researchers who outlined the case of
Latest Lungs News By Ernie Mundell and Cara Murez HealthDay Reporters MONDAY, Feb. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) Pulse oximeters — small devices that clip onto fingertips — can seem like a handy way to gauge oxygen levels while monitoring a case of COVID-19. But people of color should be cautious about relying on them because
Latest Coronavirus News MONDAY, Feb. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) In the wake of U.S. recommendations to re-open schools, a new government report indicates that teachers may be key spreaders of COVID-19 in schools and should be vaccinated against the coronavirus. Researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that educators were responsible
Latest Mental Health News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Feb. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) Scientists may have uncovered the reason critical medications for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder cause weight gain and diabetes — findings they hope will lead to better drugs. The medications, known as antipsychotics, help control the hallucinations, delusions and confused thoughts
Latest Prevention & Wellness News FRIDAY, Feb. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) Severe winter weather has a grip on much of the United States, which increases the risk of injuries from slipping on ice, shoveling, sports such as skiing and sledding, and car crashes. “One of the most frequently seen causes for visits to the emergency
Latest Women’s Health News FRIDAY, Feb. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) Nearly 1 in 2 women over the age of 50 deal with the indignities of urinary incontinence, but experts say no one has to suffer in silence. Frequently considered an inevitable problem of aging, most women never even try to get treatment for the urinary
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