Scientists Share Nobel Prize for Discoveries That Changed Pain Research
Latest Chronic Pain News MONDAY, Oct. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) Two American researchers have been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that could help ease chronic and acute pain. The prize was given jointly on Monday to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, the New York Times reported. Julius, […]
AHA News: How You Feel About Your Place on the Social Ladder Can Affect Your Health
Latest Heart News MONDAY, Oct. 4, 2021 (American Heart Association News) How do you feel about yourself and your place in society? The answer could affect not just your state of mind, but your actual health. “When you ask people to make a social comparison of where they stand in society, we find […]
Colon Cancer Diagnoses Fell 40% in Pandemic, and That’s Not Good News
Latest Cancer News MONDAY, Oct. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) Colon cancer numbers dropped dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, but that doesn’t mean fewer people have the disease. In Spain, researchers discovered a more than 40% decline in colon cancer diagnoses, leading experts to worry about the ramifications. “These are very worrying findings indeed […]
U.S. Nursing Home Deaths Rise as Delta Spreads
Latest Coronavirus News MONDAY, Oct. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) – There has been a significant increase in COVID-related deaths in nursing homes as the highly contagious Delta spreads across the country, a new analysis shows. “While the vast majority of COVID-19 deaths happened outside of nursing homes in July and August, the high […]
Smoking, Drinking Gateway to Pot, Study Finds
Latest Mental Health News THURSDAY, Sept. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) For those who smoke or drink, it’s only a small step to marijuana, researchers report. “Legal consumption of alcohol and tobacco may directly increase the level of illicit drug use. However, the relationships are complex,” said researcher Dr. Zoe Reed. She is a […]
Active Learning Best for Students: Study
Latest Healthy Kids News THURSDAY, Sept. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) Whether you’re a kid or a college student, you’ll learn more with interactive activities, discussions, movement and even AI-enhanced technologies than you will just sitting still and listening, a new study suggests. Learning methods that work best are hands-on, as well as what […]
Silver Lining Found in Pandemic: Fewer Teens Are Vaping
Latest Lungs News FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) It turns out that the pandemic has reaped one unexpected benefit: As teens were kept home more often, their use of electronic cigarettes dropped by nearly 40%, a new report finds. U.S. health officials said these numbers should be taken with a grain of […]
AHA News: Her Husband Died of a Heart Attack, But This Former Nurse Didn’t Recognize Her Own
Latest Heart News WEDNESDAY, Sept. 29, 2021 (American Heart Association News) Last October, Katherine Romano was cleaning her house when her neck started to hurt. She kept going, trying to complete her chores, until the pain shifted to her upper back. “It was so terrible, it took my breath away,” she said. Resting […]
AI Model Predicts Which Animal Viruses Are Likely to Jump to Humans
Latest Infectious Disease News THURSDAY, Sept. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) Artificial intelligence (AI) might be able to spot the next virus to jump from animals to humans, Scottish researchers report. Identifying diseases before they become a threat to humans is challenging, because only a few of the nearly 2 million animal viruses can […]
DEA Warns of Fentanyl in Counterfeit Opioid Pills
Latest Mental Health News WEDNESDAY, Sept. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) People buying pills that look like prescription opioid painkillers or stimulants who are not buying them from a licensed pharmacy may be buying a lethal drug, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration warned this week. This was the first public safety alert the DEA […]