More Affordable Housing, Healthier Hearts?
Latest Heart News THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) One of the keys to good health could be in the hands of those who decide zoning policies for their communities. Inclusionary zoning policies that provide for affordable housing were associated with lower rates of heart disease for those who benefited from these dwellings, […]
Major Study Finds No Serious Health Issues From Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines
Latest Coronavirus News FRIDAY, Sept. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) An ongoing study of more than 6 million Americans found no serious side effects linked to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. “These results from our safety surveillance are reassuring,” said Dr. Nicola Klein, director of the Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center in Oakland, Calif. She spoke […]
Annoyed When Watching Others Fidget? You’re Not Alone
Latest Mental Health News FRIDAY, Sept. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) If other people’s fidgeting drives you nuts, you may be one of many people with a condition called misokinesia, which means “hatred of movements,” Canadian researchers report. They conducted experiments with more than 4,100 people and found that about one-third have the condition. […]
Stop Use of Ivermectin for COVID-19: AMA, Pharmacist Groups
Latest Coronavirus News THURSDAY, Sept. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) The prescribing, dispensing and use of ivermectin to prevent or treat COVID-19 outside of clinical trials must end immediately, the American Medical Association, American Pharmacists Association and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists say. The drug has U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to treat […]
Got ‘Zoom Fatigue’? Taking Breaks From the Camera Can Help
Latest Mental Health News THURSDAY, Sept. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) If you feel exhausted after a day filled with online meetings, well, you are not imagining it. A new study found that the pressure of having the camera on for a long time is draining. This so-called “Zoom fatigue” is even worse if […]
15 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Wasted in U.S. Since March 1
Latest Coronavirus News THURSDAY, Sept. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) At least 15 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been thrown away in the United States since March 1, government data shows. That’s a far greater amount than previously known, but it is still just a small fraction of the total doses administered in […]
Did You Mean to Drop That Treat? Your Dog Knows
Latest Pet Health News WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) You probably can’t fool Fido. New research indicates dogs may know whether you mean to withhold a treat or you’re doing so by accident. This suggests dogs have a least one aspect of something known as Theory of Mind — an ability to […]
Toxic Leaded Gasoline Is Finished Globally
Latest Prevention & Wellness News TUESDAY, Aug. 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) Algeria recently became the last country in the world to halt sales of highly toxic leaded gasoline, the U.N. Environment Agency (UNEP) said Monday. The agency said that marked the “official end” of the use of the fuel that’s been linked to […]
Your Young Child Is Sick: Is it COVID or RSV?
Latest Healthy Kids News SUNDAY, Aug. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) A common bug called respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) circulating among American kids during what’s normally its off-season may cause concern if parents don’t know how to tell it apart from COVID-19, experts say. Getting RSV during the summer is unusual, but the U.S. […]
U.S. to Be Removed From E.U. Safe Travel List
Latest Travel Health News MONDAY, Aug. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) Due to surging coronavirus cases, the United States will be removed from the European Union’s “safe list” of countries whose citizens can travel to the 27-nation bloc without additional restrictions such as testing and quarantines. The change is expected to be announced Monday, […]