Hospitalizations for Teens With Eating Disorders Rose Sharply During Pandemic
Latest Mental Health News TUESDAY, July 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) The pandemic may have triggered yet another burgeoning health problem: New research suggests that more than twice as many young people as is normal were hospitalized with eating disorders in the first 12 months of the COVID-19 surge in the United States. There […]
AHA News: How Technology Is Improving Health Information Access for the Deaf Community
Latest MedicineNet News MONDAY, July 12, 2021 (American Heart Association News) Early in Dr. Michael McKee’s career, one of his patients, who was deaf, died from a heart attack. It led him to study how to prevent it from happening to others. That tragic event might not have happened, he said, if there […]
WHO Calls for Global Registry of Human Genome Editing
Latest MedicineNet News MONDAY, July 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) New recommendations on human genome editing issued by the World Health Organization include a call for a global registry to track “any form of genetic manipulation” and a whistle-blowing process for unethical or unsafe research. The WHO first commissioned the expert advisory panel in […]
AHA News: Born With a Severe Heart Defect, 9-Year-Old Boy Defies All Odds
Latest Heart News FRIDAY, July 9, 2021 (American Heart Association News) Twenty weeks into her pregnancy, Hannah Lewis eagerly went to a doctor’s visit expecting to learn the gender of her first child. Only 19, Lewis was excited and nervous about becoming a mother, and thrilled when she learned she was having a […]
U.S. COVID Vaccine Rollout Saved 279,000 Lives: Study
Latest Coronavirus News FRIDAY, July 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) COVID-19 vaccines have prevented at least 279,000 deaths and 1.25 million hospitalizations in the United States, but the Delta variant poses a significant threat to that progress, researchers say. “The vaccines have been strikingly successful in reducing the spread of the virus and saving […]
Global Consortium Finds Genes That Drive Severe COVID-19
Latest Coronavirus News FRIDAY, July 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) Why do some people infected with SARS-CoV-2 have either no or negligible symptoms, while others sicken and die? Scientists who’ve pinpointed several genetic markers associated with severe COVID-19 say their findings could provide answers to that important question — and targets for future treatments. […]
Is Your Kid a Fast or Slow Eater? Personality Might Tell
Latest Healthy Kids News FRIDAY, July 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) Could your children’s eating habits be a reflection of their personalities? A new study finds a link between the two, but researchers say it’s not clear exactly how they influence each other. They found that slow eaters are less likely to be extroverted […]
Global Warming Means Spread of Malaria, Dengue
Latest Infectious Disease News THURSDAY, July 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) Climate change could put billions more people at risk for deadly mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue, researchers said. They see the danger zone expanding within the United States, Europe and Asia. If temperatures rise by about 3.7 degrees Celsius by the […]
Is Medicare Overspending? Costco Prices Much Less for Generic Drugs
Latest Senior Health News WEDNESDAY, July 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) Can Costco beat Medicare Part D when it comes to prescription drug prices? Apparently so, claims a new study that found that roughly half of generic medications were cheaper when purchased from the discount retailer than from the government program. The researchers compared […]
AHA News: Fit and 41, She Thought Nothing of Her Family History – Until Her Heart Attack
Latest Heart News WEDNESDAY, July 7, 2021 (American Heart Association News) Nicole Lazowski was no stranger to hospitals. Her father battled heart disease for as long as she could remember. She was 7 when he had his first of five heart attacks. “I grew up in and out of hospitals, going there with […]