U.K. School Studies Find No Benefit of Mindfulness for Kids’ Mental Health
Latest Healthy Kids News WEDNESDAY, July 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) As rates of teenage anxiety and depression climb in the United States, parents and teachers are rushing to solve the mental health crisis. Some have proposed mindfulness training in schools as a therapeutic tool, but a review of studies out of the United Kingdom indicates […]
Asthma Drug Fluticasone Fails as Potential COVID Treatment
Latest Coronavirus News THURSDAY, July 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) The asthma drug fluticasone furoate is yet another medication that doesn’t work for mild-to-moderate COVID-19, a new study finds. “There was no evidence of improvement in time to recovery or reduction in hospitalizations in participants who took fluticasone furoate versus those who took a placebo,” lead […]
Friends Want to Hear From You More Than You Think
Latest Mental Health News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) If you’ve ever hesitated to text or email friends you haven’t seen in a while, a new study has a reassuring message: They’ll probably appreciate it more than you think. In a series of experiments involving nearly 6,000 adults, researchers […]
Can Anxiety Disorders Pass From Parent to Child?
Latest Mental Health News By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) From the ongoing pandemic and the monkeypox outbreak to the charged political landscape, New York City mom and entrepreneur Lyss Stern has been increasingly anxious. Stern worries that she will pass all of this fretting down to her 8-year-old daughter, […]
COVID Pandemic Slowed Progress Against Antibiotic-Resistant ‘Superbugs’
Latest Infectious Disease News TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) The COVID pandemic has eaten into the progress made against drug-resistant infections, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency reported that hospital-related infections and deaths grew by 15% during the pandemic’s first year, 2019 to 2020. The increase owes to […]
WHO Says Global Monkeypox Cases Have Jumped 77% in One Week
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, July 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) More than 6,000 monkeypox cases in 59 countries have surfaced since the outbreak began in May, the World Health Organization confirmed Thursday. The United Nation’s health agency reported a 77% rise in cases on Thursday, with cases in nine additional countries. So far, the cases […]
Bumble Bee Clams Recalled Due to PFAS Chemical
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, July 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) Bumble Bee Foods is recalling some canned, smoked clams because they contain high levels of chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The voluntary recall, announced July 6, comes after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found detectable PFAS levels in samples of the product. […]
Pig Hearts Successfully Transplanted Into 2 Brain-Dead Patients
Latest Heart News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) Genetically altered pig hearts could soon become a viable transplantation alternative for people with life-threatening heart disease, new experiments show. A team at NYU Langone Health has successfully transplanted two such pig hearts into brain-dead humans on life support, making advances […]
Social Media Has Big Impact on People Taking Up Smoking, Vaping
Latest Lungs News WEDNESDAY, July 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) The potent influence of social media may include tobacco use. By analyzing 29 previously published studies, researchers found that people who viewed social media that contained tobacco content were more than twice as likely to report using tobacco and were more likely to use it in […]
Drinking Alone in Youth a Big Sign for Future Problems
Latest Mental Health News TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) Drinking by yourself may have lifelong consequences, especially if the habit begins early in life, a new study suggests. Researchers found that drinking alone during adolescence and young adulthood greatly increases risk for alcohol use disorder later on and the risk for women is especially […]