4 in 10 U.S. Adults Who Need Mental Health Care Can’t Get It: Survey
Latest Mental Health News By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) There is a “staggering” gap between the number of Americans who need care for anxiety, depression and other mental health conditions and those who can actually get it, a new survey shows. In all, 42% of U.S. adults who needed […]
Gene Test Lets Some Colon Cancer Patients Safely Skip Chemo
Latest Cancer News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) A blood test could save some colon cancer patients from getting unnecessary chemotherapy following surgery, while making sure that those who would benefit from the treatment get it, researchers report. The circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) test looks for minute amounts of […]
AHA News: Tiny Sprouts Provide Big Nutrition
Latest Nutrition, Food & Recipes News TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (American Heart Association News) Move over baby carrots and petite peas. Even tinier vegetables are catching on as go-to healthy foods. Microscale vegetables, a growing food category that includes sprouted seeds, are miniature in size yet big in nutrition. Eating sprouts well before they become […]
Is Politics Creating a ‘Mortality Gap’ for Americans?
Latest MedicineNet News WEDNESDAY, June 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) The sharp political divide in the United States may also be creating a widening gap in death rates between those on opposing sides, new research suggests. For the study, researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in Boston analyzed death rates and federal and state election […]
Dangerous Prescriptions of Opioids-Plus-Sedatives Plummet in U.S.
Latest Mental Health News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) Reacting to the nation’s opioid epidemic, doctors in the United States are co-prescribing fewer opioid painkillers and benzodiazepines such as Ativan and Xanax, federal health officials report. When these drugs are taken together, the odds of an overdose, even a […]
Farmers at High Risk of Tick-Borne Illness, But Awareness Lacking
Latest Infectious Disease News TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) American farmers are at increased risk for tick bites, but new research shows they are doing little to defend themselves against the insects and the illnesses they cause. Tick-borne diseases include Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted fever, Powassan virus, anaplasmosis, tularemia, ehrlichiosis, heartland virus and […]
Placebo Pill Eases Cancer-Related Fatigue in Study
Latest Cancer News By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) Patients with advanced cancer often suffer crippling fatigue, but there has been little in the way of relief for them as they battle their disease. Now, a new investigation may have landed on a surprising solution — a dummy pill that […]
Obesity in Teen Years Might Trigger Type 1 Diabetes
Latest Diabetes News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) Obesity is a well-known risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Now, a large new study adds to evidence that it also contributes to the much less common type 1 diabetes. The study, of nearly 1.5 million Israeli teenagers, found that those […]
‘Mental Resilience’ May Give Holocaust Survivors an Edge After Surgery
Latest Mental Health News MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) Holocaust survivors have a lower risk of delirium after surgery than others their age, and a new study suggests it may owe to mental resilience developed in response to their horrific experiences. “Given that Holocaust survivors are at increased risk of a range of physical […]
U.S. Monkeypox Cases Now at 21, Two Strains Identified
Latest Infectious Disease News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) The number of known U.S. monkeypox cases has increased to 21 in 11 states, federal health officials announced Friday. The cases are also concentrated largely among gay or bisexual men, with the virus apparently transmitted as a result of intimate […]