Kidneys’ Resilience May Depend on Your Gender, Study Finds
Latest Digestion News MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) Men and women have different experiences with declining kidney function as they age, so researchers set out to try to figure out what was happening. What they knew was that more women have chronic kidney disease (CKD), while more men develop kidney failure, a seeming contradiction. […]
Cheap, Same-Day Test Could Help Spot Miscarriage Risk
Latest Pregnancy News THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) A new and inexpensive same-day test could help pregnant women learn if their developing fetus has genetic problems that increase their risk of miscarriage. The Short-read Transpore Rapid Karyotyping (STORK) test can detect extra or missing chromosomes using samples collected from standard prenatal tests like amniocentesis […]
FDA Issues Warning to Maker of Illegal Nicotine Gummies
Latest Mental Health News FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday warned a maker of nicotine gummies to stop marketing what is an illegal product. In what is a first-of-its-kind warning, the agency said it considers these gummies particularly concerning because they resemble candy and can cause […]
Pious Parasites: Medieval Monks Battled Nasty Gut Germs
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) Medieval monks were much more wormy than average folks, a new archaeological analysis has revealed. Those living in medieval Cambridge were nearly twice as likely to be infected by intestinal parasites as city dwellers, researchers found. Even though Augustinian friars had access to advanced sanitation […]
Taking a Shot at Pain Relief After Knee Replacement
Latest Arthritis News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) Researchers may have found a new way to help ease the pain of knee replacement surgery: infusing morphine directly into the shin bone. The findings come from a recent study of 48 patients undergoing total knee replacement. The investigators found that […]
AHA News: New Report Details What to Know About Cardiovascular Disease Symptoms
Latest Heart News By American Heart Association News HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2022 (American Heart Association News) Symptoms of cardiovascular problems run the gamut. Some – like chest pain during a heart attack or a droopy face during a stroke – are sudden and severe, while others last years with varying intensity. Factors such […]
Too Few Psychiatric Beds: Psychiatrists’ Group Takes Aim at Ongoing Crisis
Latest Mental Health News By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) Amid a stark shortage of psychiatric beds that only worsened for millions suffering from mental illnesses during the pandemic, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) is rolling out a new model that can help communities determine exactly how many beds they […]
3 Big Pharmacy Chains Must Pay $650 Million to Ohio Counties for Role in Opioid Crisis
Latest Mental Health News THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) Three of the country’s largest pharmacy chains will have to pay $650.5 million over the next 15 years to two Ohio counties for their role in the opioid epidemic, a U.S. federal judge has ordered. The decision follows a November jury verdict that found CVS, […]
Pregnancy Can Be Anxious Time for Women With Epilepsy
Latest Pregnancy News THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) Pregnant women with epilepsy battle anxiety and depression more often than their peers who aren’t pregnant or don’t have epilepsy, a new study reveals. “The good news is we did not find that pregnant women with epilepsy were any more likely to have episodes of major […]
Ivermectin, Luvox Fail as COVID-19 Treatment
Latest Coronavirus News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) Two drugs touted as potential COVID-19 treatments, ivermectin and fluvoxamine, don’t do a thing to improve patients’ oxygen levels and keep them out of the hospital or the morgue, a new clinical trial has shown. Neither of the two repurposed drugs […]