AHA News: Hybrid Work Can Be Healthy at Home and the Office
Latest Mental Health News WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (American Heart Association News) First, we got advice on staying fit and healthy while working in the office. Then when the pandemic started, we got advice on staying fit and healthy while working from home. As the era of hybrid work – doing the same job in […]
Do Zoom Meetings Kill Creativity?
Latest Men’s Health News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) Zoom meetings became the lifeblood of many workplaces during pandemic, but a new study points to a downside: They may limit employees’ capacity for creative thinking. In experiments with workers in several countries, researchers found two broad phenomenon: Coworkers tended […]
Driver’s Ed Does Help Young Drivers Stay Safe
Latest Healthy Kids News THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) If your teen is itching to get behind the wheel, new research underscores the importance of signing them up for driver’s education. The study found that driver training and graduated licensing significantly reduced young newbies’ risk of crashes. “With comprehensive licensing requirements, these younger drivers […]
Pandemic’s Early Days Hit Nurses Hard: Report
Latest Mental Health News THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) Frontline nurses were plagued by “moral distress” in the early days of the pandemic because they lacked the support to provide high-quality care, a new report reveals. Between May and September 2020, researchers interviewed 100 nurses across the United States who cared for COVID-19 patients. […]
PTSD Often Haunts Family Members of Hospitalized COVID Patients
Latest Mental Health News By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) It remains one of the most painful images of the pandemic: Families who were not allowed to be by their loved ones’ bedside as they waged a lonely battle against COVID in a hospital ICU, with some forced to say […]
Tough COVID Measures Were Tough on Mental Health
Latest Mental Health News WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) As the pandemic unfolded, nations adopted diverse methods to contain COVID-19. Some sought to eliminate the virus, targeting zero community transmission. Others tried to slow transmission through a mix of intermittent lockdowns, workplace, business and school closings, social distancing, the wearing of face masks, and […]
60% of U.S. Has Already Been Infected With COVID – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Coronavirus News By Steven Reinberg and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 Thanks to the Omicron surge this past winter, 3 in every 5 Americans have now been infected with COVID-19, a new government report shows. Once Omicron surfaced as the predominant variant in this country, the highest infection rates were seen […]
Task Force Rejects Daily Aspirin for Heart Health – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Heart News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 It seemed a simple prospect — take a low-dose baby aspirin tablet once a day and reduce your risk of ever suffering a heart attack or stroke. But new science has shown it’s not that simple. Noting the drug’s risk of dangerous bleeding, […]
AHA News: COVID-19 Led to Heart Problem That Put Teen in a Wheelchair For 3 Months
Latest Coronavirus News TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (American Heart Association News) Olivia Lopez came home from school one day, walked into her mom’s office and announced: “I can’t smell.” It was November 2020, so then-13-year-old Olivia and her mom knew what this likely meant. A test confirmed she had COVID-19. In addition to a loss […]
Fewer Adults With ADHD Have ‘Excellent’ Mental Health
Latest Mental Health News MONDAY, April 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) Two in five adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder say their mental health is excellent, which is significantly lower than people without the disorder, but still an encouraging finding, according to the authors of a new study. Their analysis of a Canadian government mental health survey found […]