Threatening Eye Condition Rare After COVID Infection
Latest Eyesight News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) As doctors learn more about COVID-19 infection, they are finding that in rare cases, it appears tied to a disturbing eye condition. Retinal vein occlusion is a blockage of the small veins that carry blood away from the retina, which causes […]
AHA News: Future of COVID-19 Vaccines Brings High Hopes, Familiar Obstacles
Latest Coronavirus News FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (American Heart Association News) Looking back on a year since most people in the United States became eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine, medical experts can celebrate a technological triumph while acknowledging unresolved challenges. Looking ahead, they see the same: Exciting technological potential, with obstacles that will require work […]
How Too Much Drinking Harms the Liver
Latest Digestion News SATURDAY, April 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) As Americans stepped up their drinking during the COVID-19 pandemic, liver disease and transplants surged. Between March 2020 and January 2021, the number of U.S. patients with alcohol-associated liver disease who received a new liver or were wait-listed for a transplant was 50% higher than pre-pandemic […]
Who Are the New ‘Patient Influencers’ on Social Media?
Latest Mental Health News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) Disability activist Gem Hubbard regularly shares her insights about life in a wheelchair with more than 75,000 Instagram followers, under the handle @wheelsnoheels_, and her YouTube videos boast more than 3.7 million hits. Hubbard, who hails from the U.K., is […]
What Works Best for Ruptured Achilles Tendons?
Latest Chronic Pain News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, April 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) A ruptured Achilles tendon can reduce a weekend warrior to a limping one. And there’s no single right way to treat it. People who’ve suffered this common injury may fare just as well with physical therapy as with surgery, a […]
AHA News: At 38, She Had Two Strokes in One Day
Latest Heart News THURSDAY, April 14, 2022 (American Heart Association News) Even though her neck was throbbing, Saundra Minge invited her 7-year-old nephew and 3-year-old niece over for a Labor Day swim. She chalked up the pain to sleeping funny and thought it would go away. For five hours, she played with the kids in […]
Pfizer Says Its Booster Shot Bolsters Immune Response in Those Aged 5 to 11
Latest Coronavirus News THURSDAY, April 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) Pfizer Inc. said Thursday that its booster shot raised levels of neutralizing antibodies against both the original coronavirus strain and the Omicron variant in children aged 5 to 11. They said in a statement that they would ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve […]
Live Healthy, Live Longer Without Dementia
Latest Alzheimer’s News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, April 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) Staving off Alzheimer’s disease might just take a healthy diet, exercise and an active mind, a new study suggests. Women and men who follow a healthy lifestyle live longer — and longer without Alzheimer’s or other dementias, researchers say. “Eating a […]
Exercise Is Powerful Medicine for Depression
Latest Depression News By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, April 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) By now, most people have heard that exercise is good for their health. A new review suggests it can it also make a difference in major depressive disorder. Researchers analyzed 15 existing studies with data on exercise and depression, finding an […]
AHA News: Connecting Health, Pollution and Fairness – That’s Environmental Justice
Latest MedicineNet News WEDNESDAY, April 13, 2022 (American Heart Association News) In the beginning, the idea of environmental justice didn’t have a name. It didn’t have much support, either. A few years after the first Earth Day, a young sociologist named Robert Bullard gathered data for a 1979 lawsuit, filed by his then-wife, about a […]