Regular Screening Pays Off for People at High Risk for Pancreatic Cancer
Latest Cancer News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) Pancreatic cancer often has a dismal prognosis, but a new study finds that screening high-risk people can catch the disease early and extend lives. Researchers at eight U.S. medical centers found that annual screening tests paid off for patients at high […]
AHA News: Rethink What You Thought You Knew About COVID-19 Reinfection
Latest Coronavirus News By American Heart Association News HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 20, 2022 (American Heart Association News) Forget what you thought you knew about catching COVID-19 more than once. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, keeps evolving – and so has information about your risk of being reinfected. “Two years ago, we thought if […]
Americans Are Getting Better at Cooperating With Strangers
Latest Mental Health News By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, July 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) American society may seem more fractured than ever, but cooperation among total strangers has been on the upswing for decades, researchers in China say. Their conclusion emerged from an analysis of more than 500 studies that tracked cooperation patterns over […]
COVID Often Joined by Heart Disease, Diabetes
Latest Coronavirus News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) In a mix of bad and good news, a new large study confirms that COVID can raise the risks of new-onset heart trouble and diabetes — though those threats typically wane again after a few months. The study, of nearly 430,000 […]
U.S. Hospitals Are Getting Safer for Patients, Study Finds
Latest Senior Health News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) U.S. hospitals became much safer places for patients over the past decade, with medical errors and adverse events declining significantly across the nation, federal government data show. Between 2010 and 2019, patient safety dramatically improved among the four types of […]
Where Pot Became Legal, Car Crash Deaths Rose: Study
Latest Prevention & Wellness News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, July 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) – – Car crashes and deaths are on the rise in U.S. states that have legalized recreational marijuana, a new study finds. “Marijuana, like alcohol and just about every other drug, changes how you feel and how you behave. […]
As Monkeypox Cases Spike, U.S. Orders More Vaccine, Boosts Testing
Latest Infectious Disease News By Dennis Thompson and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters FRIDAY, July 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) With monkeypox cases continuing to climb in the United States, federal health officials said Friday they have ordered another 2.5 million doses of monkeypox vaccine and boosted national testing capacity to respond to the outbreak. The news […]
AHA News: This Lawyer-Musician Relearned How to Sing, Note by Note, After Stroke at 42
Latest Heart News By American Heart Association News HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 15, 2022 (American Heart Association News) Whether presenting a closing argument to a jury as a lawyer or singing on stage as a professional musician, Valerie Giglio of Stoneham, Massachusetts, knows how to work a crowd. “You’re performing either way,” she said. When […]
Why Do Men Often Die Before Women? – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Men’s Health News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 15, 2022 Scientists have unearthed a possible reason why men tend to die at younger ages than women: Those who lose Y chromosomes from their blood cells as they age may be more vulnerable to heart tissue scarring and heart failure. The research is […]
What’s the Key to Battling UTIs? – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Women’s Health News By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 15, 2022 As more and more superbugs become resistant to antibiotics, scientists are looking to use the good bacteria that live in people’s bodies to fight back. A new study reports on efforts to harness the power of “good guy” bacteria that make […]