Neighborhood Drop in Violent Crime May Also Boost Heart Health
Latest Heart News MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) Every town wants low crime rates. But a new finding may offer a whole new reason to advocate for the change: Falling crime rates may lower heart disease fatalities. An analysis of 2000-2014 data from Chicago illustrated a significant decline in violent crime. Across the city, […]
More Hospitalizations, Illnesses From Daily Harvest Crumbles
Latest Infectious Disease News MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says nearly 100 people have now been hospitalized and hundreds have become ill in at least 26 states after consuming a lentil-based product from Daily Harvest. The fallout is mounting for the food delivery company, which first recalled its […]
CDC Issues Warning on Dangerous Parechovirus in U.S. – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Healthy Kids News MONDAY, July 18, 2022 A virus dangerous to infants is spreading across the United States, and parents and pediatricians should be on the lookout for symptoms, federal health officials say. Parechovirus has caused at least one infant death and has cropped up in multiple states since May, according to a health […]
Babies’ Babble Brings Big Learning Bonus
Latest Healthy Kids News MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) Babies‘ babble may be smarter than you think. A new study shows that infants as young as 3- to 5-months of age can tell that the unintelligible sounds they make before they learn to talk can impact the people around them. Traditionally, this babbling has […]
Recent Monkeypox Symptoms Differ From Those of Prior Outbreaks
Latest Infectious Disease News MONDAY, July 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) – The symptoms of patients with monkeypox in the United Kingdom differ from those in previous outbreaks of the virus, a new study shows. It said there have been fewer reports of fever and tiredness while reports of skin lesions in the genital and anal […]
U.S. Maternal Deaths Spiked Upwards During Pandemic
Latest Pregnancy News MONDAY, July 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) Death rates for U.S. pregnant women or those who had just delivered jumped sharply during the first year of the pandemic, new research shows. While U.S. death rates increased overall by 16% in 2020, for pregnant and early postpartum women it was officially even higher, at […]
Pfizer Has Two Updated Booster Shots for Omicron – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Coronavirus News MONDAY, June 27, 2022 – Pfizer Inc. announced Saturday that it has two possible candidates that beat back Omicron infection more effectively than its original vaccine. The news follows Moderna’s announcement last week that its Omicron booster shot showed greater protection against the highly contagious variant. On Tuesday, the U.S. Food and […]
AHA News: She Thought She Had Bronchitis, But the Problem Was Her Heart
Latest Heart News MONDAY, June 13, 2022 (American Heart Association News) Terita Grier has struggled with obesity her whole life. She also has diabetes and high blood pressure, two leading risk factors for heart disease. Her dad died of a massive heart attack a month before she got married in her mid-20s. As she approached […]
Another Study Finds Ivermectin Useless Against COVID-19
Latest Coronavirus News MONDAY, June 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) Yet another study shows that ivermectin provides no benefits for COVID-19 patients, but researchers say they’ll continue to study a higher dose of the drug. Even though the drug used for parasitic infections in animals and people is not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug […]
‘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 […]