Could an App Help Kids With Severe Ear Condition Avoid Surgery?
Latest Hearing News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Oct. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) A pair of special headphones plus a free app might help kids with hearing difficulty due to “glue ear,” a new, small study suggests. Glue ear is slang for a condition called otitis media with effusion (OME), where thick […]
COVID Hospitalizations Are Rising Among Unvaccinated Pregnant Women
Latest Pregnancy News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) Since the rise of the Delta variant, one Texas hospital has seen a surge in severe COVID-19 among pregnant women — nearly all unvaccinated. Researchers at the Dallas hospital found that in late August and early September, 10% to […]
Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer May Have Long-Term Risk for the Heart
Latest Cancer News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) Younger women who undergo radiation for cancer in the left breast have a heightened risk of heart disease years later, a new study finds. Among women who received radiation therapy for left-sided breast cancer, 10.5% developed coronary artery disease […]
Robotics Bring the White Cane Into the 21st Century
Latest Eyesight News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Sept. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) The “white cane” that many blind people rely on for navigating the world hasn’t been upgraded in a century, but researchers are reporting progress on a “robo-cane” they hope will modernize the assistive device. The prototype cane is equipped […]
Postponing This May Keep Dementia at Bay – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Alzheimer’s News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Sept. 8, 2021 Early retirement may sound appealing, but a recent study hints that putting it off a few years might help older adults retain more of their mental sharpness. Using data on more than 20,000 older Americans, researchers estimated that if all of […]
UTIs, Sepsis, Staph: COVID Is Upping Rates of Other Hospital Infections
Latest Infectious Disease News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Sept. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a resurgence in other infections that strike hospitalized patients, a U.S. government study finds. The study, by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, highlights the broad toll the pandemic has taken. […]
Could Electrode ‘Pulses’ Cut Back, Leg Pain Without Drugs? – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Chronic Pain News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 26, 2021 A new approach to spinal cord stimulation may drastically reduce chronic back pain, a small pilot study suggests. The study, of 20 patients with stubborn low back pain, tested the effects of implanting electrodes near the spinal cord to stimulate […]
Could Electrode ‘Pulses’ Cut Back, Leg Pain Without Drugs? – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Chronic Pain News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 26, 2021 A new approach to spinal cord stimulation may drastically reduce chronic back pain, a small pilot study suggests. The study, of 20 patients with stubborn low back pain, tested the effects of implanting electrodes near the spinal cord to stimulate […]
Long COVID, Big Bills: Grim Legacy of Even Short Hospital Stays
Latest Coronavirus News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) When COVID-19 patients are discharged from the hospital, most are far from being well — even if their hospital stay was fairly short. That’s among the initial findings of a study that followed Americans hospitalized for COVID-19 during the […]
Acupuncture May Help Ease Prostate-Linked Pain in Men: Study
Latest Men’s Health News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Aug. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) Men with chronic pain from prostate inflammation may get lasting relief from acupuncture, a new clinical trial finds. At issue is a condition known as chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome, in which the prostate gland becomes inflamed and […]