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 […]
Can Anxiety Disorders Pass From Parent to Child?
Latest Mental Health News By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) From the ongoing pandemic and the monkeypox outbreak to the charged political landscape, New York City mom and entrepreneur Lyss Stern has been increasingly anxious. Stern worries that she will pass all of this fretting down to her 8-year-old daughter, […]
Grief Can Be Heartbreaking for People Battling Heart Failure
Latest Heart News By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) Can someone really die of a broken heart? If that person has serious heart disease, new Swedish research suggests the answer may well be yes. After analyzing almost three decades worth of data on nearly half a million heart failure patients, […]
Teens Have Triple the Odds of Misusing Marijuana Compared to Adults
Latest Mental Health News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) In yet another report that illustrates the dangers pot poses to the young, developing brain, a new British study finds teenagers are much more likely than adults to develop an addiction to marijuana. “We found that teenagers are three and […]
Staffing Shortages Have U.S. Nursing Homes in Crisis
Latest Senior Health News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) There’s a shortage of nursing home beds for the elderly in America due to a severe staffing crisis that has caused long-term care facilities to cut back on new admissions, new research shows. Three out of five nursing homes (61%) […]
U.S. Begins Targeted Vaccine Rollout Against Monkeypox – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 29, 2022 The United States is deploying an enhanced nationwide vaccination strategy to counter the continuing spread of monkeypox, federal public health officials announced at a White House briefing on Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is rapidly expanding access to […]
Tiny Mites Are Feeding on Your Skin, But for How Long? – Medicinenet Health News
Latest Skin News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 22, 2022 It’s an icky truth: Everyone has millions of tiny mites living and mating on their skin. Not to worry, though — Demodex folliculorum skin mites actually help keep your pores clean and your skin healthy, stressed Alejandra Perotti, an associate professor of invertebrate […]
Light in Your Bedroom Is No Good for Your Health
Latest Sleep News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 22, 2022(HealthDay News) Keeping your bedroom dark not only helps you get a good night’s sleep, but may significantly lower your odds of developing three major health problems, a new study suggests. Older men and women who used night lights, or left their TV, smartphone […]
High Hopes: Optimism Helps Women Live Longer
Latest Mental Health News By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) The key to a long life may be your attitude. Researchers at Harvard studied the impact of optimism on women’s lifespans, finding that optimism was associated with greater longevity, such as living past age 90. Lead study author Hayami Koga, […]