THURSDAY, Nov. 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The COVID vaccine is safer for kids’ heart health than if they become infected with the coronavirus, a new study has found. Children who get COVID have an increased risk of rare heart complications including blood clots, heart inflammation and low platelet countsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — What kills cancer patients is where their malignancy spreads in their body, rather than the cancer itself, a new study says. If tumors spread into major blood vessels, they can spark blood clotting that contributes to organ failure, researchers recently reported in theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Patients experiencing a sickle cell crisis can wind up waiting hours in agony if inappropriately triaged by ER staff, a new study says. Patients misplaced in a less severe pain category waited nearly three times as long for their first dose of painContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — University of Colorado football coach Deion Sanders said Tuesday he was undergoing surgery to treat ongoing blood clot issues, and less than a day after the procedure, returned to practice Wednesday. The 58-year-old coach had shared earlier in the week that he wasContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Children and teens have a doubled risk of long COVID following their second COVID-19 infection, researchers report. What’s more, long COVID dramatically increases kids’ risk of myocarditis, blood clots, damaged kidneys, abnormal heart beats and other health problems, researchers report in The LancetContinue Reading
The recombinant treatment is now approved for prophylactic use in adults and for treating bleeding episodes and perioperative use in childrenContinue Reading
System integrates glucose biosensor with an AI-driven platform to show how food, activity, stress, sleep affect the body in real timeContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Advanced technology has boosted the ability of children and adults to manage their type 1 diabetes, a new study says. The number of kids under 18 who’ve achieved optimal control over their blood sugar skyrocketed 171% between 2009 and 2023, from 7% toContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The health of women who experience severe bleeding after giving birth can remain in peril for up to 15 years afterward, a major new evidence review says. Women who survive postpartum hemorrhage are 76% more likely to suffer health problems like heart failure,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, June 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — There’s a better option than daily aspirin to protect heart patients with a stent against dangerous blood clots, a new study found. A class of drugs called P2Y12 inhibitors that includes ticagrelor and clopidogrel could be more effective than low-dose aspirin in preventingContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Treating anemia during pregnancy might lower the risk of heart defects in newborns, a new study says. Women with anemia in early pregnancy have a 47% increased risk of giving birth to a child with a heart defect, researchers reported April 23 inContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An oral chemotherapy drug can safely and effectively manage sickle cell disease in children, a new study says. Children taking hydroxyurea had fewer ER visits and spent fewer days in the hospital compared to kids not taking the drug, researchers reported April 17Continue Reading
MONDAY, April 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Women with sickle cell disease often have pain crises around the time of their period, and researchers now think they know why. Inflammation increases significantly in women during their period, and that could be contributing to sickle cell pain events, researchers reported. “TheContinue Reading
Subcutaneous injection cuts the amount of the protein antithrombin, leading to an increase in thrombinContinue Reading