FRIDAY, Nov. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Having a child can cause significant and ongoing financial hardship for new parents, even if they are covered by health insurance, a new study shows. More than half of people with private insurance spent more than $1,000 out of pocket on childbirth, andContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — About 7% of dairy workers exposed to the avian flu that is spreading through U.S. herds have become infected themselves, federal experts estimate. That number highlights concerns that circulating strains of bird flu might become highly infectious in humans, according to a newContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Folks are more likely to drive drowsy than drive drunk, even though both raise the risk of a fatal crash, a new survey shows. About 4 in 10 adults say they’ll find alternative transportation when they haven’t gotten enough sleep, according to theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in poultry and dairy cows in the United States, a case of H5N1 has now been confirmed for the first time in a pig. “The U.S. Department of Agriculture [USDA] and Oregon state veterinary officials are investigatingContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Hospice care is a compassionate and heartfelt enterprise, involving a medical team dedicated to maintaining a person’s comfort and dignity as they face the final curtain. Now, new research shows hospice is also incredibly cost-effective as a health care service, a new reportContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A second person in Missouri who wasn’t exposed to either poultry or dairy cows has been infected with bird flu, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. This person shared a home with a patient who was first hospitalized with bird flu in August, butContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Brain scans can provide early warning of who will develop chronic pain following a whiplash injury, a new study finds. Higher levels of “cross talk” between two specific brain regions within one to three days of the injury increases the risk that painContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 22, 2024 (HealthDayNews) — Four farm workers who helped cull poultry on an commercial egg farm in Washington are presumed to have been infected with bird flu, making that state the sixth in the country to report human H5N1 infections this year. “These are the first presumed humanContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Health insurers would be required to cover the cost of over-the-counter birth control and emergency contraception under new rules proposed by the White House on Monday. “Since Roe v. Wade was overturned more than two years ago, Republican elected officials have made clearContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — It’s typically thought that medical school requires four years of study after graduating college. But doctors might be able to shave a year off their medical education and still do a great job treating patients, a new study finds. Graduates who took threeContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — It’s natural for a parent to bundle an injured child into a car and rush their kid to the emergency room. But that decision could actually delay their child’s emergency care, a new study shows. Severely injured children brought to an ER byContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A simple tweak in available vial sizes of the breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi could save Medicare hundreds of millions of dollars each year, a new analysis claims. About 6% of Leqembi (lecanemab) is discarded because patients are frequently prescribed doses lower than theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The Fisher-Price company is recalling more than 2 million of its Snuga infant swings, after the suffocation and deaths of five infants who went to sleep while in the swings. “The swing should never be used for sleep and bedding materials should neverContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A newly developed soft robotic finger with a sophisticated sense of touch could one day help your doctor perform routine office examinations, a new study suggests. The finger can take a person’s pulse and detect abnormal lumps, researchers reported Oct. 10 in theContinue Reading