TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Following several years of record low rates of uninsured Americans, a new survey finds more folks are once again without health insurance. More than 8% of Americans did not have health coverage during the first few months of 2024, according to findings publishedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Screening for cancer saves lives, but a new report shows it comes with a hefty price tag: The United States spends at least $43 billion annually on tests that check for five major cancers. Published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the newContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Millions of Americans use the opioid-like herbal supplement known as kratom, but evidence of its dangers continue to mount. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued another alert for consumers to stay away from one brand of kratom in particular, OPMS BlackContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Folks worried about bird flu, salmonella and other foodborne illnesses have a simple solution at hand – simply use a cooking thermometer to make sure food is well-cooked. But only about 1 in 4 Americans (27%) use one either “often” or “all theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Insured working-age adults are frequently being hit with medical bills for services that should have been covered, a new Commonwealth Fund survey has found. Close to half (45%) of insured workers have received a bill or copay in the past year for aContinue Reading
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WEDNESDAY, July 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The number of people who trust doctors dropped steeply during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study says. Worse, those who lost their faith in medicine are less likely to get vaccinated against COVID or the flu, researchers found. “Trust in physicians and hospitalsContinue Reading
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TUESDAY, July 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Doctors might be authority figures, but a new review suggests hospital patients feel more comfortable when their physician comes across as less imposing. Getting to a patient’s eye level while talking about their diagnosis or care makes a huge difference, researchers found. SittingContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An additional cinnamon product sold in the United States has been found to contain high levels of lead, health officials are warning. In a health alert issued Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the ground cinnamon product, sold as El Servidor, joinsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The rate at which young Americans are ending up in hospital ICUs after using fake Oxycontin pills spiked with fentanyl is soaring, especially in the U.S. West, a new report warns. Medical toxicology data from one unnamed hospital in the western U.S. foundContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Americans’ risk of dying in a firearm accident depends in large part on where they live in the United States, a new study finds. People in Southeastern states like Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama run the greatest risk of a gunshot accidentally killing them,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, July 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The bird flu is now jumping between species of mammals, a step that draws the virus closer to hopping into human beings, a new study warns. Researchers have tracked transmission of avian influenza between dairy cows in herds, as well as from cowsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Medicare Advantage plans are touted as a great alternative to traditional Medicare, offering seniors easier access to doctors, hospitals and prescription drugs. But access to a good Medicare Advantage plan relies heavily on where a person lives, a new study finds. People areContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Two more cases of bird flu have been reported in Colorado poultry workers, but reassuring research finds the virus doesn’t seem to be fueling silent infections, U.S. health officials report. The two additional H5N1 avian flu infections bring the total in that stateContinue Reading
