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
TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Canadian researchers have found that about 1 in every 3 people newly diagnosed with cancer experienced at least one emergency department visit sometime during the three months prior to their diagnosis. Many of the visits ended up being caused by symptoms related toContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An elevated heart rate could provide an important clue to which Black adults often have a dangerous heart rhythm disorder, a new study finds. Higher resting heart rate is associated with increased risk of atrial fibrillation, researchers found. What’s more, the higher aContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A lack of health insurance coverage raises the risk that cancers among Black and Hispanic Americans will be caught too late, a new study suggests. Being uninsured accounts for a significant proportion of racial and ethnic disparities in cancers that are only detectedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Researchers looking at the sweltering European summer of 2022 estimated that more than half of the heat-linked deaths occurring on the continent would not have happened if human-led climate change wasn’t in place. “Without strong action, record temperatures and heat-related mortality will continueContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Every minute spent waiting for a first shock from a defibrillator cuts the odds of surviving cardiac arrest by 6%, a new Dutch study finds. “Our research shows that every minute of delay in giving the first shock has a major impact,” saidContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Wildfires that spread so fast they outrun the efforts of fire crews trying to contain them: These types of conflagrations are becoming far more common across the Western United States, a new study warns. A fire’s velocity could be even more important thanContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Anaphylaxis involves a sudden, potentially life-threatening reaction to an allergen, including even very small amounts of food allergens such as egg or peanut. Now, two studies find that people with allergies, as well as those charged with their care, are often unsure whatContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Next time you’re on a cruise, be wary of your (or your neighbor’s) private balcony hot tub, researchers warn. These luxe cabin features were pinpointed as a source of outbreaks of the respiratory illness Legionnaires disease that broke out on two ships. TheContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it has appointed Dr. Michelle Tarver to head its division that oversees medical devices. The appointment of a new director for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health comes at a time of greatContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Heart bypass operations have gotten safer, but not everyone is benefiting equally: New data shows that Black patients face a 22% higher odds of dying in the hospital after their surgeries. “We found Black patients who have coronary artery bypass surgery experience higherContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Expanded access to addiction treatment and the overdose-reversal med naloxone likely prompted a 37% reduction in OD deaths linked to opioids taken with meth or other stimulant drugs, a new study suggests. OD death rates were 8.9 deaths per 100,000 in communities withContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — After Black patients undergo a surgery, they are much more likely than their white peers to receive only an opioid for post-op pain relief, rather than a more nuanced combo of analgesics, a new study finds. So-called “multimodal analgesia” is the recommended wayContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An off-label clot-busting drug appears to work slightly better in treating stroke patients than an approved medication, a new review finds. The clot-buster tenecteplase is associated with a slightly higher likelihood of excellent recovery and reduced disability three months following a stroke, comparedContinue Reading