TUESDAY, Dec. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A person’s toothbrush could be a true lifesaver if they land in a hospital ICU, according to new evidence review. Regular toothbrushing is associated with lower rates of death in the intensive care unit (ICU), shorter lengths of stay, and shorter times spentContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Folks who smoke weed along with cigarettes are doing serious damage to their lungs, a new study warns. People who do both are 12 times more likely to develop emphysema than nonsmokers, due to the damage they’re doing to the lung’s air sacs,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Measles deaths are surging worldwide, prompted by a wave of infections among unvaccinated children, public health experts say. Deaths from measles increased by 43% globally in 2022 compared to the year before, resulting from an 18% increase in measles cases, the World HealthContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new study on Clostridioides difficile infections finds that choosing an alternative antibiotic for high-risk patients with pneumonia can reduce infection risk. C. diff infections can be deadly, and they are often acquired by hospitalized patients taking broad-spectrum antibiotics. More than 450,000Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — CVS Health plans to pull cold medications that contain phenylephrine from its store shelves after federal regulators determined recently that the decongestant doesn’t work. Oral phenylephrine is an active ingredient in such well-known products as Sudafed and Dayquil. An FDA advisory committee ruledContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Former Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton has suffered a “scary setback” as she fights a rare type of pneumonia while in the intensive care unit of a hospital, her family said Wednesday. The 55-year-old, who lives in the Houston area, had been “goingContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Olympic icon Mary Lou Retton — the first American woman to win the all-around gold medal in women’s gymnastics — is in intensive care with a rare type of pneumonia and “not able to breathe on her own,” her daughter said on Instagram.Continue Reading
Croup can be a scary thing for new parents to watch their babies struggle with, so here is a primer on what it is and how to best treat it. Croup is a common respiratory illness, characterized by a narrowing of the main airway (the trachea), just below the vocalContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Long COVID, a constellation of symptoms that extend past the initial illness, is now a recognized condition. But researchers say COVID-19 may not be the only respiratory virus that causes these lasting health impacts — “long colds” may also exist. “Our findings shineContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Kids are back in school and it’s time to think about viruses, for both yourself and them. It could be an early flu season in the United States, if what happened in the Southern Hemisphere offers any insight, according to Cedars-Sinai in LosContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Certain adult vaccines, including shingles and pneumonia shots, may also help seniors fight off Alzheimer’s disease, new research reveals. Prior vaccination with the shingles vaccine, pneumococcus vaccine or the tetanus and diphtheria shot, with or without an added pertussis vaccine, are associated withContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Pediatricians have suspected it for years, and now a new study may be proving them right: Cold air really can help ease children’s croup symptoms. Croup is a common childhood illness that usually starts as an ordinary cold. It arises when the infectionContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Dentures may hide harmful germs that cause pneumonia, British researchers report. For the study, the investigators took samples from the dentures of nursing home patients who did and didn’t have pneumonia. They analyzed the samples to identify the types of microbes present. TheContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients hospitalized with pneumonia typically stay on IV antibiotics until they’re stable, after about three days, but a new study suggests a different option. Researchers report that more patients who have community-acquired pneumonia could switch sooner to oral antibiotics. Antibiotics given as pillsContinue Reading