FRIDAY, Sept. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) – About 500,000 children and families have had their Medicaid reinstated after some states erroneously purged them because of a systems issue, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) said Thursday. The agency had first expressed concerns about the issue last month, tellingContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Sudden cardiac arrest may not come on so suddenly after all. Fully 50% of people who experienced a sudden cardiac arrest had a telling symptom 24 hours before, and these symptoms are different in men than women, a new study suggests. For women,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new scientific paper highlights a little-known symptom of long COVID: blue legs. Called acrocyanosis, it happened to a 33-year-old man cared for by Dr. Manoj Sivan at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. The patient stood and just one minuteContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — People living with the pain, bloody diarrhea and sometimes urgent need to use the toilet that comes with ulcerative colitis may soon have a new treatment option that’s already been given the go-ahead in Europe. The drug — an antibody known as mirikizumabContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Despite overall national declines in smoking, Americans who live in the South and Midwest are still much more likely to smoke, and smoke more, than those living in other states, a new report shows. A nonprofit non-smoking advocacy group has identified what itContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Could eliminating the static electricity that humans naturally give off lower the chances of a tick bite? Yes, claims new British research that demonstrates that while ticks can’t jump, they can land on a host to bite by using that static electricity. LoweringContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — In the first year after a baby is born, it’s common for parents to wonder if their child is hitting key developmental milestones, such as: Cognitive milestones Movement milestones Communication milestones Emotional milestones Social milestones In most cases, there’s no need to worryContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) – A common test for lung function may be missing lung problems in Black men, leading to under-diagnosis and insufficient care. A new study from the University of Pennsylvania estimates that as many as 40% more Black male patients would have been diagnosed withContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) – COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States fell below 9,000 in the past week, the first time that milestone has been reached since tracking began in the summer of 2020. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that hospitalizations were at 8,256Continue Reading
THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Robert Weymouth, 58, of Portland, Maine, died this year because of a tick bite. You’ve likely heard of Lyme disease and the problems it can cause when passed to a human through the bite of a deer tick. But Lyme isn’t the onlyContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a complex hormone disorder that can have a profound impact on a woman’s life. Characterized by the overproduction of androgens — which are often thought of as male hormones but are also found in women in smaller amountsContinue Reading
More evidence that obesity raises odds for gastrointestinal cancers. Obesity and overweight are linked to at least 13 types of cancer, according to the U.S. National Cancer Institute. Read more Sleep apnea boosts odds for long COVID. People with sleep apnea may be 75% more likely to get long COVIDContinue Reading
Skin patch could help ease peanut allergy in kids. The patch slowly releases minute amounts of peanut proteins, and in a new study 67% of children using it could ingest the equivalent of one to four peanuts without an allergic reaction after 1 year. Read more Insomnia, sleep apnea couldContinue Reading
Surgery beats targeted radiation for early-stage lung cancer. In a new trial, people who had their cancer surgically removed had a 71% five-year survival rate, compared with 56% for patients who were good surgical candidates but chose radiation therapy instead. Read more International group of health experts raise alarm aboutContinue Reading