MONDAY, Dec. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An experimental immunotherapy appears highly effective in attacking bone marrow cancer, with nearly three in four patients responding to the treatment, new clinical trial results show. The drug, talquetamab, works by binding to the body’s immune cells as well as to multiple myelomaContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Long COVID is a collection of symptoms — brain fog, chronic fatigue, shortness of breath, stomach pain — that can torment people for months and even years on end. Worse, long COVID can also be is a killer. More than 3,500 deaths linkedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Actress Kirstie Alley, best known for a breakthrough role in the TV hit “Cheers,” and on the big screen in “Look Who’s Talking,” has died at 71 from cancer. “We are sad to inform you that our incredible, fierce and loving mother hasContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The last of six COVID monoclonal antibody treatments has lost its federal authorization because, like the others, it no longer works against the newest Omicron subvariants. This last monoclonal antibody was bebtelovimab, delivered as a one-hour IV infusion. The FDA said in aContinue Reading
HealthDay’s Mabel Jong speaks with Kelly Morgan, a labor and delivery nurse and Massachusetts Nursing Association Chair at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, on her experience during the great resignation. To further discuss the impact of the Great Resignation in Healthcare, Jong is also joined by Brock Slabach, Chief Operations Officer at the National Rural Health Association.Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) – More Americans are dying from gun violence, in both homicides and suicides, than they have in decades, a new report shows. The U.S. gun death rate hit its highest level in nearly 30 years, with the sheer number of people dying from gunsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In another strike against electronic cigarettes, a new mouse study has found that they can cause an irregular heartbeat, also called a cardiac arrhythmia. Researchers from the University of Louisville’s Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute, in Kentucky, found that exposure to the aerosolsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Nearly one of every 20 people who had COVID still haven’t recovered completely from their initial infection six to 18 months later, a new study shows, while another 42% say they have only recovered partially from their bout with the virus. “While mostContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Anyone who still wants to keep track of U.S. COVID cases and deaths will soon have to wait for the weekly reports. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday that it will stop publishing COVID case and death data onContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — New research confirms that COVID-19 can be life-threatening for certain cancer patients: More than 16,500 Americans with cancer died from complications related to coronavirus infection during the first 10 months of the pandemic. “People with cancer, especially blood cancers, who may be immunocompromised,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Biking while stoned leads to thousands of serious crashes each year, a new study suggests. Between 2019 and 2020 alone, more than 11,000 people were treated in U.S. emergency rooms for injuries that happened as they rode a bicycle while high on methamphetamine,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Just as a person might be drawn to a particular scent, so, too, are mosquitoes. The pesky insects may be attracted to a chemical cocktail of odors emanating from the skin, according to a new study. The draw is a combination of carbonContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — To keep up with demand for updated booster shots, U.S. health officials are shipping out more batches of the revamped Moderna vaccine to pharmacies across the country. While supplies of the updated Pfizer booster shot appear to be plentiful, some pharmacies have reportedContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) – About 1 in 20 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 develop the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation, according to data from an American Heart Association (AHA) registry. Having a new case of a-fib in the hospital was associated with major heart events, the study found,Continue Reading