THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A landmark clinical trial finds that a hoped-for treatment for early-stage breast cancer isn’t the answer in most cases. The international trial tested the inexpensive diabetes medication metformin and found that it did not stop or prevent the spread of the most commonContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — While vitamin D may have other benefits, preventing type 2 diabetes in high-risk adults does not appear to be one of them. A new Japanese trial found no significant difference among study participants who used a vitamin supplement and those who took aContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Teens who have access to guns are at a higher risk for suicide or suicide attempts, new research shows. Compounding the situation, about one-third of all U.S. adolescents coming to the emergency department for any reason have moderate or severe depressive symptoms, suggestingContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Vaccinated people who experience a breakthrough case of COVID-19 are at risk for developing long-haul symptoms, though they are better protected against some of the worst ones, new data show. Compared to the unvaccinated, people who had COVID shots had a 15% lowerContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Even with Roe v. Wade still the law of the land, primary care doctors in the United States have difficulty prescribing U.S. federally approved abortion pills, a new study finds. Getting in the way is a complex combination of state and federal regulations,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Many COVID-19 patients who didn’t wind up in the hospital continue to battle lingering health issues more than a year later, a new study finds. These long-haulers continue to suffer neurologic symptoms, fatigue and a compromised quality of life long after their initialContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 25, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, FBI data shows that people of Asian descent increasingly have been targets of racially motivated attacks. “Hate crimes have spilled over to affect the community in dramatic ways. People feel scapegoated and blamed forContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — It’s tempting to binge-watch TV shows, and it might be hard to get off the couch after just one or two episodes. But it could be worth it. Researchers calculated that if people committed to watching just under an hour of TV aContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — New evidence suggests that long COVID patients suffer rampant inflammation that wracks the entire body — and that easing that inflammation could be key to saving their lives. Severe systemic inflammation during hospitalization for COVID increases the risk of dying within a yearContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you have a history of cancer, fear not — researchers report that you aren’t at increased risk for severe COVID-19. But the same may not be true for current cancer patients. In the study, the researchers analyzed the electronic health records ofContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The indoor mask mandate that was reinstated in Philadelphia on Monday due to rising coronavirus cases has now been lifted because the situation is improving, the city’s health department said Thursday. The city’s Board of Health voted during a Thursday night meeting toContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 4, 2022 (HealthDay Now) — Pretty sure you have COVID, but unsure about what you need to do next? A new U.S. federal website can now direct you to locations in your community where you can pick up a free prescription for lifesaving antiviral COVID pills. The COVID-19Continue Reading
FRIDAY, March 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Inhalers, pills or injections help most people control their asthma, but some with severe disease opt for cutting-edge surgery that “remodels” their airways to improve their breathing. Bronchial thermoplasty shrinks smooth muscle in the lungs, which prevents them from tightening up and causingContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he has named Dr. Ashish Jha, the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, to replace Jeff Zients as the country’s COVID-19 coordinator when Zients leaves his post next month. In a statement about Jha’sContinue Reading