WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — People might want to think twice before relying on federal quality ratings to help choose a nursing home for an elderly or frail relative, a new study warns. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) established the Nursing Home Compare websiteContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Staffing shortages at nursing homes across the United States are severe in disadvantaged areas where needs may be greatest, researchers say. The study — recently published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society — looked at staffing before the COVID-19 pandemic. ItContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — On Monday Scotland became the world’s first country to help its residents with what activists supporting the move call “period poverty.” The country now offers free period products for anyone who needs them, a decision first made in November 2020 by unanimous approvalContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Women who go into menopause when they are younger than 40 are at greater risk of heart problems, reports a new Korean study of more than 1.4 million females. Women with premature menopause had an overall 33% higher risk of heart failure andContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Where you live may affect your fertility, a new study suggests. People who live in economically deprived neighborhoods are about 20% less likely to conceive, compared to people from areas with more resources, researchers said. Investments in deprived neighborhoods that address economic disparitiesContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A Minnesota jury is expected to decide by the end of this week whether a woman’s human rights were violated when a pharmacist denied her request to fill a prescription for emergency contraception, sometimes called the morning-after pill. Though the case dates backContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Menopause is famous for triggering hot flashes and mood swings, but one embarrassing side effect of a woman’s drop in estrogen levels is lesser known — urinary urge incontinence. Now, a new study suggests that a topical treatment called prasterone, applied via aContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — They are called “forever chemicals” because they linger in the human body and can contribute to the risk of everything from cancer to childhood obesity. Now, new research on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) finds they also exact a huge financial toll, costingContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Many have experienced side effects after getting a COVID vaccine — tiredness, fever, headache and soreness are the most common. But a new study confirms that people who have periods may experience lesser known issues — heavier periods or breakthrough bleeding. Researchers foundContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows states to ban abortion isn’t expected to have an immediate effect on in vitro fertilization, according to an analysis by the nation’s leading reproductive health society. However, the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade opens upContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For decades, birth control pills in the United States have only been available with a prescription, but an application filed Monday with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an over-the-counter pill might change all that. The latest effort to make birth controlContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For women who can’t get pregnant because they don’t have a uterus or the one they have no longer works properly, uterine transplants can indeed help these women become mothers, new research shows. Of 33 women who received a uterus transplant in theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Women are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than men, and a new study shows that certain brain changes known to increase this risk may accrue during menopause. Women who have gone through menopause have more white matter hyperintensities in their brains thanContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Women of color may face delays in getting a biopsy after a screening mammogram suggests they might have breast cancer, a large, new study finds. Researchers found that compared with white women, Asian, Black and Hispanic women were all more likely to waitContinue Reading