THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Frontline nurses were plagued by “moral distress” in the early days of the pandemic because they lacked the support to provide high-quality care, a new report reveals. Between May and September 2020, researchers interviewed 100 nurses across the United States who cared forContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Imagine a birth control pill a woman can take before having sex that prevents pregnancy for the next three to five days. This may become a reality, according to a small, new study. The traditional birth control pill is taken daily, while emergencyContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Insufficient vitamin D may play a role in breast cancer, especially among minority women, new research indicates. Black and Hispanic American women with low vitamin D levels have a higher risk of breast cancer than those with sufficient vitamin D levels, researchers found.Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A Mediterranean-style diet is known to help protect the heart, and now new research suggests it can also lower an expectant mother’s risk for life-threatening preeclampsia. Marked by a sudden spike in blood pressure, protein in urine, or other problems during pregnancy, preeclampsiaContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Placing hospitalized COVID-19 patients on their stomach is helpful if they’re on a mechanical ventilator, but a new study suggests it’s not a good idea for patients who are not intubated. “Awake” COVID patients — as opposed to ventilated patients who are keptContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Lower levels of sex hormones might be tied to tears of the shoulder’s rotator cuff in men and women, a new study suggests. Among women with low levels of estrogen, researchers found the odds of a rotator cuff tear were 48% higher, comparedContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — U.S. health care workers were most likely to be infected with COVID-19 at work during the pandemic’s first year, according to a new study that challenges previous research suggesting their risk was highest off the job. Researchers said their findings could help guideContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Health risks tied to obesity are often serious, with new research showing it boosts odds for heart failure among older women, especially those who go through menopause later than usual. Women whose periods stopped at 55 or after were at greatest risk, accordingContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Too few sexually active teens are getting tested for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), according to a new report by U.S. health officials. In all, just 20% of sexually active high school students said they were tested for an STD — now called sexuallyContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) –The nursing home industry is awash in ineffective care and staffing shortages, claims a new report that calls for sweeping changes in an industry whose failures have only been exacerbated by the pandemic. Experts from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine mincedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Fully half of all women who have annual mammograms to screen for breast cancer will receive a false-positive test result over a decade of screening, according to a new study. False-positive results call for further testing and eventually rule out cancer. False alarmsContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Ultrasound guidance and soft catheters are among the measures that can be used during embryo transfer to help improve the chances of successful in-vitro fertilization (IVF), according to a British study. “It is reassuring to see that some of the interventions that areContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Women whose jobs require shift work may experience delayed menopause, according to a new study, and it could be bad for their health. Whether it’s working the overnight shift or different hours from day to day, shift work has been linked to higherContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Science is moving closer to a male contraceptive pill, and human clinical trials of a non-hormonal version could begin later this year, researchers say. The experimental contraceptive works in mice, according to a preliminary study scheduled for presentation Wednesday at an American ChemicalContinue Reading