FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The American Red Cross is pleading for donors as it grapples with its worst blood shortage in more than a decade. The shortage poses a risk to patient care because doctors are forced to make decisions about which patients receive blood transfusions andContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — At 4:30 a.m. on a Monday morning last spring, Peter Denton got up in darkness, dressed and jumped in his pickup truck. The drive to his work site in Detroit took a little more than an hour. As a construction foremanContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — New cases of a debilitating and often deadly type of stroke that causes bleeding in the brain have been increasing in the U.S., growing at an even faster rate among younger to middle-aged adults than older ones, new research shows. TheContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Many Americans are bone-weary following two straight years of pandemic stress, and a new HealthDay/Harris Poll shows that sleeplessness is only part of the problem. One-third of poll participants said they feel more tired now than they did before March 2020, the startContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Medicare will soon provide up to eight free COVID rapid tests a month to seniors enrolled in the government health insurance program, the Biden administration announced Thursday. The new policy for the over-the-counter tests will take effect in early spring. The at-home testsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If the pandemic taught the world nothing else, it’s that viruses can mutate, potentially giving rise to new and more harmful variants. Now, new research reveals that’s exactly what has happened with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Called VB (for virulent subtypeContinue Reading
More destructive form of HIV found in The Netherlands. Researchers say the variant proceeds more rapidly in the body to full-blown AIDS, but it’s likely been around for a long time and remains rare. Read more Crowdfunding for medical costs almost always fails. Online campaigns at GoFundMe to pay forContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Before your eyes become glued to the Super Bowl or the Winter Olympics, make sure your TV and furniture are anchored to the wall to protect little ones from potentially deadly tip-overs. Between 2018 and 2020, an average of 22,500 Americans a yearContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Most health care workers at a large U.S. hospital who initially refused COVID-19 vaccines eventually went and got their shots, new research reveals. “This study found health care workers’ attitudes about COVID-19 vaccination could change in a very short period of time,” saidContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Your heart and brain may often seem at odds, but they have more in common than you think. A new study shows that a heart attack can lead to faster mental decline over the years. “We need to realize that what’s going onContinue Reading