In a HealthDay Now interview, Dr. Joshua Richter, assistant professor of medicine at the Tisch Cancer Institute, shared highlights from the European Hematology Association’s 2021 meeting and discussed the progress made in treating multiple myeloma and other blood-based cancers. Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) — ADHD patients often complain of feeling spacey, slow-moving and lethargic — symptoms that don’t on their face seem to jibe with hyperactivity. That’s because these symptoms come from what appears to be a separate psychiatric disorder that often coincides with ADHD, called sluggishContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 30, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Women who develop heart failure following certain breast cancer treatments are generally healthier and have a better prognosis than those with heart failure from other causes, a new study finds. Two widely used treatments for breast cancer are known to harmContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 30, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Nine thousand miles separate Veronica Karanja from her mother’s farm in Kenya and where she now farms in Kent, Washington. Karanja’s expertise – and her vegetables that are culturally significant in Kenya – are helping transform a food desert just southContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Could the answer to easing the tough-to-treat chronic pain and fatigue of fibromyalgia be found in edibles and other products containing CBD? A new study from Michigan Medicine examined whether people using potentially addictive painkillers like opioids could get relief by replacing thoseContinue Reading
Here’s some of HealthDay’s top stories for Wednesday, June 30: Delicious but deadly. Fried chicken, pork rinds, Red Velvet cake: Southern foods are tempting, but new research suggests a steady diet of such fare can raise your odds for sudden cardiac death. Read more Could the ‘mono’ virus help driveContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) — In another sign that coronavirus vaccination rates have plateaued in America, a new poll shows that most adults who wanted a COVID-19 vaccine have already gotten one. Released Wednesday, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) report shows 65% of adults polled have received atContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 30, 2021 (Healthday News) — A nationwide ban on evictions introduced during the coronavirus pandemic will remain in place for now, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. Landlords had asked the high court to end the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s eviction moratorium, but the courtContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Planning to celebrate the Fourth of July with a traditional Southern-style spread of fried chicken, pork rinds, buttermilk biscuits and sweet tea? Don’t make it an everyday habit. These staples of a regional diet heavy in fried foods, fats and sugary drinks mayContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Some folks suffering COVID long-haul symptoms might actually be experiencing an attack of fatigue-inducing Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a new study argues. Two-thirds of a group of 30 COVID long-haul patients had high levels of Epstein-Barr antibodies, suggesting that EBV lying dormant in theirContinue Reading