WEDNESDAY, Sept. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The heart rates of people sync up when listening to a story, a new study finds. “There’s a lot of literature demonstrating that people synchronize their physiology with each other. But the premise is that somehow you’re interacting and physically present [in] theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Patients with B-cell blood cancers who did not make antibodies to COVID-19 after two shots of vaccine may find that a third shot does the trick, new research finds. More than half the patients who had failed to respond to the first twoContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — When Americans are eligible for Medicare at age 65, they see a significant drop in their out-of-pocket medical costs. Lowering the eligibility age would save even more, especially for people with the highest out-of-pocket costs, according to a new study. “Medicare really improvesContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Colon cancer risk runs in families, and it’s not just a parent or sibling having had the disease that should concern you. If you have a second- or third-degree relative who had colon cancer at an early age, your odds of having theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — College students who vape appear to be at higher risk of having an eating disorder, a new study suggests. “The study’s findings are especially relevant as we have seen a surge in referrals for eating disorders and substance use disorders during the pandemic,”Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appears to be somehow linked to risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, a new multigenerational study has found. Parents and grandparents of people with ADHD have a higher risk of Alzheimer’s and dementia than people with no ADHD in theirContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — It’s fair to say most bosses want their employees to have high productivity. Unfortunately, the air that office workers breathe may put a damper on quick thinking and fast work. A new study found increased concentrations of fine particulate matter, called PM2.5, andContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — People who eat plenty of fruits and vegetables may have a somewhat lower risk of COVID-19 than those with unhealthy diets, a new study suggests. Of more than 590,000 adults surveyed, researchers found that the quarter with the most plant-rich diets had aContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — An experimental Ebola vaccine appeared effective in children and adults in a clinical trial. Two doses of Johnson & Johnson’s Ebola vaccine appear safe, well tolerated and produce a strong immune response in people over the age of 1, according to two just-publishedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Eight in 10 older Americans think health care workers should be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a new poll. Among 50- to 80-year-olds, 61% of respondents said the vaccine should be required for all health care workers. Another 19% said vaccination should probablyContinue Reading