Here’s some of HealthDay’s top stories for Tuesday, July 27: Choosing the best blood pressure drug for you. A study involving data on more than 3 million people focused on two major classes of drugs used to lower high blood pressure — ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs). DependingContinue Reading

TUESDAY, July 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Serious “long COVID” symptoms could qualify as a disability and make patients eligible for federal assistance, President Joe Biden said Monday. Some recovered COVID-19 patients have lasting problems such as fatigue, brain fog, joint pain, fever and double vision, which “can sometimes riseContinue Reading

TUESDAY, July 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) — While efforts to develop Alzheimer’s medications have so far borne little fruit, new research highlights the therapeutic promise of two non-drug tools: light and sound. According to a pair of small new studies, exposing Alzheimer’s patients to an hour a day of carefullyContinue Reading

TUESDAY, July 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among American adults fell by one-third in the first five months of 2021, a new study finds, but distrust of vaccines and the government are still keeping many people from getting vaccinated. Researchers analyzed data gathered from about 1 millionContinue Reading

TUESDAY, July 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Children with autism differ socially and developmentally from their typically developing peers. Now, researchers say there are also differences in their array of healthy gut bacteria or “microbiome.” The findings may lead to earlier treatment for kids with an autism spectrum disorder, suggestedContinue Reading