Here are some of HealthDay’s top stories for Tuesday, Sept. 7: New COVID-19 cases rose 300% over this past Labor Day weekend compared to last year. With millions of Americans traveling, mingling — often unvaccinated and mask-free — cases of infection with the new coronavirus spiked over the past longContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — With the Delta variant surging and many Americans mask- and vaccine-free, new cases of COVID-19 spiked to levels over the long Labor Day weekend that were 300% higher than those seen over the same weekend in 2020, according to a new tally fromContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 7, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Food cravings. Everybody gets them. Smelling brownies in the oven. Hearing a commercial for a salty chip. Seeing a favorite childhood candy bar at the checkout. They all can awaken memories that drive food cravings. But what if they also comeContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — An editorial written jointly by the editors of more than 230 medical journals worldwide has a grim warning for humanity: Climate change is making people sick – and it’s going to get worse. As reported by CNN, the same global warming that’s causingContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Marijuana has been linked to a doubling in the risk of a heart attack in younger adults, no matter how they use it, a new study reports. Eighteen- to 44-year-olds who used pot were twice as likely to have a heart attack comparedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Nicotine-laden e-cigarettes raise a user’s risk of blood clots, damage small blood vessels and can also raise heart rate and blood pressure, a new study finds. The effects are similar to those caused by traditional cigarettes, and raise the concern that long-term vapingContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — While some may think of scents like cinnamon or pumpkin spice when the season turns to fall, others are breathing in something much less pleasant. Autumn is also allergy season for those sensitive to ragweed. “A spike in ragweed tends to mark theContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — If you have fallen arches, you know just how debilitating they can be. Now, doctors have some new guidance on which patients with this condition — also called flat feet — would benefit most from surgery. “Roughly half of patients will need surgery,”Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Implanted brain stimulation devices used to treat epilepsy won’t turn patients into someone they don’t recognize, a small study shows. “We found that the brain implants did not transform patients’ sense of self or personality. Neither the long-term implantation of the electronic deviceContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — While the United States is one of the only developed nations without universal sick leave, workers with COVID-19 can take paid emergency leave — at least for now. Problem is: Fewer than half of U.S. workers know it’s available, according to a newContinue Reading