THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new guideline from four leading medical organizations should help doctors determine if someone is brain dead. “Until now, there have been two separate guidelines for determining brain death, one for adults and one for children,” said author Dr. Matthew Kirschen, a criticalContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Hispanic folks with chronic kidney disease should have early heart health screenings, new research suggests, because they’re at high risk for sudden cardiac arrest. A team from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles discovered this while working to learn aboutContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Hand, foot and mouth disease is an infectious disease that’s highly contagious. Common in children, it spreads quickly at day care centers and schools. This guide will tell you what you need to know about hand, foot and mouth disease, its symptoms, causes,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Most folks know that certain antidepressants have to be taken for a few weeks before people start seeing improvement, and now a new study sheds light on that delay. Scientists have discovered this is because of physical changes in the brain that unfoldContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Most older adults want to spend their final days in the peace of their own home, but new research finds that Black Americans are far more likely to fall short of that goal. Why? Because Black adults are much more likely than whiteContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Raging wildfires, droughts, floods and record-breaking heat brought on by climate change are taking a toll on kids’ already fragile mental health. This is the main message from a new report by the American Psychological Association and the climate advocacy organization ecoAmerica. TheseContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Renting a home, rather than owning it outright, may speed up the body’s aging process, a new study suggests. Researchers found that when compared with people who owned their home outright (no mortgage), those who rented showed signs of faster “biological aging” —Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A medication already approved for excessive daytime sleepiness may help ease attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in adults who aren’t getting relief from available treatments, according to a small pilot study. Solriamfetol is a nonstimulant drug that is approved for sleepiness caused by narcolepsyContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Olympic icon Mary Lou Retton — the first American woman to win the all-around gold medal in women’s gymnastics — is in intensive care with a rare type of pneumonia and “not able to breathe on her own,” her daughter said on Instagram.Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) – California has become the first state to ban four chemicals commonly added to food that are linked to health issues. Although the law, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, only bans the additives in his state, it’s possible the chemicals could be removed fromContinue Reading