WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — If Congress lets healthcare tax credits established during the pandemic expire, 4 million Americans will become uninsured, a new analysis warns. The tax credits, which have significantly lowered out-of-pocket costs for millions of Americans, are set to expire at the end of 2025.Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Fostering good relationships with teachers in the early grades may have long-lasting benefits, new research suggests. “These early connections significantly influence not only academic achievement, but also social and emotional development and executive functioning skills, which are critical for educational success,” said researcherContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Although the United States has made significant headway in curbing cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke exposure, a new report finds deep divisions remain and they run along predictable fault lines. Disparities in tobacco use continue to persist by income and occupation, geography, education,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A type 2 diabetes diagnosis before age 50 comes with a health risk that patients might not expect. Especially if they are obese, these folks are more likely to develop dementia later, new research warns. “Our study suggests that there may be a cognitiveContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For the 4 in 10 patients with newly diagnosed heart failure who also have the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation, the prognosis can be poor. “Atrial fibrillation can make heart failure much more problematic, and more complex to treat,” said researcher Heidi May,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Parents can’t monitor everything their kids watch online, but a set of new guidelines may help young people manage their own viewing habits. “Research consistently shows that video content, and the platforms that host it, have the potential to help or harm teens,”Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — President-elect Donald Trump says he will pick celebrity physician and former TV host Dr. Mehmet Oz to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which oversees both health insurance programs. More than 150 million Americans now receive health care coverage fromContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There’s yet another downside to global warming: Higher health care expenditures for medical scans on hot days. So report Canadian researchers who discovered that periods of heat and air pollution bumped up demand for X-rays and CT scans by about 5%. Over time,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Two Wyoming abortion bans, including the first state law to prohibit the use of abortion pills, violate the state’s constitution, a judge ruled Monday. In her decision, Judge Melissa Owens, of Teton County District Court, wrote that both a ban on medication abortionContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Experts have been concerned by rising rates of pancreatic cancer in young adults, but new research reveals the jump in cases has not been accompanied by any increase in deaths from the disease. Why? According to the scientists behind the finding, today’s moreContinue Reading