FRIDAY, Feb. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Healthy young people who vape or smoke may be putting themselves at greater risk for developing severe COVID, new research finds. Both smoking tobacco and vaping electronic cigarettes may predispose people to increased inflammation, future development of severe COVID-19 and lingering cardiovascular complications,Continue Reading
Emailing your doctor could soon cost you. Some health care systems have started charging for doctor’s emailed responses to certain patient messages, but experts worry that could keep poorer patients from needed services. Read more Less may be more when it comes to surgery for early-stage lung cancer. Removing onlyContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Using a “neuroprotectant” drug alongside the standard surgical removal of a clot may slash the risk of death and disability following a stroke, a new study finds. The new medication, called ApTOLL, shields brain tissue from continuing damage by cooling down inflammation, theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Some toddlers who don’t interact with their parents may have early signs of autism, a new study suggests. Researchers showed kids between 12 and 48 months of age “split-screen” moving images, then used eye tracking to evaluate their attention. Some toddlers who paidContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For the first time, COVID-19 vaccines have been added to the list of routine immunizations recommended for adults — a further sign the virus is here to stay. The addition is being made to the 2023 Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule, released Thursday byContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new treatment for chronic constipation may bring relief without having to use drugs. It’s a vibrating pill called Vibrant that stimulates the colon as it passes through the body. Although the pill was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lastContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Many football fans fondly remember Rick Arrington as the Philadelphia Eagles’ quarterback from 1970 to 1973, but his daughter’s memories are tainted by years spent watching her dad suffer from late-stage chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). A degenerative brain disease found in athletes, militaryContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Doctors have discovered a way to extend the short shelf life of donor hearts, which could hopefully make more of the organs available to desperate recipients. Valproic acid (Depakote), which is approved to treat seizures, boosts production of an enzyme that increases theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Dr. Anezi Uzendu should not be here to explain what a cardiac arrest looks like. He’s alive only because strangers at a gym understood – and acted. In 2016, Uzendu, then a 25-year-old medical resident, was playing a pickup basketball gameContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — In the United States alone, more than 800,000 heart attacks occur each year. That number will likely continue to rise: The American College of Cardiology predicts significant increases in heart disease and cardiovascular risk factors across the country by 2060. And a recentContinue Reading