FRIDAY, Nov. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Have a hard time looking others in the eye? You aren’t alone, Canadian researchers report. Eye-to-eye contact rarely occurs when two people are talking, they found. “We discovered that participants spent only about 12% of conversation time in interactive looking, meaning that theyContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking action against e-cigarettes disguised to look like everyday items that appeal to young people. The FDA sent warning letters Thursday to seven online retailers that were selling unauthorized vape devices that look like drink containers,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Air filters might help keep the air in your home fresh, but a new review finds they don’t appear to reduce your risk of catching an airborne virus. Technologies designed to make indoor spaces safer from infection are not effective in the realContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 17, 2023 (Healthday News) — Scams are nothing new and older folks are known to be vulnerable to them, but a new poll adds another sad fact to the familiar story. Among people aged 50 to 80, those who reported being in fair or poor physical or mentalContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Good news is fun to share, but you get more of a charge from it if you keep it under your hat for a while, a new study says. Keeping good news a secret for a bit before telling someone else appears toContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 2023 — To address a continuing nationwide shortage, more than 77,000 doses of RSV shots for infants were released Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The additional doses are of Beyfortus, a long-acting monoclonal antibody designedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Measles deaths are surging worldwide, prompted by a wave of infections among unvaccinated children, public health experts say. Deaths from measles increased by 43% globally in 2022 compared to the year before, resulting from an 18% increase in measles cases, the World HealthContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The first home test for chlamydia and gonorrhea will soon hit the market, following its approval Wednesday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. People will be able to buy the Simple 2 Test over-the-counter at a pharmacy, take a specimen in theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 2023 (Healthday News) — While childhood cancer is no longer terminal for many, death rates remain higher in Black and Hispanic children, a new government report reveals. Treatments for these rare cancers have improved drastically in recent decades, and death rates dropped for all children in 2001Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — If you need medical care, you’re more likely to skip it due to cost issues if you’re American than if you’re Australian, Canadian, British or French, a new report finds. Rising costs aren’t just causing poorer Americans to forgo needed care: The CommonwealthContinue Reading