THURSDAY, Nov. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Health care workers at America’s nursing homes are woefully under-vaccinated for both flu and COVID-19, threatening their own health and that of the frail elderly patients under their care, a new report finds. Looking at 2023 data collected at nearly 14,000 nursing homesContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — There’s good news for folks who lost some of their sense of taste and smell after a bout of mild COVID: New research shows this side effect largely resolves by three years after infection. Italian researchers looked at post-COVID outcomes for 88 peopleContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Researchers are testing a toothpaste that aims to let patients who are sensitive to peanuts and other foods simply brush their allergies away. Doctors already treat some food allergy patients with oral immunotherapy — feeding them tiny, portioned and gradually increasing bits ofContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — If you’re suffering from COVID, you might want to grab a glass of warm water and a shaker of salt. New research suggests that gargling and rinsing your nasal passages with a saline solution may help keep you out of the hospital. InContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 9, 2023 (Healthday News) — New data from two United Nations agencies shows that millions of workers toiling under the sun’s glare is fueling skin cancer cases around the world. Nearly 1 in 3 deaths from non-melanoma skin cancer is caused by occupational exposure to the sun’s ultravioletContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A kinder, more thoughtful workplace can lead to better heart health among older employees, a new study finds. Older workers’ heart health risk factors decreased significantly when their office employed interventions designed to reduce work-family conflicts, researchers report in the Nov. 8 issueContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 9, 2023 (HealthDay) — There’s good news for people with diabetes who are turning to drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy to treat their disease and lose weight: The drugs probably will not harm their vision. Semaglutide (the generic name for both medicines) can trigger rapid drops in bloodContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Strokes can strike anyone, but income and education may play a role in whether your stroke is fatal or disabling, new research shows. As reported Nov. 8 in the journal Neurology, folks who’d had a stroke were 10% more likely to die orContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Eczema can be a burden on the mind as well the body, a new survey shows. People with eczema are more likely to experience depression and anxiety, and it worsens when additional allergic symptoms occur, according to a study to be presented ThursdayContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A second injectable diabetes drug has been approved for weight loss in overweight and obese adults, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday. The weight-loss drug Zepbound contains the same active ingredient, tirzepatide, as the diabetes drug Mounjaro. Both medications are madeContinue Reading