THURSDAY, March 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Tuberculosis cases climbed again in 2022, U.S. health officials announced Thursday. Still, the 5% increase, which amounted to 8,300 cases, didn’t reach higher pre-pandemic numbers, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “The message is loud and clear — TBContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For some older adults, thinning bones may be a harbinger of waning memory, a new study suggests. The study, of more than 3,600 older adults, found that those with relatively low bone density were at greater risk of being diagnosed with dementia withinContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Americans are facing shortages of drugs critical for cancer treatment, breathing problems and more — shortages that increased nearly 30% between 2021 and 2022, a new report shows. The report, commissioned by the U.S. Senate and discussed during a Senate committee hearing onContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Global warming is fostering the spread of a deadly flesh-eating bacteria along the northeastern coast of the United States, researchers report. Vibrio vulnificus bacteria grow in warm shallow coastal waters and can infect a person via a cut or insect bite during contactContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 23, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — As a logistics planner with the U.S. Air Force, Kassandra Benson deployed to Pakistan, where she worked long days and nights coordinating and troubleshooting special operations troops’ equipment and travel needs. After a year abroad, she returned home. A post-deployment healthContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A review of studies from around the world finds that getting vaccinated halves the risk of long COVID-19. For the review, a team led by researchers from the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom looked at data from 41 studies involvingContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new study has some heartening news for coffee lovers: That morning cup is unlikely to make your heart skip a beat. The study, published March 23 in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that drinking coffee does not seem to predisposeContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A single nonprofit has what amounts to a monopoly over all organ transplants performed in the United States, but the federal government said Wednesday that it plans to change that. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which has contracted with the UnitedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — That road noise outside your window could be wreaking havoc on your blood pressure. A new study published March 22 in JACC: Advances found that the roaring engines, blaring horns and wailing sirens can themselves elevate high blood pressure (hypertension) risk, aside fromContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A rare strain of the parasite Toxoplasma has killed four sea otters along the California coast, raising concerns about a potential public health risk. “The appearance of this lethal type of Toxoplasma in coastal California is concerning for two main reasons: First, becauseContinue Reading