WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The updated COVID-19 vaccine boosters intended to defend people against emerging Omicron variants don’t appear to provide any better protection than the original shot does, two new studies find. The new mRNA bivalent boosters produced by Moderna and Pfizer only attack the COVID-19Continue Reading
Whether you realize it or not, you’re probably already familiar with calisthenics. Put simply, calisthenics is just bodyweight exercises. Calisthenics exercises are great for beginners because they can help build strength throughout the entire body, and you don’t need to learn how to use any equipment. They can also beContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When teenagers feel good about themselves and their lives, it may also do their hearts good in the long run, a new study suggests. Researchers found that teenagers who generally felt happy, optimistic and loved went on to show better cardiovascular health inContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has been released from a Buffalo hospital just nine days after he suffered cardiac arrest during a Monday night football game. “Damar Hamlin has been discharged from Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute,” the Buffalo Bills team announcedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — First Lady Jill Biden is scheduled to have surgery Wednesday morning to have a lesion removed from above her right eye. The lesion was discovered during routine skin cancer screening, the president’s physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor said in a Jan. 4 memo postedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Laura Rodriguez felt dizzy after dropping off her 5-year-old daughter for one of the first days of kindergarten. Then she began sweating as she walked the halls of the elementary school in Arlington, Texas. This made no sense. It wasn’t separationContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) – If you ordered COVID-19 tests through the federal government recently, you might want to check the expiration dates. Although the actual expiration had already been extended by six months for the iHealth COVID tests, some will still expire soon, CBS News reported. NoraContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — While COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rose around the world between 2021 and 2022, wide gaps remain, according to new research. Teams from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health in Spain (ISGlobal) and City University of New York (CUNY) also noted the need to addressContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Few good treatment options exist for the millions of women dealing with the intense pain caused by endometriosis, but researchers say a new “cellular atlas” could help. A team at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles has developed a detailed molecular profile ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — While U.S. policymakers have attempted to lower lead exposure among children since the 1970s, new research finds that kids living near airports are still being exposed to dangerous levels of the heavy metal. “Across an ensemble of tests, we find consistent evidence thatContinue Reading