FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Just a few days after Dottie Lewis and her husband, Wayne, returned from vacation to their home in Plymouth, Massachusetts, she started feeling poorly. This was 2019, a year before COVID-19 shut down travel and before face masks on planes. DottieContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Anyone who’s tried to sleep on a hot summer night knows how hard it is to nod off when the mercury is rising. So it’s no surprise that global warming is likely to cost people more and more shut-eye as temperatures around theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A bill that would allow families in a U.S. government assistance program to buy whatever brand of baby formula they can find is on the way to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. The bill, which is meant to help familiesContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Dementia risk factors appear to shift with age, and experts say knowing that could help people make lifestyle changes to reduce their chances of developing the disease. “Dementia is a complicated disease and risk prediction scores need to be tailored to the individual,”Continue Reading
FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For many women, having it all may mean forgoing a decent night’s sleep. Women in the United States are less likely to get a good night’s sleep and more likely to report daytime sleepiness than men, a new survey shows. The online pollContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you’ve had a root canal, you can expect your tooth to survive for about 11 years, researchers say. For a time, root canals can maintain teeth affected by cavities or other problems, but the tooth eventually becomes brittle and dies. To learnContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 20 2022 (HealthDay News) — Poor eyesight makes it harder to read and easier to trip. But it can also lead to a misdiagnosis of mild mental decline in older people, according to a new, small study. That can happen if someone’s thinking abilities are assessed using vision-dependentContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A panel of science advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevent recommended on Thursday that a single booster dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine can be given to 5- to 11-year-olds. The move is expected be confirmed by a sign-offContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A baby formula plant closed in February at the heart of the current U.S. shortage of the product could reopen as soon as next week, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf told House lawmakers on Thursday. The Abbott Nutrition’s MichiganContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Two drugs are better than one when it comes to stopping asthma attacks in progress, a new clinical trial has found. The study, of more than 3,100 asthma patients, found that a two-drug “rescue” inhaler worked better than a standard inhaler in thwartingContinue Reading