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
Coffee won’t affect your heart rhythms. A study pitting days of coffee drinking against days of abstaining found no significant difference in the number of premature atrial contractions — when the heart seems to “skip a beat.” Read more Living near noisy roads can raise your blood pressure. Experts sayContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The death of a parent is heartbreaking for a child or teenager, and those who experience it are known to be at an increased risk for depression and other mental health issues later in life. But a new study finds that children whoContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — If you’ve been suffering from caregiver stress, you’ve got plenty of company. It affects about 36% of the 53 million unpaid family caregivers in the United States, according to a recent report by the AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving — andContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Obesity is a well-known risk factor for severe COVID-19, and researchers think they’ve uncovered a possible reason why. Obese folks appear to have a blunted inflammatory response to COVID, leaving their immune systems less capable of fighting it, according to a recent study.Continue Reading