TUESDAY, March 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When a child is hospitalized, cost may not be the greatest worry but the out-of-pocket expense can be substantial in the United States, even for those with insurance. A Michigan Medicine study found that U.S. families covered by private insurance spend an averageContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When someone lives through an opioid overdose, taking the medication buprenorphine lowers their risk of death if they OD again, according to new research. Buprenorphine is a medication used to treat opioid use disorder. Researchers linked receiving it after an overdose with aContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — In yet another sign of the stress that can haunt gay, lesbian and bisexual youth, a new study finds that compared with their straight peers, they are twice as likely to report trouble falling asleep or staying asleep. Depression and family conflict mayContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Close relationships — and whether your experiences within those relationships are positive or negative — could influence your physical health. New research found that the way you feel about your close relationships may affect the way your body functions. “Both positive and negativeContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Miscarriages are devastating and often seem to happen out of nowhere, but researchers may have found a new high-tech way to predict which pregnancies are likely to end in miscarriage and which ones are not. The use of 3D ultrasound imaging with virtualContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For depressed or anxious children, taking melatonin may afford a good night’s sleep and, as a result, lower the odds they will harm themselves, new research suggests. The risk of self-harm increased before melatonin was prescribed and decreased by about half after kidsContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It’s long been thought that working out helps a person stay sharp, but a new review argues there’s little solid scientific evidence for the mental benefits of physical exercise. Individual clinical trial results have tended to support the idea that regular exercise helpsContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Sen. Mitch McConnell is back home more than two weeks after he fell at a private dinner and was hospitalized with a concussion and broken rib. The Senate Minority Leader spent five days in the hospital and the remainder of the 2-1/2 weeksContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Cynthia Felix Jeffers was a baby when her 12-day-old sister died from a congenital heart defect. She was 22 when her brother, a week shy of 20, died from the same condition. Cynthia, meanwhile, grew up in New York City beingContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — While all Americans could benefit from proposed new limits on what’s called PM2.5 air pollution, new research indicates the change has the potential to benefit Black and low-income Americans the most. The limits being considered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) couldContinue Reading