FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Could asking teens a simple, but pointed, question about their mental health reveal whether they are at risk for suicide? It might, new research suggests. Since suicide is now the second leading cause of death among American teens, any strategy that could lowerContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Although weekday weddings are a growing trend, Daniel Pecoraro and Lisa Siegel hadn’t originally scheduled theirs for a Monday afternoon. And certainly not at a hospital near their home in Boynton Beach, Florida. But married life requires adjusting to situations, andContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — A genetic score may be able to identify higher stroke risk – but only for people living in the most privileged neighborhoods, according to new research that highlights inequities related to wealth and health. Researchers looked at acute ischemic stroke, theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When Elizabeth R.’s husband passed away from bone cancer in 2016, she felt grateful that her employer offered generous bereavement leave. Now 40, she worked in the development department of a large nonprofit cancer group at the time and felt ready to goContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — People with health conditions like type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes or polycystic ovarian syndrome may have been advised about the value of an insulin-resistance diet. But this way of eating can benefit most people interested in balancing blood sugars, whether that’s to helpContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The Affordable Care Act’s expansion of Medicaid makes it more likely that a woman will be diagnosed with breast cancer earlier rather than at an advanced, harder-to-treat stage, new research suggests. Not all U.S. states expanded Medicaid coverage after the Affordable Care ActContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — While COVID-19 variants Alpha, Gamma and Delta are no longer circulating among humans, they continue to spread in white-tailed deer. The animals are the most abundant large mammal in North America. Scientists aren’t sure whether the deer could act as long-term reservoirs forContinue Reading
Working gets tough when grieving a lost spouse. People who returned to work within three months of losing a spouse had higher stress, a new study has found. And the less these folks earned at their job, the worse the mental health effects. Read more Pregnant women in rural AmericaContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A phone call from a nurse may be the lifeline needed to help improve survival for heart failure patients. New research from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles finds that check-in calls may help save lives. “There’s a lot ofContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Antidepressants are often prescribed to people suffering from chronic pain, but a new evidence review argues that the science behind these prescriptions is shaky at best. These drugs helped people in chronic pain in only a quarter of potential uses tested, and evenContinue Reading