SUNDAY, Nov. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — When loved ones come together for your Thanksgiving feast, keep in mind your those who have food allergies. Practice safety in menu planning, food preparation and even serving, urged Courtney Cary, a senior dietitian at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Be awareContinue Reading
SATURDAY, Nov. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — While pancreatic cancer is particularly deadly because there is no early detection test and only limited treatments, there are symptoms that can signal the disease, a leading pancreatic cancer nonprofit says. Unfortunately, most Americans do not know what those signs are. In aContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer’s updated COVID booster shots are proving their mettle against emerging omicron variants, the company announced Friday. The latest version of the vaccine generated virus-fighting antibodies against four more omicron lineages, including the troubling BQ.1.1 variant. Notably, the immune response wasn’t as strongContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A severely paralyzed person no longer needs to go through brain surgery to try and steer a motorized wheelchair with their mind, researchers report. Through an electrode-studded cap placed on their head, several people with quadriplegia — no function in all four limbsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 18, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Soccer is filled with cardiovascular activities that can benefit the brain as well as the heart. From fullbacks sprinting back to prevent a counterattack to midfielders jogging up the other end to build up play, players on the pitch are rarelyContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first drug that could delay the development of type 1 diabetes (T1D). Teplizumab (Tzield) targets the autoimmune issues that drive the disease, rather than its symptoms, making the medication a game changer. “Today’sContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you’re diagnosed with early breast cancer, treatment often involves breast-conserving surgery followed by chemotherapy, medication and a course of radiation to keep your cancer from coming back. However, little has been known about the long-term benefits of radiation. Now, new research showsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The Biden administration on Thursday offered assistance to communities and hospitals dealing with a surge in cases of pediatric respiratory illnesses, but it did not declare a national public health emergency. The Children’s Hospital Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics had askedContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Guns cause more than half of all suicides in the United States each year, and new research finds most of these are handguns owned by the deceased that were stored unlocked and loaded. Researchers used data from the National Violent Death Reporting SystemContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — It’s sort of like the Goldilocks principle — a room that’s either too dry or too humid can influence transmission of COVID-19 and cause more illness or death, Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers say. Maintaining an indoor relative humidity between 40% and 60%Continue Reading