MONDAY, Aug. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Could smoking pot somehow help keep sinus problems at bay? It’s possible, suggests a new study that found people who use marijuana may experience fewer bouts of congestion, sneezing and sinus pain than their nonsmoking peers do, though the reasons why remain cloudy.Continue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Folks with young kids at home may be less likely than others to develop severe COVID-19, a new study suggests. Children bring home colds from day care and school and give them to their parents, and it’s thought those lower-level infections may ultimatelyContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Edgewell Personal Care Co. has recalled three batches of its Banana Boat Hair & Scalp Sunscreen Spray SPF 30 because trace levels of benzene were found in some samples during an internal review. Benzene is a human carcinogen. Exposure can happen through inhalation,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 1, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — A massive new study spotlights the toll methamphetamine use may take on heart health, suggesting men, people with kidney disease and those with high blood pressure are especially at risk. The findings, published Monday in the Journal of the American HeartContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — What do a small business owner in the American Midwest, a corporate manager in Sao Paolo and a real estate lawyer in London all have in common? All three are gay men. And though they’re scattered across three continents, each has joined theContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — President Joe Biden is back in isolation and has tested positive for COVID-19 for the second day in a row, as he experiences what is known as rebound after taking Paxlovid to treat his original infection. Biden, who had left isolation three daysContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, but doctors have had access to a screening tool for nearly a decade that can catch it for early treatment. Unfortunately, neither of those facts has sunk in for manyContinue Reading
Patients open up about the pain of having monkeypox. Three gay men in Brazil, Britain and the United States talk of the often extreme discomfort of having the viral illness, and their difficulties in finding treatment. Read more Lung cancer myths, stigma persist. It’s the leading cause of cancer deathsContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Don’t be afraid of Sunday night. Good sleep habits can ward off the so-called “Sunday scaries” — the worry about returning to work on Monday morning that keeps many folks tossing and turning on Sunday night. A recent American Academy of Sleep MedicineContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — You may not have even considered the possibility, but new research finds that flies and roaches are not likely to spread COVID-19. Although public health professionals and officials now have a better understanding of how COVID-19 spreads, there are lingering concerns about whetherContinue Reading