MONDAY, July 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — People who have weight loss surgery often see improvements in type 2 diabetes and other diseases, but these surgeries and the lifestyle changes they require can also have spillover effects on other aspects of life, including relationships. Compared to the general U.S. population,Continue Reading
MONDAY, July 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The best booster for COVID vaccinations might not be yet another shot, but a nasal spray, an early study hints. Since early on in the pandemic, some researchers have speculated that the most effective way to fight COVID is through vaccines that notContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — People with long-haul COVID experience a wider set of symptoms than once thought, including hair loss and sexual dysfunction, British researchers report. An analysis of electronic health records for 2.4 million U.K. residents revealed that 12 weeks after their initial infection, COVID patientsContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 25, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — New Year’s Eve 2018 was no party for Maria Philippon. The manager of a banking call center in Orange County, Calif., she finished work and headed for her car. She stopped three times to catch her breath. She thought she mightContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Everyone in the United States knows someone — often multiple someones — who have been reinfected with COVID-19. Despite vaccines, boosters and natural immunity, the highly infectious Omicron variant appears capable of getting around whatever protection you might have gained against SARS-CoV-2. EvenContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Monkeypox, which has now spread to 75 countries and sickened at least 16,000 people, has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO). The declaration came after WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus overruled a panel of advisorsContinue Reading
As COVID reinfection cases rise, who should get a second booster? Despite vaccines and natural immunity, the highly infectious Omicron variant is striking many people more than once. Read more WHO declares monkeypox a global health emergency. At least 16,000 cases have been reported in 75 countries as public healthContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Though adults are more likely to suffer long COVID, kids aren’t immune to the fatigue, weakness, coughing and breathing problems that can persist months after their initial infection. Nearly 6% of children who went to emergency departments with COVID still had symptoms 90Continue Reading
MONDAY, July 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — With much of the United States baking in extreme heat this summer, older adults and the people caring for them need to take extra precautions. Seniors can decline rapidly, sometimes within minutes, when exposed to soaring temperatures, said Dr. Angela Catic, an assistantContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Nearly half of American adults have high blood pressure — and that alone more than doubles their odds of being hospitalized if they are infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, a new study revealed. This was true even in people whoContinue Reading