TUESDAY, Oct. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Eyes may be your window to good health. Patient Barbara Krupar, a 65-year-old Ohio retiree, learned this firsthand. Krupar made an appointment with her ophthalmologist after experiencing disturbing vision changes. Dr. Nicole Bajic detected possible early warning signs of a stroke. She advisedContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Even before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer, many states had already moved to limit abortion access by defunding family planning health centers. Unfortunately, these very same clinics offer a broad range of essential primary care services beyond abortion,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — It’s official: Older Americans with hearing loss can now stroll into a big box store or pharmacy — or just visit a website — and buy hearing aids without a prescription. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved this new class ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 17, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — MaryKay West was at work in Portland, Oregon, after a long weekend in Southern California. Her husband, Jeff, had a work assignment there and she and their daughter, Anna, had visited. They’d gone for walks, shared nice meals and done aContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Taking that often-cited 10,000 steps a day — or even slightly fewer — may indeed be enough to improve your health, a new study suggests. Researchers found that among 6,000 middle-aged and older adults, those who got at least 8,000 to 9,000 stepsContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Abbott Inc. has announced that it is again recalling some of its infant formula products, though the company said this latest recall is small and should not significantly impact nationwide supply. This recall was triggered by the fact that some bottles may haveContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — After COVID-19, resuming regular exercise may be harder, and new research suggests this may be one more symptom of long COVID. For the study, the researchers reviewed 38 published studies that tracked the exercise performance of more than 2,000 people who had hadContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — When teens and young adults go to the emergency room or are hospitalized for critical mental health issues a staggering number are not receiving quick follow-up care, new U.S. research finds. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts looked at more than 100,000 ERContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) – While a large number of Hispanic Americans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at this point, a new study suggests barriers may still stand in the way for those who might want to get shots. Researchers identified four keyContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The ability of TPOXX to treat people infected with monkeypox is being directly tested in a new clinical trial in central Africa, U.S. health officials have announced. TPOXX — the antiviral drug tecovirimat — is only approved to treat smallpox, but doctors haveContinue Reading