MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Black women who often encountered racism before age 20 have an increased risk of depression, new research shows. Of the 1,600 Black women in Detroit, aged 25 to 35, who took part in the study, nearly two-thirds said they’d been subjected to someContinue Reading
SUNDAY, Feb. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pain or cramping in your legs during physical activity may be an early sign of a condition called peripheral artery disease (PAD) — and you should get checked out by your doctor, an expert says. PAD occurs when plaque develops in the arteriesContinue Reading
SATURDAY, Feb. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Spring allergies are a perennial annoyance, but if you’re focusing on the pandemic, they still could catch you by surprise, an expert says. “People still have COVID on their minds,” said Dr. Mark Corbett, president of the American College of Allergy, Asthma andContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Is the unmasking of America at hand? The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that most Americans can now shed their face coverings in indoor public settings, because the agency has changed how it measures the threat of coronavirus inContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Women with high blood pressure conditions during pregnancy may face double the risk for kidney disease within several years after giving birth, according to a new study that finds the risk climbs to nearly fourfold for women who already had highContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to announce Friday that most Americans can shed their masks in indoor public settings, as the agency changes how it measures the threat of coronavirus in local communities. Until now, case counts haveContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Science could be well on its way to a cure for type 1 diabetes, as researchers hone transplant therapies designed to restore patients’ ability to produce their own insulin, experts say. At least one patient — a 64-year-old Ohio man named Brian SheltonContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb, 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Mass cullings have been implemented as a highly contagious form of avian flu has swept across the eastern half of the United States in recent weeks, killing both farmed poultry and wild birds. “It’s very concerning, given how quickly this thing is accelerating,”Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — You bite into an apple and suddenly your mouth starts tingling. Or you eat shrimp for dinner and get hives. You’re not a kid and you’ve been able to eat these foods your whole life, so what’s going on? A number of conditionsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — At least 5.2 million children worldwide have lost a parent or caregiver to COVID-19, and researchers say urgent action is needed to help them. “We estimate that for every person reported to have died as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, one childContinue Reading