CDC expected to loosen U.S. mask guidance on Friday. The move comes after the agency shifts its focus from community COVID-19 case numbers to the numbers of hospitalizations and local hospital capacity. Read more Is a cure for type 1 diabetes near? Science could be getting closer, as researchers honeContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Many folks have been waiting over two years for the chance to hear live music and see sports in person again, but if you plan to attend events you still need to protect yourself against COVID, an expert says. “We are doing muchContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Headphones have a much greater impact on listeners than external speakers because they put voices “inside your head,” a new study explains. “Headphones produce a phenomenon called in-head localization, which makes the speaker sound as if they’re inside your head,” said study co-authorContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A massive genetic family tree traces the ancestry of all people today. The researchers who created it said it shows how individuals worldwide are related to one another and reveals key events in human evolution, including the migration out of Africa. “Essentially, weContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Anyone who has more than one dog might have seen it unfold: A beloved pet dies, and the remaining dog seems to suffer as deeply as the rest of the family. Now, new Italian research adds to evidence that man’s best friend doesContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An increase in telemedicine during the pandemic and easier access to prescription drugs to end a pregnancy may help explain why more than half of U.S. abortions are now done with a combination of medicines instead of surgery, researchers report. The percentage ofContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — People who go meat-free, or at least put limits on it, may have lower risks of some of the most common cancers, a new, large study suggests. British researchers stressed that their findings do not prove definitively that vegetarian/vegan diets cut people’s cancerContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Extreme heat from climate change is making it harder for people with mental illness and drug addiction to cope and adding to pressure on pandemic-stretched U.S. emergency rooms. During these severe summer temperature spikes, Americans with depression, anxiety, mood disorders and drug addictionContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 24, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Before she gave the feeling a name, Mary-Frances Winters felt it constantly. She calls it “a dull droning sound that is always present” and “an underlying syndrome of sorts that permeates my very being.” It’s the exhaustion born of “the day-to-dayContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Add better brain health to the growing list of protections your beloved pet may provide you: New research suggests that older adults with a furry companion showed slower mental declines than those without one. “Prior studies have suggested that the human-animal bond mayContinue Reading