TUESDAY, July 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Black patients should start screening early for glaucoma, because they have a high risk of vision loss caused by elevated pressure levels inside the eye, researchers say. A team from New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai found that African heritageContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Cannabis has become far more potent over the years, and that may explain why the number of people becoming addicted to the drug has soared, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Bath Addiction and Mental Health Group in the UnitedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A potentially dangerous change in heart rhythm is common after surgeries that don’t involve the heart, according to Mayo Clinic researchers. Dr. Konstantinos Siontis and colleagues studied patients who had atrial fibrillation (a-fib) after a noncardiac surgical procedure. These patients represent about 13%Continue Reading
Fasting diet could help folks with type 2 diabetes. People with diabetes who restricted their daily eating to a 10-hour window had blood sugar levels in the normal range for about three hours longer than those who ate freely, new research showed. Read more What’s in your CBD product? LabelsContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For the first time ever, more than 1 in 5 American kids is obese. From 2011 to 2012 and again from 2017 to 2020, rates of obesity rose for kids between 2 and 5 years of age as well as 12- to 19-year-olds,Continue Reading
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