THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Buckled into the driver’s seat, on his way to a Dallas hospital, Tyler Morgan put his phone’s video camera into selfie mode and hit record. Peeking his reddened eyes toward the lens, he started talking. “So, my, my son almost …Continue Reading
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Gender gaps in blood pressure, physical activity and smoking have widened among young adults in the United States, new research finds, suggesting that prevention approaches should be carefully tailored to help people achieve ideal lifelong cardiovascular health. Overall heart health stayedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An elevator encounter that happened to Laurie Waters highlights the daily plight faced by early-onset Alzheimer’s patients like her. Waters, 57, was stuck in an elevator at an Alzheimer’s convention with other folks who were growing loud and excited — and the situationContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Shipments of infant formula from Australia and the U.K. are expected to arrive in the United States next week as part of the Biden administration’s ongoing effort to ease a nationwide shortage of formula. Under the Operation Fly Formula program, 2 million cansContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer Inc. said Wednesday that it has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve the emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children under the age of 5. The company said in a statement that it has provided the agency withContinue Reading
What people with early-onset dementia want you to know. Alzheimer’s and other dementias can strike people as early as their 50s, but many of these patients end up feeling invisible, advocates say. Read more Get your vaccines and boosters, the combination may not matter. New research shows that its theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Nations are falling short in their efforts to get rid of toxic PCB chemicals that pose a risk to human health and the environment, researchers report. “We’re only six years out from the Stockholm Convention’s deadline to responsibly eliminate PCB stocks, but shockinglyContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The number of COVID-19 vaccine doses received — not the combinations — is the key to strengthening your immune system to protect against different variants of the coronavirus, including Omicron, a new study suggests. A team from the Chinese University of Hong KongContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Racial disparities in health outcomes persist in the United States, with Black and Hispanic Americans more likely to die within a month after a bleeding stroke than white Americans, a new study shows. “We’ve known that there are disparities in death from strokeContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Children who have had COVID-19 aren’t protected against the Omicron variant, but vaccination does cut their chances of infection, a new study shows. “I hear parents say, ‘Oh, my kid had COVID last year,’” said senior study co-author Dr. Adrienne Randolph, from BostonContinue Reading