WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — People might want to think twice before relying on federal quality ratings to help choose a nursing home for an elderly or frail relative, a new study warns. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) established the Nursing Home Compare websiteContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Are you one of those folks who thinks they have somehow miraculously managed to avoid COVID-19 infection more than two years into the pandemic? You might be mistaken, claims new research that discovered most people hit by the highly contagious Omicron variant hadContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Maintaining excellent cardiovascular health may lower the risk for abnormalities in the small vessels of the brain, a new study suggests. Scientists aren’t sure what causes the condition, known as cerebral small vessel disease, or CSVD. Previous research shows CSVD contributesContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The Biden Administration plans to stop buying COVID tests, vaccines and treatments as early as the fall, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said Tuesday. Under that plan, those products would be provided through the regular health care system, Jha saidContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, making it the most significant health care legislation enacted in more than a decade. How will it affect health care? Millions of Americans covered by Medicare will see big reductions inContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A smartphone video could detect a blocked blood vessel in your neck that could cause a stroke, a new study suggests. The American Heart Association says videos may provide a non-invasive way to screen people who are at risk of stroke. Nearly 87%Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you need to take a pill, you might want to take it lying down — on your right side, that is. Researchers studying how body positioning affects the absorption of pills found that one taken when a person was lying on theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Strike up the band! A new study finds that the aerosols produced by wind instruments like trombones and flutes are no more concerning than those given off during normal speech and breathing. For the study, University of Pennsylvania researchers worked with the PhiladelphiaContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Millions of infant swings and rockers are being recalled because crawling babies can get entangled in straps that dangle beneath them. The recall applies to MamaRoo and RockaRoo swings and rockers manufactured by Thorley Industries of Pittsburgh. The company, which does business underContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Affordable over-the-counter hearing aids will bring relief to millions of Americans suffering from hearing loss by mid-October, under a landmark proposal just announced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The final rule announced Tuesday creates a category of hearing aids that couldContinue Reading