WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Despite the anxieties and tumult of the COVID-19 pandemic, overall suicide rates in the United States fell by about 3% between 2019 and 2020. But during the same time frame, suicides increased among people aged 10 to 34. They also rose among Black,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — It’s a life-and-death prediction: How likely is early-stage breast cancer to spread throughout the rest of a patient’s body? A new analysis that tried to make that call easier for doctors to predict found that a younger age at diagnosis was a strongContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — When then-college student Lumiere Rostick learned their grandfather, who had dementia, needed help, Rostick volunteered to move in with him. Rostick, whose pronouns are they/them/their, worked on remote college classes and in between helped their grandmother clean and cook, as wellContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Wine lovers, beer drinkers and those who enjoy a martini now and then have long been told that moderate drinking beats total abstinence. Unfortunately, new German research is throwing some cold water on that advice, finding that premature death among non-drinkers is likelyContinue Reading
Study refutes notion that a little drinking is healthy. For years, data has suggested that a glass or so each day of wine, beer or other alcohol might be better for your health than not drinking at all. But new German research casts doubt on the idea. Read more WomenContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A California judge has ruled against local governments that sued drug companies for billions of dollars to recover their costs of dealing with the opioid epidemic. In a tentative ruling issued Monday, Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter Wilson rejected the plaintiffs’ claimsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — An Arizona man infected his dog and cat with the new coronavirus, according to a new case study that researchers say is the first in the United States to use genetics to document such transmission. The owner wasn’t vaccinated, did little to protectContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Managing your diabetes can be tough, but your eyes might thank you for it. Diabetic retinopathy is a diabetes complication that damages the retina’s blood vessels, often resulting in vision loss and blindness. The condition occurs in more than half of people withContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — It’s a finding that stands to reason: A new study shows the pandemic has triggered anxiety and depression in many doctors. Researchers used surveys to assess the mental health of more than 5,000 doctors in Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom at twoContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday backed the emergency use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine among kids ages 5-11. First, the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel voted unanimously to recommend the approval. Hours later, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky signed offContinue Reading