MONDAY, July 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — New research finds that countries with more cloudy days tend to have higher colon cancer rates. Lower levels of vitamin D, the “sunshine vitamin,” may be to blame. So, boosting your vitamin D levels through exposure to sunlight could help reduce your riskContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — While COVID-19 surged in India, so did the overuse or widespread misuse of antibiotics — risking a future threat of drug-resistant bacteria. Antibiotic sales soared during India’s first wave of COVID, suggesting the drugs were used to treat mild and moderate cases. ThatContinue Reading
SATURDAY, July 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Sunscreen isn’t just for pool gatherings and beach outings: Using sunscreen every day could reduce your risk of skin cancer, experts say. Daily use of at least an SPF 15 sunscreen can lower your risk of melanoma — the deadliest type of skinContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — On sizzling hot summer days, it’s important to guard against heat exhaustion and heat stroke, an expert says. “Heat stroke occurs when the core temperature of the body reaches 104 degrees Fahrenheit and changes in our central nervous system take place, such asContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Wearing a mask while you exercise may be uncomfortable, but a new study should reassure gym-goers that it poses no actual health risks. “What we found was, that it is safe to run at peak exercise in both an N95 mask and aContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Racial disparities in breast cancer survival have narrowed in recent years, but Black women with the disease still have double the death rate of white women. That’s according to a study that tracked breast cancer trends in Florida between 1990 and 2015. Overall,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, July 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Johnson & Johnson announced Thursday that its coronavirus vaccine is effective against the highly contagious Delta variant that brought India to its knees this past spring. The finding will no doubt reassure the 11 million Americans who have gotten the J&J shot, asContinue Reading
Here’s some of HealthDay’s top stories for Friday, July 2: How much should you worry about the Delta variant? A particularly fast-spreading COVID-19 variant out of India has health authorities in places like Los Angeles advising a return to indoor masking. Experts agree that while the fully vaccinated have littleContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The Delta variant of COVID-19 is upending any return to normalcy in some parts of the United States, with locales like Los Angeles County urging vaccinated folks to once again don masks indoors. Infectious disease experts said these places are acting with anContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — In a rare show of bipartisanship on health care, the Biden Administration is advancing Trump-era consumer protections aimed at curbing sometimes devastating surprise medical bills. It’s an issue that seems to unite Americans of all political stripes: Bills that seemingly come out ofContinue Reading