TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) – Your chances of getting COVID-19 from surfaces at the grocery store are minimal, a Canadian study reassures. Researchers at the University of Guelph in Ontario collected 957 samples at four grocery stories over a month. None tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus thatContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Equal access to the most effective drugs helps eliminate the survival disparity between Black and white lung cancer patients in the United States, a new study shows. In general, Black lung cancer patients are more likely to die than white patients, but theseContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Clot-busting drugs may be safe for certain stroke patients with brain aneurysms that haven’t ruptured, researchers say. An aneurysm is a bulge in the wall of a blood vessel. In the new study, patients had suffered an ischemic stroke, which is caused byContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A drowning child has a much lower risk of severe disability or death if a bystander steps in, even without cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), new research finds. “Bystanders play a critical role in preventing poor outcomes in childhood drowning by instituting safe, early andContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Surgery is a common gateway to opioid misuse that can put patients at risk of an overdose. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis of data from nearly 14,000 adults who had surgery between 2013 and 2019 at UCLA hospitals. All were opioid-naive,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — If you are over 50 and you have high blood pressure or a health condition for which blood pressure control is essential, at-home blood pressure checks can avert medical emergencies. The trouble is that too few of these people actually perform them, aContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Most adults who lose smell or taste due to COVID-19 infection regain those senses within months, but a quick recovery is more likely in those under 40, a new study finds. It included 798 participants in an ongoing survey who reported a lossContinue Reading
SUNDAY, Oct. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) – When Hispanic people get a skin cancer diagnosis, their tumors are about 17% larger than those of white people, researchers say. According to the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), skin cancer is often diagnosed at a more advanced stage in people with blackContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News)– Physical abuse of school-aged kids tripled during the early months of the pandemic when widespread stay-at-home orders were in effect, a new study finds. Exactly what triggered the surge is not fully understood, but other studies have also reported similar upticks in child abuse.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 8, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Every year, on the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, hundreds of millions of Muslims celebrate the month of Ramadan by, in part, fasting daily from sunrise to sunset. Now, new research shows it might help lower blood pressure – atContinue Reading