U.S. teens in mental health crisis. Data shows that young Americans were already suffering high rates of anxiety and depression before the COVID crisis shut down schools and overturned daily life. Experts and teenagers themselves tell HealthDay Now about the toll on mental health. Read more Can some people withContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — When American kids do downhill skiing or snowboarding, they almost always wear a helmet, their parents say, but they’re far less likely to do so when cruising down a neighborhood hill on a sled. That puts them at risk for serious head injuries,Continue Reading
SUNDAY, Jan. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If winter gets you down, you may have a form of depression called SAD. That’s short for seasonal affective disorder. SAD brings on mood changes during fall and winter, when there is less sunlight, and symptoms typically ease up in the spring. ButContinue Reading
SATURDAY, Jan. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Tobacco use is far and away the leading cause of lung cancer, but non-smokers are also at risk, experts say. People who smoke have the highest risk, and smokeless tobacco is also a threat. About 90% of lung cancer cases could be preventedContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Booster shots are keeping the Omicron variant from landing millions of Americans in hospitals, emergency rooms and urgent care clinics across the country, three new government studies show. In one study, published Friday in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s MorbidityContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Your heart is in an incredibly vulnerable state if you’ve suffered a heart attack or are fighting heart failure, and cardiac rehabilitation could be an important part of your recovery. Unfortunately, not enough older folks appear to be taking advantage of this life-savingContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Some kids might be able to get over their peanut allergy if they start immunotherapy while they’re still toddlers, a major new clinical trial reports. In the trial, a group of 1- to 3-year-olds with severe peanut allergies were safely fed gradually increasingContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 21, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — A few weeks before Thanksgiving, Ken and Morgan House of Newington, Connecticut, spent a week at one of her favorite places – Disney World. They walked to all the theme parks, went on countless rides and shared healthy meals. Every day,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Shortages of both supplies and workers are wreaking havoc on the efforts of COVID at-home test makers to deliver enough of the tests to Americans, even as the federal government pledges to provide 500 million free, at-home kits. Like many other businesses, testContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The risk of hospitalization for COVID-19 among older Americans is far higher for those who are unvaccinated than for those who are fully vaccinated and have had a booster shot, new government data shows. The differences were stark: In December, unvaccinated people 50Continue Reading