TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Gun violence can cause significant, long-lasting mental harm to survivors and their families, according to a new study. In the year after their injury, survivors are at increased risk for pain, mental health and substance use disorders. Their family members also have higherContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you have heart failure, there’s good news and bad news on how much it would help you to cut back on salt. New research finds that while it doesn’t prevent death or hospitalization among patients, it does appear to improve their qualityContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — For more than two years, COVID-19’s direct harm has been visible in overflowing intensive care wards and grim statistics. Now, some of its indirect effects are coming into focus. Studies are linking the pandemic to higher rates of fatal heart diseaseContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Life has not slowed for Patricia Harden of Oakland, California, since she sold her public relations company in 2020 or since retiring from her remaining consulting work the following year. Now 73, she’s serving on the board of nonprofits, taking partContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Outdoor sports season is nearly here, and with rough play comes the risk of concussion. But one of the most-used tools to assess sports-related concussion from the sidelines isn’t as precise as one might like, a new study argues. Intense exertion from playingContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — People who choose to skip sleep to study, work or play late into the night may find they’ve extended not just their waking hours but also their tummies. A small new study found that the basic problem sources back to the fact thatContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In an effort to modernize an agency that has come under fire for its handling of the pandemic, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that the agency would undergo a monthlong review of its inner workings.Continue Reading
TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Fresh government data shows that COVID deaths among nursing home residents data have fallen to the lowest levels seen since the pandemic began. Some 67 residents died nationwide of COVID during the week ending March 27, according to the latest statistics from theContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Medicare announced Monday that seniors can now walk into most drug stores and get a free over-the-counter COVID test. “For the first time in its history, Medicare is paying for an over-the-counter test,” Deputy Administrator Dr. Meena Seshamani, director of the Center forContinue Reading
How sleepless nights widen your waistline. People who don’t get enough sleep tend to eat more, new research shows, and all those extra calories wind up precisely where most people don’t want it: around the belly. Read more No sign that COVID vaccine in pregnancy ups birth defect risk. AContinue Reading