FRIDAY, Oct. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) — It helps to speak English if you’re a home care patient in the United States. A new study of home health care found that patients who speak a language other than English have higher rates of hospital readmission. Readmission rates among New YorkContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Modern Americans get much less physical activity than their forebearers did 200 years ago, and increasing reliance on technology is a major reason why. That’s the finding from researchers who used data on falling body temperature and changing metabolic rates in the UnitedContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) — There are two ways that HIV patients’ bodies can keep the virus under control after they stop antiretroviral therapy, a new study shows. The findings could point to ways to help people with HIV keep the virus in remission without having to keepContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday that it has lowered its limits for lead poisoning in kids. The move is expected to more than double the number of 1- to 5-year-olds with worrisome levels of the toxic metal inContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — ADHD medications are increasingly being prescribed to older adults, and they may cause a short-term spike in the risk of heart attack, stroke and arrhythmias, a large new study suggests. Stimulant medications, such as Ritalin, Concerta and Adderall, are commonly used to treatContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Might breastfeeding affect a new mother’s future brain health? That’s the intriguing question posed by a new study that flips the narrative from the often-touted benefits for baby to what impact breastfeeding might hold for Mom years later. Researchers from UCLA Health foundContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The number of Americans who are dying from Parkinson’s disease has jumped by 63% in the past two decades, new research shows. The fresh analysis also revealed that men face double the risk of dying from the progressive and incurable disease than women.Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A cheap and widely available antidepressant drug called fluvoxamine may reduce COVID-19 patients’ risk of serious illness requiring hospitalization, according to a new study. The trial included almost 1,500 unvaccinated outpatients in Brazil. All of the patients tested positive for infection with SARS-CoV-2Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The number of people experiencing numbness, pins and needles, and burning pain in their feet and toes seems to be on the rise, new research suggests, and some of these folks may be at increased risk for heart trouble. Exactly why there hasContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The number of U.S. meatpacking workers who were infected during the COVID-19 pandemic is nearly three times higher than previously thought, a U.S. House report shows. It said at least 59,000 workers caught the disease and 269 died as the pandemic raged throughContinue Reading