WEDNESDAY, May 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Infants exposed to secondhand smoke in the womb and early childhood are likely to have weaker lungs, a new study suggests. The finding is based on levels of blood cotinine during pregnancy and childhood; blood cotinine is the result of the body processingContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The actual number of U.S. children hospitalized due to COVID-19 may be lower than current figures suggest, a new study indicates. That’s because counts of hospitalized children who test positive for COVID-19 may include those who were admitted for other reasons and haveContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have reported the first case of COVID-19 causing dangerous, recurring blood clots in a patient’s arm. The report offers new insight into how the damage of inflammation caused by COVID-19 can linger and how best to treat recurring clots, the Rutgers UniversityContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — When someone comes in for a new heart stent, it’s critical that the medical team doing the procedure knows several key facts about previous stents the patient has had. But fewer than half of patients receiving a stent were still carrying the stentContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A lot of people think of age 50 as the magic number for getting a first colonoscopy, but earlier is better, a prestigious U.S. expert panel now says. Based on evidence that younger people are being diagnosed with colon cancer and would benefitContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — U.S. hospitals have been required to make their prices public since 2019, but 18 months into the rule more than half weren’t doing it, a new study finds. In 2018, the Trump administration issued a rule requiring hospitals to publish their “chargemasters” onContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 18, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Large health studies sometimes paint a rosy picture of Asian Americans in comparison with other groups. But when researchers aren’t using a broad brush, the portrait can be quite different. When viewed not as a single entity of 20 million peopleContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 18, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Lisa Anderson shook her husband, Jacob, awake. “I just got off the phone with the nurse,” she told him. “She said I could have a stroke.” Jacob bolted out of bed, trying to make sense of the news. It was aroundContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — President Joe Biden announced Monday that the United States will share another 20 million doses of coronavirus vaccines with countries that are in dire need of shots. The move comes on the heels of his promise to share 60 million doses of theContinue Reading
Ohio Lottery Will Award $1 Million to Five Vaccinated Residents In an effort to boost COVID-19 vaccination numbers, Ohio officials said they will hold a weekly lottery in which five adult residents who have received at least their first dose of a vaccine will receive $1 million each. “Two weeksContinue Reading