THURSDAY, May 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Boosting doses of opioid pain medicines doesn’t appear to benefit patients with chronic pain, researchers report. “What we found was that the pain relief the provider and the patient are going for really isn’t there when they increase their doses,” said study authorContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 21, 2020 (American Heart Association News) — Hyvelle Ferguson-Davis was reviewing paperwork at her office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, when the headache started. It grew stronger and stronger and her eyes blurred, making it difficult to read. She hoped she wasn’t coming down with something. After work, Ferguson-Davis,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, May 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Lots of TV time, no PE classes, and a fridge full of food: It’s a recipe for weight gain for kids under “stay at home” rules. But there are ways parents can help them stay healthy, says registered dietitian Audrey Koltun. “During quarantine,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, May 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A combination drug therapy for COVID-19 aims to both prevent the virus from spreading inside the human body as well as quelling the immune system havoc that the germ wreaks. A U.S. federally funded clinical trial is testing whether the experimental antiviral drugContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Nearly 36,000 American lives would have been spared if strict social distancing measures had been enacted across the country just one week earlier than they were, new estimates suggest. And if those measures had been imposed two weeks before most people started stayingContinue Reading
Test All Newborns of Mothers With Confirmed or Suspected COVID-19: CDC
Live Poultry Linked to Salmonella Cases in 28 States: CDC
Many Americans Concerned That Reopening Country Will Cause Second Wave of Coronavirus Infections
Sales of Johnson’s Baby Powder Halted in U.S., Canada
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WEDNESDAY, May 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The now-trendy keto diet is said to turn fat into fuel. But a new, small study says it may also change the vast array of microbes residing in your gut (the microbiome). That could be a good thing, as those changes may ultimatelyContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) Young to middle-aged asthmatics who are hospitalized for COVID-19 are likely to be on a ventilator longer than patients without asthma, new research reports. Patients with asthma who were between 20 and 59 years of age needed a ventilator to help with breathing fiveContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) — All 50 states have started reopening their economies as of Wednesday, more than two months after the new coronavirus first forced America into lockdown. Connecticut will be among the last states to return to business, when its stay-at-home order lifts and stores, museumsContinue Reading
Sales of Johnson’s Baby Powder Halted in U.S., Canada
Annie Glenn, Widow of Astronaut John Glenn, Dies at Age 100
U.S. Births Hit 35-Year Low
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