MONDAY, March 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — It’s already being taken by millions to help ward off heart issues, and now preliminary research hints that daily low-dose aspirin might also cut your odds of contracting COVID-19. As the Israeli research team noted, aspirin is an anti-inflammatory and previous studies haveContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Could the paws of assistance dogs be cleaner than the soles of your shoes? Yes, claims a new study that calls for allowing assistance dogs to accompany their owners in all public places. To prove their point, Dutch researchers tested the paws ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Why are men over 50 around the world 60% more likely than women to die early? Two big reasons are higher rates of smoking and heart disease, according to a large new study. The findings are based on an analysis of data fromContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — If your teenagers have been struggling to cope during the coronavirus pandemic, a new survey suggests they are far from alone. Researchers found that 46% of 977 parents of teens said their child has shown signs of a new or worsening mental healthContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Having an intellectual disability is second only to being elderly as a risk factor for dying from COVID-19, a new study suggests. “The chances of dying from COVID-19 are higher for those with intellectual disability than they are for people with congestive heartContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Humans sweat more and move more than chimpanzees and other apes, but new research shows people are actually more water-efficient than their primate cousins. For the first time, scientists say they measured precisely how much water humans lose and replace each day comparedContinue Reading
SUNDAY, March 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — When you turn your clocks forward to Daylight Saving Time this weekend, take a few minutes to make your home safer. Change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) suggests. Unless these devicesContinue Reading
SATURDAY, March 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — About 7 out of 10 Alzheimer’s patients wound up free of the brain plaques that are a hallmark of the disease after treatment with a potentially breakthrough experimental drug, clinical trial results show. The drug, donanemab, also significantly slowed the patients’ brain decline,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, March 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Raising chickens in your backyard — a popular trend during the COVID-19 pandemic — holds risks that can come home to roost in an unwelcome way. It’s already well known that poultry can spread the salmonella bacteria to human handlers. But chickens coopedContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 12, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Researchers have developed a new Spanish acronym aimed to raise awareness of stroke symptoms in the Hispanic community. Known as RAPIDO, it seeks to replicate the popular FAST mnemonic that exists in English. Studies show that while Hispanic adults currently haveContinue Reading