Europe Surpasses 1 Million COVID-19 Deaths The COVID-19 death toll in Europe has surpassed 1 million, and it’s seeing about 1.6 million new cases each week, a top World Health Organization official said Thursday. Dr. Hans Kluge’s comments were meant to emphasize the need for Europe to maintain social distancingContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — CBD oil used to curb seizures in a 2-year-old with epilepsy may be linked to the boy developing signs of a very early puberty, a British case study reports. The incident is outlined in the April 15 issue of the journal BMJ CaseContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Among COVID-19 patients in intensive care units (ICUs), 2% suffer a stroke, a new study finds. Of the two types of stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, which is caused by bleeding in the brain, was linked to a higher risk of death than ischemic stroke,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, April 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — While U.S. federal government experts probe potential risks of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, what do you need to know if you have had the one-dose COVID shot or hope to get it? Experts at the American Heart Association (AHA) describe what toContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Young adults, take note: A new study finds that even if you have suffered a bout of COVID-19, it is not a guarantee against a second infection. Researchers said the results show that even those young people who’ve been struck by the newContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Dialysis is time-consuming, making it hard for kidney failure patients to keep fit. But cycling during treatment sessions could boost patients’ heart health and cut medical costs, new research shows. Dialysis can lead to long-term scarring of the heart, which can eventually leadContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Screams have different meanings, and you’re likely to respond quicker to screams of joy than to those of anger or fear, a new study suggests. Previous research has largely focused on screams triggered by alarm or fear. In this study, a team fromContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Americans were living shorter lives and dying at a significantly higher rate than the citizens of wealthy European countries even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, a new study reports. The United States suffered more than 400,000 excess deaths in 2017 alone, pre-COVID, comparedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Dermatologists liken skin to a window that can reveal what is going on inside the body, and a rash that sometimes follows a COVID-19 vaccine is one example. When you get the shot, your immune system activates, preparing to recognize and fight offContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have successfully introduced human stem cells into monkey embryos in the lab, creating short-lived hybrid organisms that could prove an important step in growing human transplant organs from livestock or creating better animal models for studying human disease. The human/monkey chimeras —Continue Reading