SUNDAY, Jan. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The new year is the ideal time to focus on your health and one expert has some tips, especially for men, for doing that. According to Dr. Kevin McVary, director of Loyola Medicine Men’s Health Center, in Maywood, Ill., “Men don’t always focusContinue Reading
SATURDAY, Jan. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Puffy coats have their place, but it’s not inside a car seat. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) offers a variety of tips for keeping your little ones safe and warm while traveling by car. The first is to avoid dressing children inContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Friday that a new, more infectious coronavirus variant first spotted in the United Kingdom late last year could also be more lethal. The new variant, which has since been found in numerous countries including the UnitedContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The first monthly shots to treat adults with HIV were approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday. “Currently, the standard of care for patients with HIV includes patients taking daily pills to adequately manage their condition. This approval will allowContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Though masks are effective in stopping the spread of COVID-19, half of Americans don’t wear them when mixing with the public. That’s a key takeaway from the ongoing study of more than 6,000 U.S. adults by researchers at the University of Southern CaliforniaContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Not many people have had the opportunity to get the COVID-19 vaccine yet. But while you wait your turn, there are some steps you can take to give the vaccine — whichever brand you get — a boost when it’s available to you.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 22, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — In these stressful pandemic times, health experts have more reason to circle back to the link between anxiety and smoking: Does anxiety cause people to smoke? Or does smoking cause anxiety? Like many other aspects of mental health and addiction, thereContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — As President Joe Biden began to enact key parts of his ambitious pandemic response plan on Thursday, he warned Americans that the coronavirus death toll in this country could top 500,000 by February. “Let me be very clear: Things are going to continueContinue Reading
Dr. Anthony Fauci Feels ‘Liberated’ in Biden Administration After nearly a year of being muzzled about the coronavirus pandemic by the Trump administration, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday that it’s “liberating” to be part of an administration that bases its decisions on science. “One of the new things in thisContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) — As worldwide obesity rates continue to soar, new research shows that growing numbers of people are developing a potentially blinding type of weight-linked headache that was once considered rare. Though the study was conducted in Wales, one U.S. expert said the same surgeContinue Reading