SUNDAY, March 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Less than half of patients with a sports-related mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) recover within two weeks, new research shows. “This study challenges current perceptions that most people with a sports-related mTBI recover within 10 to 14 days,” said lead author Dr. StephenContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — With the new coronavirus severely straining the U.S. health care system, experts are calling on heart attack and stroke survivors to take extra steps to reduce their risk of a repeat event. The American Heart Association (AHA) said current information suggests that elderlyContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Most legal medical marijuana — more than 90% — is stronger than what doctors recommend for chronic pain relief, a new study finds. “We know that high-potency products should not have a place in the medical realm because of the high risk ofContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Vietnam. South Korea. Taiwan. All three countries are placed uncomfortably close to China, the initial epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic that’s now swept across the world. But they also have one other thing in common: They’ve each managed to contain their COVID-19 infections,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, March 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The United States passed China as the country with the most coronavirus cases in the world late Thursday, as the U.S. House appeared poised to pass a $2 trillion stimulus package to bolster America’s sagging economy. The unprecedented legislation would send $1,200 checksContinue Reading
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THURSDAY, March 26, 2020 (HealthDay News) — It has spread across the globe in just a few short months, sickening hundreds of thousands, but the new coronavirus has the dubious distinction of not really being a living organism, biologists say. “Viruses aren’t considered alive — in class, I call themContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 26, 2020 (HealthDay News) — In a lesson for what can be achieved with social distancing, researchers report that school and workplace closures in Wuhan, China, reduced the number of coronavirus cases there. And officials are extending those measures until April now instead of March, which could holdContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 26, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Many hospitals across the United States regularly operate with most of their beds taken by patients, limiting their ability to handle a sudden influx of folks sick with COVID-19, a new study reports. Only about 1 of every 3 U.S. hospital beds isContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 26, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Senate voted late Wednesday to pass a $2 trillion stimulus package to bolster the U.S. economy as the country’s coronavirus death toll passed 1,000. The unprecedented legislation will send $1,200 checks to many Americans, create a $367 billion loan program forContinue Reading