FRIDAY, April 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The coronavirus pandemic will put extra stress on caregivers of loved ones with dementias, so the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America offers some advice. “Reducing stress is always important for caregivers, and even more so now,” said Charles Fuschillo Jr., the foundation’s president andContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Before the COVID-19 outbreak, Annette Adams-Brown’s 87-year-old mother was an avid follower of TV news. Now Adams-Brown has to channel-surf for a less stressful pastime. Her mother, Bertha, has dementia, and each time she hears the news about a terrible disease spreading throughContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Once infected with the new coronavirus, a 20-something has about a 1% chance of illness so severe it requires hospitalization, and that risk rises to more than 8% for people in their 50s and to nearly 19% for people over 80, a comprehensiveContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 11, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Many U.S. primary care doctors worry they aren’t ready to care for the growing ranks of Americans with Alzheimer’s disease, a new report suggests. In a Alzheimer’s Association survey, half of primary care doctors said the U.S. medical profession is unprepared for theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Walking on America’s streets is getting ever more dangerous, a new report shows. Based on data from the first six months of 2019, the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) predicts there were 6,590 pedestrian deaths that year, which would be a 5% increaseContinue Reading
SATURDAY, Feb. 8, 2020 (HealthDay News) — More than 43 million American adults care for their loved ones every year, but a new survey shows they are more likely to neglect their own health in the process. The survey found that those who regularly care for a family member orContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) — How bad or how long this year’s flu season will be remains to be seen. But one thing is already clear: It’s proving to be an especially lethal season for infected children. Fueled by a strain of influenza that children may be especiallyContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) — “Food insecurity” — not having enough money to afford sufficient food — increases the risk of premature death, new research suggests. For the study, researchers analyzed data from more than 510,000 adults in Canada between 2005 and 2017. Over the study period, nearlyContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A condition called lymphopenia — low levels of lymphocyte blood cells — could be an early warning for illness, a new study suggests. Danish researchers linked the condition to a 60% increased risk of death from any cause during the study period. AContinue Reading
(HealthDay News) — A do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order typically instructs healthcare providers not to perform CPR if your breathing or heart stops, says MedlinePlus. A DNR order should be created before an emergency. Treatments such as pain medicine or nutrition typically are not included in the order. Your family usually cannotContinue Reading