THURSDAY, Jan. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Patients with chronic kidney disease who stop using a class of common blood pressure medications may lower their risk for dialysis, but they also raise their odds of cardiovascular disease, a new study finds. The blood pressure medicines in question are called renin-angiotensinContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 13, 2021 — A single-shot COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson has shown very strong results in early clinical trials, potentially providing a significant boost to U.S. vaccination efforts. The vaccine produced an immune response of all 805 clinical trial participants within two months of inoculation, according toContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Coronavirus deaths in the United States hit another daily record on Tuesday, with 4,400 Americans succumbing to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. The United States already has the world’s highest death tally by a wide margin, and is only about 20,000 shyContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Most folks infected with COVID-19 will only have mild or moderate illness — but that means they’ll still be stuck at home and feeling really lousy. What’s the best way to cope? In many ways, you want to behave as you would ifContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The Trump administration is expected to announce plans on Tuesday to recommend a coronavirus vaccine for every American over 65, as it tries to speed up the nation’s vaccine rollout. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is expected to announceContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — As the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines continues, scores of questions are emerging. Here, experts from Penn State Health answer some of the more common ones. How do the COVID-19 vaccines work? The COVID-19 vaccines work by teaching the immune system to protectContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Vaping may not be a way for kids to avoid the smoking habit, after all. A new study finds that teens who start vaping are three times more likely to smoke cigarettes in adulthood than those who never started with electronic cigarettes. AlthoughContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — U.S. health officials raced to ramp up the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines across the country as both coronavirus case counts and death tallies continued to hit record highs. “We really need to get this vaccine out more quickly, because this is really ourContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Concerns about “long-haul” symptoms in COVID-19 survivors may be reignited by a new study: It finds that 3 out of 4 patients from Wuhan, China — where the pandemic originated — were still suffering at least one lingering health problem six months later.Continue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Americans battling hypertension may have one less thing to worry about: Blood pressure drugs do not affect outcomes of people hospitalized with COVID-19, a new study finds. Researchers looked at whether two types of medications used to treat high blood pressure — ACEContinue Reading