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TUESDAY, July 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Doctors might be authority figures, but a new review suggests hospital patients feel more comfortable when their physician comes across as less imposing. Getting to a patient’s eye level while talking about their diagnosis or care makes a huge difference, researchers found. SittingContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An additional cinnamon product sold in the United States has been found to contain high levels of lead, health officials are warning. In a health alert issued Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the ground cinnamon product, sold as El Servidor, joinsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The rate at which young Americans are ending up in hospital ICUs after using fake Oxycontin pills spiked with fentanyl is soaring, especially in the U.S. West, a new report warns. Medical toxicology data from one unnamed hospital in the western U.S. foundContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Americans’ risk of dying in a firearm accident depends in large part on where they live in the United States, a new study finds. People in Southeastern states like Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama run the greatest risk of a gunshot accidentally killing them,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, July 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The bird flu is now jumping between species of mammals, a step that draws the virus closer to hopping into human beings, a new study warns. Researchers have tracked transmission of avian influenza between dairy cows in herds, as well as from cowsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Medicare Advantage plans are touted as a great alternative to traditional Medicare, offering seniors easier access to doctors, hospitals and prescription drugs. But access to a good Medicare Advantage plan relies heavily on where a person lives, a new study finds. People areContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Two more cases of bird flu have been reported in Colorado poultry workers, but reassuring research finds the virus doesn’t seem to be fueling silent infections, U.S. health officials report. The two additional H5N1 avian flu infections bring the total in that stateContinue Reading
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MONDAY, July 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More folks, especially seniors, are missing doctors’ appointments due to extreme weather, a new study shows. The rate of missed primary care appointments increases 0.64% for every 1-degree increase in temperatures 90 degrees or hotter, researchers reported recently in the American Journal ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Five poultry workers in Colorado have been diagnosed with bird flu, state health officials reported Sunday. “In coordination with the Colorado Department of Agriculture, the State Emergency Operations Center and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Colorado Department of Public Health andContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Few Americans understand the health risks of drinking raw milk, a new survey shows, so experts are redoubling efforts to get the word out on its dangers. The push dovetails with the discovery this spring of bird flu virus in milk from infectedContinue Reading