FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Dementia care can eat through the savings of cash-strapped seniors, a new study warns. The average senior with dementia in non-nursing residential care facilities spent 97% of their monthly income on long-term care, researchers found. Meanwhile, those living in nursing homes spend nearlyContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A doctor or nurse might be the only person capable of convincing a vaccine-hesitant person to get the COVID jab, a new study shows. Those who trust the medical profession are most likely to get vaccinated against COVID, despite their initial hesitancy orContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A company in Ecuador that processed the cinnamon used in flavored applesauce pouches destined for the American market is the likely source of lead contamination in those products, U.S. investigators said. In an update to its investigation into recalled WanaBana, Weis and SchnucksContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Divorce later in life might be harder on women than on men, based on patterns of antidepressant use in a new study of people aged 50 or older. Both sexes tended to increase their antidepressant use when going through a divorce, break-up orContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Folks squeezed financially may find themselves shut out from medical care, leading to delayed cancer diagnoses, a new report finds. A full third of cancer patients suffered some form of recent financial hardship — a bankruptcy, lien or eviction — prior to theirContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Unprovoked shark attacks increased slightly worldwide last year, but twice as many people died from shark bites as the year before, new data show. There were 69 unprovoked shark attacks in 2023, higher than the five-year average of 63 attacks per year, accordingContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Americans pay nearly three times as much for their prescription drugs as residents of other nations do, new research shows. Drug prices in the United States average nearly 2.8 times those seen in 33 other countries, the report from RAND Health Care found.Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Radon, an invisible, naturally occurring radioactive gas, appears to raise a person’s risk of stroke, a new study suggests. Already known as the second leading cause of lung cancer, these new findings suggest exposure to radon can increase risk of stroke by asContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A white winter landscape might look magical, but the cold and snow and ice can make even the simplest of tasks potentially dangerous. “It’s slip and fall season,” said Dr. Letitia Bradford, an orthopedic surgeon who practices in rural communities in New MexicoContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Reiterating a warning first issued in November, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is urging Americans to stay away from supplements containing tianeptine, known on the street as “gas station heroin.” The supplements, sold under the brand name Neptune’s Fix online and atContinue Reading