TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you’ve had hernia repair surgery and you think you’ve solved your medical issue for good, you might be wrong. A hernia occurs when an internal organ pushes through a weak region of muscle or tissue, often creating a noticeable bulge. Hernias typicallyContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Alexa can already play your favorite song or tell you whether it is going to rain, but soon you may also be able to tell the popular voice assistant to contact a doctor for health issues. The service from Amazon and telemedicine providerContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Some portable tech devices equipped with powerful magnets can interfere with your heart implant’s ability to regulate dangerous irregular heart rhythms, a new study reports. Swiss researchers found that Apple AirPods Pro, the Microsoft Surface Pen and the Apple Pencil all can temporarilyContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A woman with HIV who received an umbilical cord blood transplant has become the third person in the world to be cured of the virus that causes AIDS. The two others, both men, were cured after receiving bone marrow transplants from donors whoContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In a sign that the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on routine health care, many of the nearly one-third of older Americans who had a medical procedure, primary care visit or dental appointment canceled or postponed due to COVID still haven’t received thatContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Mobile health apps can help older Americans but only about four in 10 use them, and those most likely to benefit are least likely to take advantage of them, a new survey reveals. Health apps monitor everything from calories and exercise to bloodContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A new lung cancer drug that has only been tested in China was soundly rejected by an advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday. Known as sintilimab, the treatment is a type of immunotherapy that unleashes the immune systemContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A new clinical trial strengthens the case that ketamine — once famous as a club drug — can rapidly ease suicidal thoughts. Researchers found that among 156 adults hospitalized for severe suicidal thoughts, those given two doses of ketamine often saw those disturbingContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The American Red Cross is pleading for donors as it grapples with its worst blood shortage in more than a decade. The shortage poses a risk to patient care because doctors are forced to make decisions about which patients receive blood transfusions andContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If the pandemic taught the world nothing else, it’s that viruses can mutate, potentially giving rise to new and more harmful variants. Now, new research reveals that’s exactly what has happened with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Called VB (for virulent subtypeContinue Reading