THURSDAY, Oct. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A study testing drugs that are used for other conditions for their potential in treating COVID-19 has found that the antidepressant fluvoxamine (brand name Luvox) offered no benefit, at least at an initial smaller dose. Study participants took 50 mg of the medicationContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Surgeons have long advised patients to stop smoking cigarettes for several weeks before their operations to lower the risk of complications. But what about weed? New research has found reason for worry: Marijuana users had higher infection rates after minimally invasive knee andContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — It’s a troubling equation: Many Americans with the highest rates of hospitalization for influenza have the lowest uptake of the annual flu vaccine. That’s why the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is stepping up outreach to minority communities, including Black, HispanicContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Florida residents dealing with the horrific aftermath of Hurricane Ian now need to be concerned about a spike in flesh-eating bacteria cases, health officials warned. “The Florida Department of Health in Lee County is observing an abnormal increase in cases of Vibrio vulnificusContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — After COVID-19, resuming regular exercise may be harder, and new research suggests this may be one more symptom of long COVID. For the study, the researchers reviewed 38 published studies that tracked the exercise performance of more than 2,000 people who had hadContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The ability of TPOXX to treat people infected with monkeypox is being directly tested in a new clinical trial in central Africa, U.S. health officials have announced. TPOXX — the antiviral drug tecovirimat — is only approved to treat smallpox, but doctors haveContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) – New, more contagious Omicron variants are starting to spread across the United States, new government data show. Luckily, they’re related to the Omicron variant BA.5, so recently updated booster shots should provide some protection against the new variants, known as BQ.1. and aContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Having COVID-19 could cause further trouble for patients being treated for physical trauma — even if they have no symptoms of the virus. Researchers studying cases of trauma patients who tested positive for COVID-19 and those who were negative found those with theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Aggressive measures are needed in the world’s tropical regions to prevent the inevitable next global pandemic, an international coalition of researchers has concluded. Epidemics around the world have largely been driven by viruses that spill over from wild animals into humans, mainly inContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Indications are that this year’s flu season is going to be particularly nasty, making the annual influenza vaccine even more important than usual, infectious disease experts say. People already are landing in the hospital with severe cases of influenza, about a month aheadContinue Reading