WEDNESDAY, March 7, 2018 (HealthDay News) — A heart pump for someone with heart failure may come with a tradeoff: benefits for the patient, but more stress for the caregiver. Researchers looked at 50 heart failure patients and their caregivers after the patients received a heart pump, called a leftContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 7, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Is your family struggling with overweight or obesity? To lose weight, take a team approach. Studies show that when overweight parents shed pounds, so do their overweight kids. Parents hold the keys to positive behaviors that encourage a healthy weight, from doing theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 7, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Come Sunday morning, the clocks will jump ahead one hour, but experts say there are ways to take the sting out of that lost hour of sleep. “Setting the clock ahead in the spring is harder than sleeping an extra hour in theContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 6, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Is your toddler always kicking and screaming? There’s a reason for much of it. Physical aggression, like pushing and hitting, is part of the learning process. This typically lasts from about one-and-a-half to three-and-a-half years of age, until children learn how to askContinue Reading
(HealthDay News) — Your workplace may expose you to tobacco smoke, allergens, germs, chemicals and other airborne contaminants. Warning signs for you and your co-workers could include a rapid onset of headaches, nausea, dizziness, drowsiness or breathing difficulties. If you think there is a health emergency at your job, it’sContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 1, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Optimism can benefit angina patients, according to researchers who suggest doctors can help these folks feel more hopeful. Angina is chest pain that occurs when the heart isn’t getting enough oxygen. The pain can be severe, and it’s a common reason for emergencyContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Teaching kids about telling the truth is a critical life lesson. And your approach can determine how motivated your kids are to be honest. Younger children are more likely to tell the truth because they want to please you; older ones understand thatContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Being a good student in high school seems to translate into a better job and higher pay down the road, a new study suggests. “Our research found that specific behaviors in high school have long-lasting effects for one’s later life,” said study leadContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2018 (HealthDay News) — The expression “my better half” — used to describe one’s spouse — may be more than a cliche. Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis conducted a five-year study that involved nearly 5,000 married people of all ages, and included questionnaires about spouses’Continue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 26, 2018 (HealthDay News) — New research shows that surviving cardiac arrest may depend on a bystander quickly shocking your heart back into its normal rhythm, and that is more likely to happen if an automated external defibrillator is handy. In the study, those who got a shockContinue Reading