FRIDAY, Aug. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — There are many factors that affect your longevity after experiencing a heart attack. And now, new research finds that your neighborhood could play a key role in your long-term survival. The researchers found that patients in poorer neighborhoods had a lower chance ofContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Dispatching rapid-response medical teams to perform an emergency procedure on stroke patients significantly improves their chances of survival and a good recovery, according to a new study. Researchers assessed a pilot program in New York City where a mobile interventional stroke team (MIST)Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A little more than two out of every three people who have mild or moderate cases of COVID-19 will go on to develop long-term symptoms. That’s the troubling takeaway from a University of Arizona Health Sciences’ study launched in May 2020. “This isContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Plans are underway to require nearly all foreign travelers to the United States to be vaccinated against COVID-19, a Biden administration official confirmed Wednesday. The policy will be put in place once the current restrictions on travel into this country are lifted, butContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Moderna Inc. announced on Thursday that the potency of its vaccine does not dim in the first six months after the second dose. The news came in a statement that contained little actual data, but the findings may comfort the 63 million AmericansContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Go ahead, put your credit card away: Handling cash and coins isn’t likely to give you COVID-19. European researchers treated various coins and paper money with different concentrations of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID. A stainless steel surface was used as aContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Wealthy nations shouldn’t be giving COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to their citizens while poor nations struggle to get first doses of vaccines, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday. The U.N. health organization called for a moratorium on booster shots until at leastContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Since 2008, anti-seizure drugs have carried a warning that they may increase users’ suicide risk. But a new analysis finds no evidence of such a risk with newer medications. Researchers found that five medications approved since 2008 showed no link to suicide riskContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 vaccines are helping protect the unvaccinated as the new Delta strain surges across the United States, but experts say its high infectiousness could mean even more people need to take the jab to achieve true herd immunity. Tracking data shows COVID casesContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Growing numbers of Americans aren’t getting enough iron in their diets most likely due to changes in farming practices and a shift away from red meat, researchers report. The upshot: Rates of iron-deficiency anemia are on the rise. “Iron deficiency remains a majorContinue Reading