THURSDAY, Feb. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Being rushed into hospital care can be an emotional experience. So, what a surgeon says to trauma or emergency surgery patients plays a role in how satisfied they are after their operations, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed data from nearly 187,000 patientsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Just one dose of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine might be enough to largely protect people from being infected with COVID-19, preliminary research shows. The vaccine became 90% effective 21 days after the first shot in a two-dose regimen, said British researchers who looked atContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Joe DiMeo’s life changed forever when he fell asleep at the wheel on U.S. Route 22 in New Jersey on July 14, 2018. The horrific crash left him with third-degree burns on 80% of his body and a grim prognosis. Now, more thanContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Racial segregation may help explain why Black Americans with lung cancer do more poorly than their white counterparts, a new study suggests. For years, U.S. studies have documented racial disparities in lung cancer. Black Americans are less likely to receive surgery for early-stageContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — If there is one thing the coronavirus pandemic has taught people, it is that how much living space you have matters when you or someone you love falls ill with COVID-19. But a new survey shows that the very group most vulnerable toContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — It only takes a second. Experts are warning that unsecured televisions, bedroom dressers and other heavy furniture can crush, maim and even kill curious children, and the issue may only worsen during stay-at-home lockdowns. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC),Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Black and Hispanic children who land in the emergency room are less likely than white kids to receive X-rays, CT scans and other imaging tests, a new study finds. Looking at more than 13 million ER visits to U.S. children’s hospitals, researchers foundContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Dr. Lisa Iezzoni is all too familiar with the discrimination that patients who have a disability can face: Having lived with multiple sclerosis for more than four decades and now in a wheelchair, she has also studied health care experiences and outcomes forContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Heart transplants may be particularly risky for young Black Americans, with new research suggesting they are twice as likely to die after they receive their new organ. To reach that conclusion, researchers analyzed the outcomes of nearly 23,000 adults, aged 18 to 80,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Expanded unemployment benefits, passed by Congress last spring to ease the economic pain of the pandemic, appear to have held hunger at bay for millions of Americans, new research shows. Called “The CARES Act” when it was put into effect nearly a yearContinue Reading