WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Youngsters so sick they’ve needed treatment in an ICU appear to bear the scars of that experience years later, a new study finds. Children and teenagers treated in an intensive care unit have a significantly higher risk of developing a mental illness asContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Having high blood pressure in adulthood greatly raises the odds for multiple types of stroke, a new study confirms. “Our results suggest that early diagnosis and sustained control of high blood pressure over the lifespan are critical to preventing stroke, ischemic stroke andContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More and more Americans who use “micromobility” transport, such as electric bikes and e-scooters, are motoring their way straight into the ER, new data shows. In fact, the rate of e-bike injuries among Americans doubled each year between 2017 and 2022, reportED aContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — It’s a simple strategy that could deliver powerful health dividends: New research shows that giving cash to poor people could help them stay out of the ER. In the study, investigators followed nearly 2,900 low-income people who applied for a lottery in theContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — How many drugs in your bathroom medicine cabinet have expired? Now imagine you have no way of refilling them, because you’re millions of miles from home. That’s the dilemma that will face astronauts on a Mars mission, a new study warns. More thanContinue Reading
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FRIDAY, July 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized the sale of the country’s best-selling e-cigarette. The agency’s decision only applies to several tobacco-flavored versions of the reusable product, sold as Vuse. In January 2023, the FDA rejected R.J. Reynold’s application for itsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Hispanic people — particularly those without insurance — are less likely to get the additional care needed to recover from a stroke, a new study finds. Hispanic folks are less likely to be treated at a rehab facility or receive home health careContinue Reading
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WEDNESDAY, July 17, 29024 (HealthDay News) — In a joint effort to curb the illegal sales of food products containing delta-8 THC, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday they have warned five companies to stop marketing such products. Because the packaging for theseContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Just two years after the launch of the nation’s three-digit crisis hotline, more than 10 million calls, texts and chat messages have been fielded by counselors, U.S. health officials announced Tuesday. Introduced in July 2022 to simplify emergency calls and help counter aContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There’s good news and bad for stroke survival in the United States: New research shows that Americans are now more likely to survive long-term, but that’s more true for whites than for Black Americans. At least for a sample of people living inContinue Reading