SUNDAY, July 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As yet another batch of variants fuel a COVID surge this summer, one expert offers advice on how to navigate the threat. “We’ve seen a bit of a seasonal pattern emerge, where we’ve had an uptick in COVID in the summer and thenContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — You’re far less likely to develop Long COVID now than you were in the midst of the pandemic, promising new data shows. Changes in strains of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are playing a role in the lowered risk, but so areContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People’s odds for Long COVID appear to be declining with the advent of new variants of the virus, along with repeat infections and vaccinations, new research shows. That suggests that the average person’s chances of developing long-term symptoms is falling over time, concludedContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Secondhand smoke from cigarettes is much worse than that from vaping, in terms of exposing children to nicotine, a new study finds. Children exposed to vaping indoors absorb less than one-seventh the amount of nicotine as kids exposed to indoor smoking, blood testsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Support provided by someone who has personally lived with addiction is an effective way to follow-up with ER patients after an opioid overdose, new research shows. Patients who have had a non-fatal overdose are at great risk of a fatal overdose in theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A newly discovered hormone could help fight osteoporosis and quickly heal broken bones, researchers say. The research team identified Maternal Brain Hormone while trying to figure out why the bones of breastfeeding women remain relatively strong, even as calcium is stripped from theContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An experimental cancer drug might be able to help prevent the organ damage caused by severe COVID infections, a new study finds. The drug, called eganelisib, inhibits an immune system enzyme called PI3K gamma that boosts damaging inflammation in cancerous tumors. But labContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An experimental drug can supercharge the effects of the lifesaving overdose drug naloxone, potentially improving its effectiveness against new and more powerful opioids like fentanyl, a new study finds. The drug, dubbed compound 368, makes naloxone (Narcan) 7.6 times more effective at inhibitingContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A diet rich in soy may help kids in the classroom, new research suggests. It found that 7- to 13-year-olds whose diets included more isoflavones were more attentive and had better thinking abilities. Soybeans and soy products are rich in isoflavones, which haveContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Getting inked could make you sick. In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers detected bacteria in commercial tattoo and permanent makeup inks, demonstrating that they could cause human infections. “Our findings reveal that unopened and sealed tattoo inks can harbor anaerobic bacteria, known to thriveContinue Reading