THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Breastfeeding has long been thought to help boost a child’s IQ, but other factors such as mom’s education level and/or social standing could also be responsible for some of this benefit. Now, a new study shows that babies who were breastfed for sixContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Exhausted at the end of a workday, Dawn Turnage plopped into a comfortable chair on her patio to soak up some sun before going to bed early. Her phone buzzed. It was a FaceTime call from her sister, April Washington. WashingtonContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — After a gunman killed at least 19 students and two teachers Tuesday at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, this week, horrified parents may be wondering how to talk with their children about it. From toddlers and teens to young adults, kids lookContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Researchers may finally have definitive proof of what’s caused recent outbreaks of a rare polio-like illness in U.S. children: a respiratory virus that is usually harmless. The condition, called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), attacks tissue in the spinal cord, causing muscles and reflexesContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A multi-day intravenous infusion of the local anesthetic lidocaine appears to offer some pain relief to patients battling otherwise untreatable daily migraines. That’s the takeaway from a new study that examined the effectiveness of lidocaine infusion treatment — a much debated therapy thatContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) – At least some American parents and caregivers needing formula for their infants will be able to find it on store shelves as soon as this weekend. About 60 tons of formula arrived at Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, as partContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A landmark clinical trial finds that a hoped-for treatment for early-stage breast cancer isn’t the answer in most cases. The international trial tested the inexpensive diabetes medication metformin and found that it did not stop or prevent the spread of the most commonContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — While vitamin D may have other benefits, preventing type 2 diabetes in high-risk adults does not appear to be one of them. A new Japanese trial found no significant difference among study participants who used a vitamin supplement and those who took aContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Teens who have access to guns are at a higher risk for suicide or suicide attempts, new research shows. Compounding the situation, about one-third of all U.S. adolescents coming to the emergency department for any reason have moderate or severe depressive symptoms, suggestingContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Vaccinated people who experience a breakthrough case of COVID-19 are at risk for developing long-haul symptoms, though they are better protected against some of the worst ones, new data show. Compared to the unvaccinated, people who had COVID shots had a 15% lowerContinue Reading