WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9, 2022 (HealthDay) — A new coronavirus test that provides results within four minutes is as accurate as a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) lab test, according to the Chinese scientists who developed it. The results of a clinical trial of the test, which uses microelectronics to analyze geneticContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Obesity in teenage boys has all sorts of health consequences, including lower-than-normal testosterone concentrations. But weight loss surgery may help: A small new study says it can reverse low testosterone in obese teen boys, improving fertility and sexual functioning. “It is remarkable thatContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Global warming will lead to longer, hotter summers. But cranking up the air conditioning may not be a viable solution, a new study warns. The investigators found climate change could drive Americans’ demand for A/C to exceed the nation’s electricity-producing capacity within aContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A genetically modified herpes virus appears to deliver a “one-two punch” to the rare and deadly form of brain cancer that killed U.S. Sen. John McCain, new findings show. Glioblastoma brain tumors are a cancer nightmare, with an average survival of 12 toContinue Reading
Half of the breast cancer patients who received an experimental form of immunotherapy showed measurable tumor shrinkage, researchers say.Continue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — There will no longer be a limit on how many over-the-counter rapid COVID-19 tests customers can buy at a time, the pharmacy chains CVS and Walgreens say. CVS previously restricted customers to purchasing six tests at once, but has dropped those restrictions becauseContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — It sounds like the stuff sci-fi films are made of, but the successful regrowth of lost limbs in frogs could point the way to helping human amputees, researchers say. Some creatures — including salamanders, starfish, crabs and lizards — can fully regenerate atContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The distribution of free N95 masks for Americans has begun, the Biden administration said Monday. “Last week, masks began shipping and arriving at pharmacies and grocers around [the] country. We expect that throughout the week the number of stores and N95s arriving toContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The Biden administrations plans to announce Wednesday that it will send 400 million free nonsurgical N95 masks to community health centers and pharmacies across the country so more Americans can get the masks that are most protective against COVID-19. The move follows updatedContinue Reading
SUNDAY, Jan 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The time to upgrade your mask is now. In a departure from its prior advice on face masks, new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges properly fitted N95 or KN95 masks as the best protection against COVID-19, rather thanContinue Reading