TUESDAY, Dec. 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Bed sores can be more than debilitating and painful. Now a new study shows they can also dramatically impact a person’s recovery from a spinal cord injury. “Our study found that patients with pressure ulcers [bed sores] regained significantly less motor function throughContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Most Americans understand how deeply the dangerous opioid fentanyl has permeated the illicit drug market. Now, it’s even infiltrated the bodies of Gulf of Mexico dolphins. Researchers at Texas A&M University report that they’ve detected traces of fentanyl in the blubber of 30Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Most children and teenagers can shake long COVID within a couple of a years, a new, reassuring study finds. About 70% of children and teens diagnosed with long COVID recover from the disorder within 24 months of their initial infection, researchers reported Dec.Continue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Even when e-cigarettes are nicotine-free, they have an immediate effect on blood vessels, a new imaging study shows. “E-cigarettes have long been marketed as a safer alternative to regular tobacco smoking,” said Dr. Marianne Nabbout, a resident at University of Arkansas for MedicalContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — It might sound counterintuitive, but new research shows that when Long COVID strikes, younger patients appear more prone to severe symptoms than older folks. That’s tough on society as a whole, the study’s lead author said. “The impact of Long COVID is causingContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Two conditions common during women’s childbearing years may increase their odds for serious illness and premature death, a large study shows. Drawing on data from close to 111,000 women and three decades of monitoring, researchers linked endometriosis and uterine fibroids to a greaterContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Although the United States has made significant headway in curbing cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke exposure, a new report finds deep divisions remain and they run along predictable fault lines. Disparities in tobacco use continue to persist by income and occupation, geography, education,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More than half of all American adults, almost 137 million people, could be candidates for the blockbuster GLP-1 drug semaglutide, a new analysis finds. Sold as Ozempic for treating diabetes and Wegovy to spur weight loss, the medication could be indicated for thoseContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As Africa continues to battle an outbreak of the newer “clade Ib” strain of mpox, California officials have confirmed the first known U.S. case of this strain of the virus. The subtype of clade I mpox virus has already caused widespread misery inContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — One in five cases of dengue fever can be linked to climate change, and future surges in the mosquito-borne virus are inevitable, a new study says. About 19% of current dengue cases can be tied to climate change, which has expanded the areaContinue Reading