Heaters, Pools, Bed Rails: Household Dangers Can Kill Seniors
WEDNESDAY, March 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A new report delivers a troubling statistic: Seven in 10 consumer product-related deaths occur among those over 65, even though these people only account for 16% of the U.S. population. Each year, consumer…
Learn MoreSome Americans Gained Better Habits During Pandemic, Poll Finds
WEDNESDAY, March 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — About one-quarter of Americans say they made positive changes to their daily habits during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new poll shows.As U.S. states ended masking mandates and infection numbers dropped this ye…
Learn MoreHeart Risks Double for People With Bipolar, Schizophrenia
WEDNESDAY, March 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — People with serious mental illness have up to double the risk of heart disease, and should have their heart health monitored from a young age, a new study finds.Specifically, those mental health issues are …
Learn MoreIn Reversal, WHO Now Supports COVID Boosters
TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Booster doses of COVID vaccines are needed as the highly contagious Omicron variant continues to spread worldwide, a World Health Organization expert group said Tuesday.The group’s statement that it “strongly…
Learn MoreBrain Changes May Fuel ‘Long COVID’ Anxiety, Confusion
TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Here’s more evidence of the toll that COVID-19 takes on the human brain: A new study finds biomarkers of neuron damage and brain inflammation in the blood are associated with brain function changes in both ho…
Learn MoreBegin Now to Protect Your Heart as Clocks ‘Spring Forward’
TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The lost hour of sleep when clocks spring forward for daylight saving time on Sunday, March 13 can pose risks to your heart — but there are ways to protect yourself.A number of studies have found an increase…
Learn MoreNew Cellular ‘Fountain of Youth’ Shows Benefits in Mice
TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Could a reset of your cells bring you the fountain of youth?Maybe so, if a new study testing the technique in mice ever pans out in humans.Cells in older people and animals have different patterns of chemical…
Learn MoreWhat’s More Accurate, Blood Pressure Readings at Home or Doctor’s Office?
TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Regular blood pressure readings at home are more accurate for diagnosing high blood pressure than those taken at a doctor’s office, according to a new study.”Blood pressure varies a lot over the day … and one…
Learn MoreLooking to Neanderthals to Explain Today’s Lower Back Pain
TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A comparison of Neanderthal and modern human spines suggests lifestyle habits of 21st century people lie behind widespread back pain, researchers say.Anthropologists focused on the spine’s curvature, which is…
Learn MoreEPA Proposes Tougher Emission Standards for Big Trucks
MONDAY, March 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Tighter restrictions on emissions from big trucks were proposed Monday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).”Seventy-two million people are estimated to live near truck freight routes in America, …
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