How Two People With HIV Suppressed Virus After Stopping Treatment
FRIDAY, Oct. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) — There are two ways that HIV patients’ bodies can keep the virus under control after they stop antiretroviral therapy, a new study shows.The findings could point to ways to help people with HIV keep the virus i…
Learn MoreCDC Lowers Threshold for Lead Poisoning in Youngest Kids
THURSDAY, Oct. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday that it has lowered its limits for lead poisoning in kids. The move is expected to more than double the number of 1- to 5-year-olds with…
Learn MorePTSD Symptoms May Vary Throughout Menstrual Cycle: Study
THURSDAY, Oct. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Women’s symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may vary with their menstrual cycle, which could have implications for diagnosis and treatment, researchers say.Their study included 40 women between…
Learn MoreNearly 59,000 Meatpacking Workers Caught COVID, While 269 Died: Report
THURSDAY, Oct. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The number of U.S. meatpacking workers who were infected during the COVID-19 pandemic is nearly three times higher than previously thought, a U.S. House report shows.It said at least 59,000 workers caught th…
Learn MoreBald Truth: Mouse Study May Get at Roots of Hair Loss
THURSDAY, Oct. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — New research in mice may provide clues to age-related hair loss in men and women. Scientists found that as hair stem cells in mice age, they lose the stickiness that keeps them secured inside the hair folli…
Learn MoreOne Attitude Keeps Many From COVID Vaccine, Study Shows
THURSDAY, Oct. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Why do some people refuse to get vaccinated or wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19? The biggest driver of that decision is a belief that the virus poses no threat to them, a new international study …
Learn MoreYounger Age Doesn’t Boost Survival With Advanced Colon Cancer
THURSDAY, Oct. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Younger patients with advanced colon cancer don’t live longer than older patients, but it’s unclear why, researchers say. The authors of the new study said they were surprised by the findings, which come as…
Learn MoreMerck Allows Poor Nations to Make COVID-19 Pill
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A deal for Merck’s COVID-19 pill to be made and sold cheaply in poor nations has been reached with Medicines Patent Pool, a United Nations-backed nonprofit organization.The royalty-free license means that c…
Learn MoreLiver Transplants Soar as Some Americans Drink Their Way Through the Pandemic
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Demand for liver transplants among heavy drinking Americans surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study shows.It found that the number of people with alcoholic hepatitis who received a new liver (32,32…
Learn MoreRoutine Ventilation of Surgical Patients Won’t Raise COVID Transmission Risk
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Routine face mask ventilation during an operation doesn’t increase the surgical team’s risk of coronavirus infection, according to a new study.Face mask ventilation is typically used for surgical patients u…
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