Who’ll Get Long COVID? Just a Look at a Patient Gives Clues
TUESDAY, July 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Sometimes just looking at a person can give clues to their likelihood of developing long COVID after a bout with the virus.For example, obese people are five times more likely to suffer long COVID symptoms th…
Learn MoreBlood Thickness May Play Role in Risk of COVID Death
TUESDAY, July 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The thickness of a person’s blood can be a matter of life or death if they contract COVID-19, a new study suggests.Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who have higher blood viscosity are at greater risk of dy…
Learn MoreLos casos de viruela del simio se disparan: EE. UU. pide más vacunas y aumenta las pruebas
VIERNES, 15 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Los casos de viruela del mono siguen en aumento en Estados Unidos, y las autoridades de salud federales señalaron el viernes que hicieron un pedido de 2.5 millones de dosis adicionales de la vacuna cont…
Learn MoreLos CDC advierten sobre un peligroso virus que infecta a bebés en varios estados
VIERNES, 15 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Un virus peligroso para los bebés se propaga por Estados Unidos, y los padres y los pediatras deben estar atentos a los síntomas, recomiendan las autoridades federales de salud.El parechovirus ha provoc…
Learn More‘Luz de gas médica’: ¿Es usted una víctima?
VIERNES, 15 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) — En la adolescencia, April Summerford sufría de unos periodos extremadamente dolorosos, que la hicieron sospechar que a su cuerpo le pasaba algo malo.Summerford no lo sabía, pero tenía endometriosis, una…
Learn MoreNo use Luvox ni colchicina para luchar contra la COVID, aconsejan expertos de la OMS
VIERNES, 15 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Las personas no deben utilizar los medicamentos colchicina y fluvoxamina para tratar la COVID-19 moderada, advierte la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS).El antidepresivo fluvoxamina (Luvox) y el fá…
Learn MoreMindfulness Can Help Ease Pain, and Scientists Think They Know How
MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For thousands of years, people have used meditation to help diminish their pain – but how the process works has always seemed rather mysterious.Today, advanced brain scan technology has revealed how this ancie…
Learn MoreStay Safe in Summer’s Sizzle
SATURDAY, July 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Temperatures are skyrocketing across the United States, as the high sky sun bakes everyone who ventures out for some summer fun.Unfortunately, these record high temperatures increase your risk of experiencin…
Learn MoreAs Monkeypox Cases Spike, U.S. Orders More Vaccine, Boosts Testing
FRIDAY, July 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — With monkeypox cases continuing to climb in the United States, federal health officials said Friday they have ordered another 2.5 million doses of monkeypox vaccine and boosted national testing capacity to res…
Learn MoreCDC Warns of Dangerous Virus Infecting Babies in Multiple States
FRIDAY, July 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A virus dangerous to infants is spreading across the United States, and parents and pediatricians should be on the lookout for symptoms, federal health officials say.Parechovirus has caused at least one infant…
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