Health Highlights: March 10, 2023
Poll finds many Americans worried about health care understaffing. Almost 3 out of 4 people who needed health care in the past six months experienced delays or challenges in getting that care, the HealthDay/Harris Poll found. Read moreNew York City ra…
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Two healthy diets may help prevent dementia. Seniors who followed either the Mediterranean or MIND diet had the brain age of someone 18 years younger, new research showed. Read morePharmacies, hospitals face shortage of breathing drug albuterol. One o…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: March 8, 2023
Consuming opioids causes half of all U.S. poisonings to kids age 5 and younger. Experts say the opioid epidemic has made it more likely that kids will come across and accidentally ingest a pill. Read moreIs your tap water too hot? Scalds send thousand…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: March 7, 2023
Vitamin D could help prevent dementia. Consuming the “sunshine vitamin” lowered the chances of dementia by 40%, when compared to those who didn’t take supplements, new research showed. Read moreMost college athletes with genetic heart defects can safe…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: March 6, 2023
Cell injection therapy shows promise against chronic back pain. An injection that helps regenerate spinal discs has lasting benefits, results from an extended clinical trial show. Read moreThough often prescribed, diuretics may not help prevent kidney…
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Tough journeys: When cancer strikes people with dementia.The number of people suffering with both conditions is expected to rise as America’s population continues to age. Read moreDozens of medical groups form coalition to counter misinformation. Comp…
Learn MoreIs an Allergy to a COVID Vaccine Always Real? Placebo Trial Casts Doubt
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay) — Allergic reactions to the Pfizer or Moderna COVID vaccines are very rare, and a new study questions whether many of those that do occur are even real.In a small new study of 16 people who said they’d experienced …
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: March 2, 2023
Could the Mediterranean diet help people with MS? A study of more than 560 people with MS linked the healthy diet with a reduced risk of thinking difficulties. Read moreRacism brings worse heart health to Black women. In a U.S. study, racism related t…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: March 1, 2023
What exactly is hospice care? After the announcement that former President Jimmy Carter, 98, was entering end-of-life hospice care, many wondered what such care entailed. An expert outlines what to expect. Read moreVaping tobacco or marijuana appears …
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: Feb. 27, 2023
Black patients with dementia are less likely to get best meds. Researchers say it’s unclear whether the drugs weren’t prescribed or whether some patients could not afford to fill prescriptions. Read moreTake these 7 healthy steps to lower your odds fo…
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