Racial Disparities Persist With Childhood Cancers
MONDAY, Oct. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Black kids and Hispanic kids with cancer fare worse than their white counterparts, a large, nationwide study finds.”This study suggests that improving health insurance coverage and access to care for children, …
Learn MoreExisting Drugs Could Treat Lung Cancer in Nonsmokers
MONDAY, Oct. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — There’s some encouraging news for people who develop lung cancer even though they’ve never smoked.Precision drugs already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration can be used to treat 78% to 92% of the…
Learn MoreShape, Size of Brain Arteries May Predict Stroke Risk
MONDAY, Oct. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The size and shape of the blood vessels in your brain may help predict your risk of an often-fatal type of stroke, called an aneurysm, a new study finds. An aneurysm is a bulge in an artery wall. “A subarachnoi…
Learn MoreFlu Shot Even More Important During Pandemic: Expert
SUNDAY, Oct. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Although the focus is on the COVID-19 vaccine, don’t forget to also get your flu shot — it’s important, an expert says.”In the United States, it is recommended that everyone over the age of 6 months be vaccinat…
Learn MoreHow to Sleep Better During the Pandemic
SATURDAY, Oct. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — If you work from home and can’t sleep, it may be your circadian rhythms are out of sync, a new study suggests. In short, your sleep-wake cycle may be out of whack, according to Randy Nelson, director of the W…
Learn MoreSilver Lining Found in Pandemic: Fewer Teens Are Vaping
FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — It turns out that the pandemic has reaped one unexpected benefit: As teens were kept home more often, their use of electronic cigarettes dropped by nearly 40%, a new report finds. U.S. health officials said the…
Learn MoreScientists Untangle Why Diabetes Might Raise Alzheimer’s Risk
FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Type 2 diabetes may up the risk for Alzheimer’s disease by altering brain function, new animal research suggests.A University of Nevada Las Vegas team showed that chronically high blood sugar could impair memor…
Learn MoreSpecial Therapy Brings Relief to Patients With Chronic Back Pain
FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Many people with long-term back pain have tried physical therapy and medication, to no avail. A new study suggests they might “unlearn” their discomfort in weeks — using psychological therapy.”For a long time,…
Learn MoreDiet Drinks May Thwart Efforts to Lose Weight
FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Trying to slim down? Diet drinks aren’t likely to help, researchers warn.And those containing the artificial sweetener sucralose may even increase food cravings and appetite in women and people who are obese, a…
Learn MoreAmericans Divided on Biden’s Vaccine Mandate, Poll Finds
THURSDAY, Sept. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Americans are of two minds about President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate, with political party affiliation playing a pivotal role in their opinions, a new poll finds.Most Democrats are for it and most Republi…
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