Most Older Americans Believe Health Care Workers Should Be Vaccinated: Poll
TUESDAY, Sept. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Eight in 10 older Americans think health care workers should be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a new poll.Among 50- to 80-year-olds, 61% of respondents said the vaccine should be required for all …
Learn MoreMost Alzheimer’s Patients Wouldn’t Have Qualified for Controversial Drug’s Trial: Study
TUESDAY, Sept. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — U.S. approval of the Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm is already mired in controversy. Now a new study finds that most Alzheimer’s patients could not have taken part in clinical trials that led to the green light.In…
Learn MoreIn Your Sights: How Eye Contact Enhances a Conversation
TUESDAY, Sept. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Seeing eye to eye — literally — makes conversations more appealing, a new study finds.”Eye contact is really immersive and powerful,” said researcher Sophie Wohltjen, a graduate student in psychological an…
Learn MoreIs Hysterectomy Always Needed for a Common, Painful Gynecologic Condition?
TUESDAY, Sept. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A hysterectomy isn’t necessarily needed to treat a common women’s health problem, researchers report.Adenomyosis is abnormal tissue growth in the wall of the uterus, which causes cramps and heavy menstrual b…
Learn MoreData Doesn’t Support Need for COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters: Experts
MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 vaccine booster shots might not be needed for most people, according to a large international review.The review — conducted by a team that included scientists from the World Health Organization and…
Learn MoreObamacare’s Medicaid Expansion Helped Americans’ Blood Pressure
MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — With the expansion of Medicaid under Obamacare, fewer Americans are uninsured and more are getting their blood pressure and blood sugar under control, a new study finds.The gains are especially strong among B…
Learn MoreMonth-Long Recovery From Concussion Is Normal: Study
MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — College athletes who suffer a concussion may take as long as a month to recover, not the two weeks considered normal, new research finds.”Normal return-to-play time was previously set at 14 days — meaning 50%…
Learn MoreCould You Help Prevent a Suicide? Know the Warning Signs
SUNDAY, Sept. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Knowing the warning signs of suicide can save a life, experts say.Suicide is the 10th leading overall cause of death in the United States, and number two among people between the ages of 10 and 34.Most suicid…
Learn MoreNew Tally Adds Extra 16,000 U.S. Nursing Home Residents Lost to COVID
FRIDAY, Sept. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The number of cases and deaths from COVID-19 in U.S. nursing homes appears to have been grossly underestimated.According to a new study, that’s because U.S. federal guidelines did not require nursing homes to…
Learn MoreL.A. Is First Major School District to Mandate Vaccines for Students 12 and Up
FRIDAY, Sept. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Los Angeles has become the first major school system in the United States to mandate COVID-19 vaccination for all students 12 and older. L.A.’s Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday to require all stu…
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