Key Players in Keeping Kids Safe From Guns: Pediatricians
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pediatricians may become the trusted middle men between gun owners and non-gun owners when it comes to talks about gun safety, a new study shows.University of Pennsylvania researchers found parents were more …
Learn MoreCould Fasting Diets Lower COVID Severity?
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A fasting diet might be the ticket to avoiding a COVID-19 hospitalization, a new study suggests. Researchers at Intermountain Healthcare in Utah found that people who had practiced water-only intermittent fa…
Learn MoreBeing Social May Be Key to ‘Sense of Purpose’ as You Age
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Want to feel you matter after you retire? Start socializing, a new study suggests.Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis found that positive connections with other people were associated with a s…
Learn MoreLaboratory Response Network Facilitates Rapid ID of Monkeypox
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The Laboratory Response Network (LRN) has facilitated rapid testing and detection of patients with monkeypox, according to research published in the July 8 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease …
Learn MoreModel Can Predict Chronic Postsurgical Pain
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Four easily obtainable factors can reliably predict chronic postsurgical pain, according to a study published online June 19 in the British Journal of Anaesthesia.Marjelle E.C. van Driel, from the University M…
Learn MoreHandgun, Individual, Community Factors Predict Suicide by Firearm
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Among handgun purchase transactions classified in the riskiest 5 percent, more than one-third are associated with a purchaser who died by firearm suicide within one year, according to a study published online …
Learn MoreTroubled Infant Formula Plant Resumes Production
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Abbott Inc. has announced that it has resumed production at its infant formula plant, following a February shutdown over contamination concerns that triggered a months-long shortage of infant formula.The Sturg…
Learn MoreFDA Mulling Over-the-Counter Sale of Contraceptive Pill
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For decades, birth control pills in the United States have only been available with a prescription, but an application filed Monday with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an over-the-counter pill might…
Learn MoreNew Omicron Subvariant Spreading in India, United States
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As the coronavirus continues to evolve, a new highly contagious omicron variant is appearing in India and other nations, including the United States, experts say.This new mutation — dubbed BA.2.75 — is conce…
Learn More¿Los robots en el lugar de trabajo dañan la salud mental de los trabajadores de EE. UU.?
VIERNES, 8 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) — No hay que llegar a la trama de “Matrix” para hacer que los trabajadores estadounidenses se preocupen por sus trabajos: una nueva investigación revela que se estresan cuando tienen que trabajar al lado d…
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