FDA Panel Backs Pfizer, Moderna Shots for Children 5 Years and Younger
THURSDAY, June 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously on Wednesday to recommend the emergency use of both the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for the country’s youngest children.T…
Learn MoreEveryday Ageism Prevalent Among Older U.S. Adults
THURSDAY, June 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Everyday ageism is prevalent among U.S. adults aged 50 to 80 years and is associated with an increased risk for negative physical and mental health outcomes, according to a study published online June 15 in …
Learn MoreDiffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy Can Help Assess Psoriasis Severity
THURSDAY, June 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) method can quantify skin barrier function and hemoglobin concentration, thereby improving severity evaluation in psoriasis vulgaris, according to a study published on…
Learn MoreExercise May Boost Immune Response to Flu Vaccine
THURSDAY, June 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Physical activity and acute exercise offer some benefit for influenza vaccination response, according to a review published online June 15 in PLOS ONE.Erika Bohn-Goldbaum, from the University of Sydney, and …
Learn MoreHigher Dairy Intake May Up Risk for Prostate Cancer
THURSDAY, June 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Men with higher intake of dairy foods, but not nondairy calcium, may have a higher risk for prostate cancer versus men with lower intakes, according to a study published June 8 in the American Journal of Cli…
Learn MoreVeterans Report Low Rates of Adverse Events With mRNA Vaccines
THURSDAY, June 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Adverse vents associated with COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are low but are slightly higher at 42 days for those receiving BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) versus mRNA-1273 (Moderna), according to a study published onlin…
Learn MoreCOVID-19 Vaccines Cut Mortality With Heart Failure
THURSDAY, June 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 vaccination is associated with a significant reduction in mortality among patients with heart failure, according to a study published online June 9 in the Journal of Cardiac Failure.Noting that repo…
Learn MoreBeer Might Do a Man’s ‘Microbiome’ Good
THURSDAY, June 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Putting a new spin on the term “beer gut,” a small study suggests that a bottle a day may do a man’s gut bacteria some good.In a clinical trial of 19 healthy men, researchers found that a daily bottle of bee…
Learn MoreDoctors Transplant Kidneys to Children Without Need for Immune-Suppressing Drugs
THURSDAY, June 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have figured out a way to safely give children a donor kidney without the need for immune-suppressing drugs — an advance they hope to expand to many more kidney transplant patients in coming yea…
Learn MoreAbbott Infant Formula Plant Closed Again After Flooding
THURSDAY, June 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — EleCare specialty infant formula production at Abbott’s Michigan plant has been halted after severe storms triggered flooding in the plant. The closure comes less than two weeks after the factory resumed pro…
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