Health Highlights: June 2, 2022
What people with early-onset dementia want you to know. Alzheimer’s and other dementias can strike people as early as their 50s, but many of these patients end up feeling invisible, advocates say. Read moreGet your vaccines and boosters, the combinati…
Learn MoreDepression in Pregnancy Tied to Behavior Issues in Kids
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Children whose mothers had rising levels of depression during pregnancy appear to have an increased risk of behavioral problems, researchers say.”Our findings suggest that increases in mother’s symptoms of de…
Learn MoreIt’s the Number of COVID Shots You Get, Not Combination, That Brings Immune Boost
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The number of COVID-19 vaccine doses received — not the combinations — is the key to strengthening your immune system to protect against different variants of the coronavirus, including Omicron, a new study …
Learn MorePCBs Still a Health Threat Around the World
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Nations are falling short in their efforts to get rid of toxic PCB chemicals that pose a risk to human health and the environment, researchers report.“We’re only six years out from the Stockholm Convention’s…
Learn MorePrior COVID Won’t Shield Kids From Omicron, But Vaccine Might
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Children who have had COVID-19 aren’t protected against the Omicron variant, but vaccination does cut their chances of infection, a new study shows. “I hear parents say, ‘Oh, my kid had COVID last year,'” sai…
Learn MoreRace Matters in Stroke Survival, Study Finds
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Racial disparities in health outcomes persist in the United States, with Black and Hispanic Americans more likely to die within a month after a bleeding stroke than white Americans, a new study shows.”We’ve …
Learn MoreVaccination Cuts Risk of Severe COVID-19 in Patients on Dialysis
WEDNESDAY, June 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients receiving hemodialysis who become infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), prior SARS-CoV-2 vaccination is associated with reduced risk of severe COVID-19, acc…
Learn MoreImprovements in Self Esteem, QoL After Teen Gynecomastia Surgery
WEDNESDAY, June 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Significant improvements in self-esteem and multiple domains of quality of life are reported following adolescent gynecomastia surgery, according to a study published in the June issue of Plastic and Reconst…
Learn MoreLower Risk of COVID-19 in Infants With Vaccination During Pregnancy
WEDNESDAY, June 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Infants of mothers who received the second or third dose of COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy have a lower risk of COVID-19 during the first four months of life, with lower risk during the delta variant-domi…
Learn MoreU.S. Spends More on Cancer Than Other Countries, but Without Mortality Benefit
WEDNESDAY, June 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Although the cancer mortality rate in the United States is lower than the median for 22 high-income countries, the United States spends twice as much on cancer care as the median country, according to a stud…
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