Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Cleanup Put Workers at Risk for Asthma
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Workers who cleaned up the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico were more likely than others to have developed asthma or related symptoms, a long-term follow-up shows.”This is the first study…
Learn MoreKidneys’ Resilience May Depend on Your Gender, Study Finds
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Men and women have different experiences with declining kidney function as they age, so researchers set out to try to figure out what was happening. What they knew was that more women have chronic kidney disea…
Learn MoreCooler Weather Could Mean More Diabetes in Dogs
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Just like their humans, dogs are more often diagnosed with diabetes in certain places and times of year, new research reveals. Diagnoses of type 1 diabetes in humans rise during the winter months and in northe…
Learn MoreTasty, Nutritious School Lunches for Your Budget
SUNDAY, Aug. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — School lunches can be nutritious, help kids maintain their energy throughout the day and fit into a budget. One nutrition expert offers some tips for cost-effective healthy lunch options. “All foods belong in …
Learn MoreTips to Food-Fueling Your Active Vegan Child
SATURDAY, Aug. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Kids can take part in sports while on vegetarian and vegan diets, but parents and caregivers must help them select foods that will fuel them and meet their nutrition needs.Vegan athletes can become deficient…
Learn MoreBlack Women Have Increased Rates of Distant-Stage Cervical Cancer
FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Compared with White women, Black women have increased rates of distant-stage cervical carcinoma, according to a study published online Aug. 18 in the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer.
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Learn MorePrototype Digital Therapeutic Shows Promise for Tinnitus
FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with tinnitus, a prototype digital therapeutic developed to provide goal-based counseling with personalized passive and active game-based sound therapy (UpSilent ) yields a higher proportio…
Learn MoreChronic Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Confirmed After COVID-19
FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Chronic neuropsychiatric symptoms are observed following COVID-19 infection, although self-reported symptoms are not associated with quantitative dysfunction, according to a study published in the October is…
Learn MoreFDA Issues Warning to Maker of Illegal Nicotine Gummies
FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday warned a maker of nicotine gummies to stop marketing what is an illegal product.
In what is a first-of-its-kind warning, the agency said it considers these…
Learn More‘Brain-Eating Amoeba’ May Have Caused Nebraska Child’s Death
FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The death of a child in Nebraska was likely caused by an infection with a “brain-eating amoeba” that occurred after the child swam in a local river, state health officials announced this week.In a news release…
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