Risk for Acute MI Not Increased With Two-Dose HepB-CpG Vaccine
FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The rate of type 1 acute myocardial infarction (MI) is not increased with receipt of the two-dose hepatitis B vaccine with a cytosine phosphoguanine adjuvant (HepB-CpG vaccine) versus the three-dose hepatitis …
Learn MoreHeart Disease Is Women’s #1 Killer. So Why So Little Female-Focused Research?
FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in America, accounting for more than one in five deaths. Still, far too few women realize the danger.In fact, “Awareness of heart disease as the leading c…
Learn MoreU.S. Surgeons’ Group Is Working to Save Trauma Victims in Ukraine
FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Images of Ukrainians being carried on stretchers from bombed-out buildings, wounded and bleeding, are heartbreaking, but one American surgeons’ group is doing its part to help teach the war-torn country’s citi…
Learn MoreEarly Promise From Experimental Drug to Treat Alzheimer’s
FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Researchers are working on a pill that might safely help people with early Alzheimer’s disease improve their thinking and memory skills and possibly even live independently longer.The new study was only design…
Learn MoreFirst Human Challenge Trial Shows How COVID-19 Strikes
FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) – A group of 36 volunteers have completed the first human challenge study of COVID-19, after being given the virus and then monitored to examine what happened to them after infection.Researchers from the Imperial…
Learn MoreHouse Passes Bill To Limit Insulin Costs to $35 a Month
FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Americans who use insulin to control their diabetes could soon save hundreds of dollars every year on the medicine, after the House passed a $35-a-month cap on insulin costs Thursday. The bill was passed by a 2…
Learn More160,000 Lbs of Skippy Peanut Butter Recalled Due to Metal Fragments
FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Check your cupboards for any SKIPPY peanut butter, since you may need to throw the jar out.Skippy Foods LLC has announced a recall of a limited number of jars of certain lines of its peanut butter products beca…
Learn MoreHad COVID? Getting Vaccine Boosts Resilience Even More, Studies Show
FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you’ve had COVID-19 but not your COVID shot, you may wonder if getting a vaccine now will really help you.It will, two new studies say.Researchers in Brazil and Sweden confirmed that COVID-19 vaccines provi…
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U.S. surgeons’ group working to save trauma victims in Ukraine. The American College of Surgeons’ STOP THE BLEED program is helping train people in the war-torn country on how to care for wounds inflicted on soldiers and civilians. Read moreEarly prom…
Learn MoreGood Sense of Direction? Where You Grew Up Is Key
FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Your ability to find your way around may be influenced by your childhood surroundings.Researchers in the United Kingdom and France have discovered that people raised in the country or suburbs are better naviga…
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