How a Lack of Sleep Can Widen Your Waistline
TUESDAY, April 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — People who choose to skip sleep to study, work or play late into the night may find they’ve extended not just their waking hours but also their tummies.A small new study found that the basic problem sources b…
Learn MoreCDC Director Walensky Announces Sweeping Review of Agency
TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In an effort to modernize an agency that has come under fire for its handling of the pandemic, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that the agency would undergo a m…
Learn MoreU.S. Nursing Home Deaths Reach Lowest Levels Reported Since Pandemic Began
TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Fresh government data shows that COVID deaths among nursing home residents data have fallen to the lowest levels seen since the pandemic began.Some 67 residents died nationwide of COVID during the week ending …
Learn MoreMedicare Now Covers COVID Tests Bought at Drug Stores
TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Medicare announced Monday that seniors can now walk into most drug stores and get a free over-the-counter COVID test.“For the first time in its history, Medicare is paying for an over-the-counter test,” Deputy…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: April 4, 2022
How sleepless nights widen your waistline. People who don’t get enough sleep tend to eat more, new research shows, and all those extra calories wind up precisely where most people don’t want it: around the belly. Read moreNo sign that COVID vaccine in…
Learn MoreNo Sign That COVID Vaccine in Pregnancy Raises Birth Defect Risk
TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Public health experts have been telling pregnant women that it is safe — and recommended — to get a COVID-19 shot because they are at higher risk for poor outcomes and death from the virus.New research now …
Learn MoreA Rose Is a Rose: Worldwide, People Like the Same Smells
TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, wrote William Shakespeare.It appears he was correct.The smells that people like or loathe are determined not by cultural experiences but mostly by the structure …
Learn MoreAs Pandemic Evolved, U.S. Hospitals Learned Quickly How to Care for Patients
TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — While hospitals and clinics are known for being slow to turn new evidence into actual practice, they picked up the pace during the pandemic.A research team led by scientists from Thomas Jefferson University i…
Learn MoreWhat Pet Poop Reveals About Toxins in Your Home
TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Your pet’s poop and pee may give you clues to how many cancer-causing toxins have taken up residence in your home.”Our findings suggest that pets are coming into contact with aromatic amines that leach from p…
Learn MoreRisk for Death by Homicide Up for Cohabitants of Gun Owners
MONDAY, April 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Living with a handgun owner is associated with a significantly increased risk for dying by homicide, according to a study published online April 5 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.David M. Studdert, Sc.D., f…
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