AHA News: Cyclist Mandy Marquardt Doesn’t Let Diabetes Slow Her Down
FRIDAY, Oct. 15, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Mandy Marquardt spends her days training and racing furiously around a velodrome. She’s a track sprint cyclist, and by age 16, she already was winning medals in junior events when a routine ch…
Learn MoreState Lotteries Didn’t Help Boost Vaccination Rates
FRIDAY, Oct. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A shot at winning $1 million did nothing to budge the number of people who got the COVID-19 jab.According to a new study, lotteries in 19 states designed to encourage people to get vaccinated for COVID-19 did …
Learn More60 Percent of Americans Will Delay or Skip Flu Shot This Year: Survey
FRIDAY, Oct. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Experts are warning that the upcoming flu season could be severe as social distancing measures are relaxed across the United States, but a new survey shows that six in 10 Americans may delay or skip a flu shot…
Learn MoreAHA News: Seguir una melodía podría mejorar la salud
VIERNES, 15 de octubre de 2021 (American Heart Association News) — No todo el mundo puede cantar como un ruiseñor. Sin embargo, suene como suene, los expertos afirman que deberíamos ejercitar nuestras laringes más a menudo.De acuerdo con una crecient…
Learn MoreBiden Administration to Invest $100 Million to Ease Health Worker Shortage
FRIDAY, Oct. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The National Health Service Corps will receive $100 million to help tackle the U.S. health care worker shortage, the White House announced Thursday.That’s a five-fold increase in funding from previous years fo…
Learn MoreBill Clinton Hospitalized for Sepsis
FRIDAY, Oct. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Former President Bill Clinton has been hospitalized after developing sepsis that was triggered by a urological infection.Sepsis occurs when the body has an extreme response to an infection, and it can be life-…
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Bill Clinton hospitalized with sepsis. Former President Bill Clinton, 75, is in a California hospital after falling ill with what his medical team say is the sometimes serious blood infection sepsis. His illness is probably tied to a urinary tract in…
Learn MoreLyme Disease Often Spotted at Later Stage in Black Patients
FRIDAY, Oct. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The tell-tale sign of Lyme disease is its bulls-eye rash, but that might be harder to spot in Black people, who are often diagnosed with more advanced disease than white people are, new research suggests.The f…
Learn MoreDespite Pressures of Pandemic, U.S. Nursing School Enrollment Climbs
FRIDAY, Oct. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Even as large numbers of U.S. nurses leave their jobs due to the stress of the pandemic, there’s been a big uptick in applications to nursing schools, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing says.Enrol…
Learn MoreAmericans Are Eating More Ultra-Processed Foods
FRIDAY, Oct. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Americans’ increasing consumption of ultra-processed foods is putting their health at risk, researchers warn.Ultra-processed foods are ready-to-eat or heat, include additives, and contain little, if any, whole…
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