WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Olympic icon Mary Lou Retton -- the first American woman to win the all-around gold medal in women's gymnastics -- is in intensive care with a rare type of pneumonia and “not able to breathe on her own,” he...
Some jobs require working out in the elements, and that can pose dangers to workers.Having to perform job duties in extremely cold conditions can lead to a number of injuries and illnesses, according to the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administ...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) – California has become the first state to ban four chemicals commonly added to food that are linked to health issues.Although the law, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, only bans the additives in his state, it’s p...
Sick building syndrome (SBS) can make you feel unwell while in a particular building but better when you leave. SBS affects many workplaces, with a high rate in offices, university labs and administrative buildings, making it an environmental health c...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- New research points to the potential of a COVID-19 vaccine delivered through the nose.The phase 1 clinical trial showed that the product, administered nasally in two doses, delivered a significant immune re...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Americans are losing sleep over worries about money, a new survey reveals.The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) polled about 2,000 U.S. adults, finding that 69% reported lost sleep due to concerns a...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers about risks of using compounded versions of the drug ketamine, often taken for psychiatric disorders.Compounded products are not evaluated by the F...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cigarette makers are using synthetic menthol substitutes in what appears to be an effort to skirt a looming federal menthol ban, researchers say.The menthol flavor appeals to younger and newer smokers, acco...
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Toilet bowls reveal much about the health of a community, alerting scientists to coming outbreaks of flu and other seasonal viruses, researchers say.“Just one flush can hold a lot of information," said Kris...
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Stroke mortality is projected to increase to 9.7 million deaths by 2050, according to a report issued by the World Stroke Organization-Lancet Neurology Commission on Stroke and published online Oct. 9 in The ...
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Children living in states with a vaccine mandate during the 2020 to 2021 influenza season had a higher predicted probability of receiving an influenza vaccine, according to a study published online Oct. 10 in...
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In a simulated intensive care unit setting, there is no universally effective model-updating approach that maintains model performance, according to a study published online Oct. 10 in Annals of Internal Medi...
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Flavoring added to small, cheap cigars is making these the second-most popular tobacco product among youth, a new report shows. The Rutgers University Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies and the Campai...
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A California bill would have made free condoms available for high schoolers, but it was vetoed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom because of cost.California has a budget deficit of $30 billion, Newsom noted in his v...
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Americans' life expectancy has been stagnant for over a decade, and much of the blame has been placed on "deaths of despair" among middle-aged adults. But a new study suggests that chronic disease among older...
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Maternal pertussis vaccination is associated with a reduced risk for infection among infants through 8 months of age, according to a study published online Oct. 9 in Pediatrics.Annette K. Regan, Ph.D., from C...
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- There is a small increased risk for congenital genitourinary abnormalities after assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), according to a study published online Oct. 10 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Chr...
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Two versions of the PLCOm2012 risk‐prediction model (based on the 2012 Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian [PLCO] Cancer Screening Trial), with and without a predictor for race, have high sensitivities fo...
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 is associated with an increased risk for autoimmune and autoinflammatory connective tissue disorders, according to a study published online Oct. 6 in JAMA Network Open.Sung Ha Lim, M.D., from the Yon...
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The risks for all-cause, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality are increased for up to 60 days after exposure to flood, according to a study published online Oct. 4 in The BMJ.Zhengyu Yang, M.P.H., M.B.B....
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A lifestyle walking intervention can reduce blood pressure in sedentary older adults with hypertension, according to a study published online July 27 in the Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease.E...
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- From 2004 to 2020, there was an increase in the use of shorter radiotherapy (RT) courses (hypofractionation) for prostate cancer, according to a brief report published online Oct. 5 in JAMA Oncology.James B. ...
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For U.S. adolescents, there was a decrease in opioid prescription rates from 2015 to 2020 for nonsurgical indications, but opioid prescription rates associated with surgery remained stable, according to a res...
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- “Listen, I’m not a Pollyanna,” New Yorker David Cabelis makes clear. “I’m a cab driver.”“But I was diagnosed with this cancer,” the 72-year old said. “Bladder cancer, that’s what I had, and then I had this tr...
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In rare cases, some patients may develop an autoimmune disease following a bout of COVID, Korean researchers report. Conditions such as alopecia (hair loss), psoriasis, vitiligo (white skin patches), vasculit...
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- An artificial intelligence (AI) tool for interpreting chest radiographs produces reports that are not significantly different from those of radiologists, according to a study published online Oct. 5 in JAMA N...
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Screening for type 2 diabetes (T2D) or prediabetes in emergency departments could identify previously undiagnosed cases, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for th...
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The signs of climate change are everywhere, from raging wildfires to flash flooding to soaring temperatures. Now, a new study warns that things could get worse, with scientists reporting that even small incre...