THURSDAY, Nov. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The word went out late last month throughout Utah -- if you've got a spare set of aluminum crutches lying around, you should donate them to your local hospital.An international shortage of aluminum has caused...
THURSDAY, Nov. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Older folks who eat fish a couple of times a week may be doing their brains a favor.New research suggests that fish, even in moderate amounts, helps stave off vascular disease that may ultimately lead to deme...
THURSDAY, Nov. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A urine test might one day be able to tell which prostate cancer patients need immediate treatment and which don't, British researchers report. "Prostate cancer can be divided into low and high risk -- the lo...
Supply chain shortages are slowing U.S. health care. Experts say doctors and hospitals are increasingly scrounging for medical supplies and pharmaceuticals that are in short supply. The latest data finds virtually all U.S. hospitals and health care sy...
THURSDAY, Nov. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The discovery that up to 80% of white-tailed deer in Iowa may be infected with COVID-19 has scientists worried that the animals could become a reservoir for variants that could come back to haunt humans.In t...
THURSDAY, Nov. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A recall of aromatherapy sprays connected with fatal cases of a rare tropical disease called melioidosis has been expanded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The agency previously identif...
THURSDAY, Nov. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The sooner girls are vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV), the lower their future risk of cervical cancer, a new study finds.Compared to unvaccinated women, the risk of cervical cancer was 87% lower ...
THURSDAY, Nov. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A growing number of American adults say they have a physical or mental disability, a new study finds.Of more than 400,000 adults who responded to a 2019 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey...
THURSDAY, Nov. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental gene therapy to boost the effectiveness of the Parkinson's drug levodopa yielded promising results in mice, researchers report.As the loss of dopamine-releasing neurons advances in late-stage ...
THURSDAY, Nov. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- All body fat is not the same.And a new study suggests that folks who have more of what's known as brown fat may have a lower risk of weight-related health problems, such as diabetes and high blood pressure."B...
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A measure designed to lower prescription drug costs for seniors has been added to President Joe Biden's social safety net and climate change bill that Democratic leaders hope to bring to a House vote this we...
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A California judge has ruled against local governments that sued drug companies for billions of dollars to recover their costs of dealing with the opioid epidemic. In a tentative ruling issued Monday, Orange...
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Transplant patients and certain other folks may need four shots of COVID-19 vaccine for optimal protection, new research suggests.People with weakened immune systems who've received both doses of two-dose CO...
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A measure designed to lower prescription drug costs for seniors has been added to President Joe Biden's social safety net and climate change bill that Democratic leaders hope to bring to a House vote this we...
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers may have unearthed a surprising risk factor for often-fatal brain bleeds: Sleepless nights.In a study of about 70,000 adults, researchers found that people with a genetic predisposition to insomn...
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Despite the anxieties and tumult of the COVID-19 pandemic, overall suicide rates in the United States fell by about 3% between 2019 and 2020.But during the same time frame, suicides increased among people ag...
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Despite the anxieties and tumult of the COVID-19 pandemic, overall suicide rates in the United States fell by about 3% between 2019 and 2020.But during the same time frame, suicides increased among people ag...
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- It's a life-and-death prediction: How likely is early-stage breast cancer to spread throughout the rest of a patient's body?A new analysis that tried to make that call easier for doctors to predict found th...
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- When then-college student Lumiere Rostick learned their grandfather, who had dementia, needed help, Rostick volunteered to move in with him.Rostick, whose pronouns are they/them/their, worke...
MIÉRCOLES, 3 de noviembre de 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Lumiere Rostick estudiaban en la universidad cuando se enteraron de que su abuelo, que padecía demencia, necesitaba ayuda, y fue entonces que se ofrecieron a vivir con él.Rostick, ...
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Wine lovers, beer drinkers and those who enjoy a martini now and then have long been told that moderate drinking beats total abstinence.Unfortunately, new German research is throwing some cold water on that ...
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- It's a case of being your own worst enemy: New research shows that women are more reluctant to ask for deadline extensions at work than their male colleagues are, in part because they worry about being seen ...
Study refutes notion that a little drinking is healthy. For years, data has suggested that a glass or so per day of wine, beer or other alcohol might be better for your health than not drinking at all. But new German research is casting doubt on the ...
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A California judge has ruled against local governments that sued drug companies for billions of dollars to recover their costs of dealing with the opioid epidemic.In a tentative ruling issued Monday, Orange ...
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- An Arizona man infected his dog and cat with the new coronavirus, according to a new case study that researchers say is the first in the United States to use genetics to document such transmission. The owne...
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- It's a finding that stands to reason: A new study shows the pandemic has triggered anxiety and depression in many doctors.Researchers used surveys to assess the mental health of more than 5,000 doctors in Sp...
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Managing your diabetes can be tough, but your eyes might thank you for it.Diabetic retinopathy is a diabetes complication that damages the retina's blood vessels, often resulting in vision loss and blindnes...
