MONDAY, Oct. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The number of Americans diagnosed with "broken heart" syndrome has steadily risen in the past 15 years — with the vast majority being women, a new study finds.The condition, which doctors call stress cardiomyo...
MONDAY, Oct. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A common group of bacteria may be causing deadly pneumonia or anthrax-like disease among metalworkers in the southern United States, health officials report.The bacteria, called Bacillus cereus (B. cereus), na...
MONDAY, Oct. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Americans hospitalized with COVID-19 could now face thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket medical costs, according to a new report.In 2020, most health insurance companies waived co-pays, deductibles and other...
MONDAY, Oct. 18, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Dr. Robert Zarr loves to write prescriptions that you don't have to take to the pharmacy.Instead, he sends patients outside to soak in the healing powers of nature, combining the benefits of e...
MONDAY, Oct. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Colin Powell, the country's first black Secretary of State who helped shape U.S. foreign policy for decades, died Monday of complications from COVID-19. He was 84."General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretar...
MONDAY, Oct. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers may have found a noninvasive way to temporarily open the brain's borders to allow tumor-fighting medication inside.By necessity, the brain is shielded by a layer of specialized cells called the blo...
MONDAY, Oct. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Pop singer Britney Spears was at the height of her fame in 2008 when, through a series of arcane legal maneuverings, her father gained conservatorship over her and took control of her personal and financial af...
How 1.3 million Americans ended up in conservatorships. Britney Spears' long struggle to release herself from a conservatorship has shed light on a legal construct that's meant to help people incapacitated with illness, but is too often abused by tho...
MONDAY, Oct. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- When states spend money on programs that reduce poverty, fewer children are abused and neglected, fewer end up in foster care and fewer die, a new study reveals.Researchers found that for every additional $1,0...
MONDAY, Oct. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Former President Bill Clinton was released from a California hospital on Sunday after being treated for sepsis. Clinton, 75, was admitted for care at the University of California Irvine Medical Center, in Oran...
MONDAY, Oct. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Health officials say they are trying to track down the source of 10 reported cases of Legionnaires' disease within a one-mile radius in a Long Island, N.Y., neighborhood.The patients range in age from 35 to 96...
MONDAY, Oct. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Mixing and matching different types of COVID-19 vaccines is highly effective, new research shows.The study found that protection against infection was stronger in people who received a first dose of the AstraZ...
MONDAY, Oct. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Among the many negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic may be damage to the bond between mothers and their infants, researchers say.Women who experienced grief and depression due to pandemic-related losses m...
MONDAY, Oct. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Persistent depression can significantly shorten lung cancer survival -- even if patients receive the latest cancer treatments, new research shows."We need to help these patients, not only at diagnosis, but thr...
MONDAY, Oct. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Prolonged stays in space appear to damage astronauts' brains, a small, new study suggests.The researchers studied five Russian cosmonauts, mean age 49, who stayed on the International Space Station (ISS) for ...
MONDAY, Oct. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Women who were born with heart defects may get some reassurance from a new study that finds they face no heightened risk to health during a pregnancy and delivery.According to the researchers, doctors may ofte...
SUNDAY, Oct. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Watch closely if your kids appear to have a common cold this fall or winter. It could instead be respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV, and that makes it more likely to progress to a serious lower lung inf...
SUNDAY, Oct. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A spokesperson for former President Bill Clinton said late Saturday that the 75-year-old will be discharged from a California hospital on Sunday, CNN reported. Clinton was hospitalized at the University of Cal...
SATURDAY, Oct. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Parents of teen drivers can play a crucial role in making their children safe drivers, the Governors Highway Safety Association says.Millions of U.S. teens are learning to drive at an especially challenging ...
Here is what the editors at Physician's Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of Oct. 12 to 15, 2021. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal studies and other trusted sou...
FRIDAY, Oct. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In a unanimous vote, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration vaccine advisory panel on Friday recommended that the agency grant emergency use of booster shots of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine.The FDA...
FRIDAY, Oct. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- All international travelers who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus will be able to enter the United States beginning Nov. 8, an official at the White House told The New York Times.The announcement ca...
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 number represents a fivefold increase in funding from pr...
FRIDAY, Oct. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In a unanimous vote, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's vaccine advisory panel on Friday recommended that the agency grant emergency use of booster shots of Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine.The FDA...
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 has been an uptick in applications to nursing schools, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing says.Enroll...
JUEVES, 14 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A pesar de los indicios en la investigación inicial, un nuevo ensayo clínico no encuentra ninguna evidencia de que los niños con autismo se beneficien de aerosoles nasales que contienen la hormona del ...
JUEVES, 14 de octubre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- La temporada de gripe de este año, y las del próximo par de año, podrían ser malas en los lugares de Estados Unidos donde las restricciones por la COVID-19, como el distanciamiento social y el uso de l...