Health Highlights: June 13, 2022
For some 911 calls, are mental health specialists the better choice? One American city’s innovative approach to handling low-level 911 calls — sending mental health professionals rather than police — may have taken a bite out of crime. Read moreFDA…
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Singles or couples: Who sleeps better? Room to spread out or a calming snuggle — researcher sought data from 1,007 working-age adults in Pennsylvania to get answers. Read moreU.S. to roll out millions of COVID shots to youngest children. With final…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: June 9, 2022
Could milk raise a man’s odds for prostate cancer? Guys who drank close to two cups of milk a day had about a 60% increased risk for developing the disease compared with men who steered clear of dairy, a new study shows. Read moreTwo more Omicron vari…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: June 8, 2022
Is America ready for the new 988 mental health hotline? Beginning July 16, the new number will be available 24/7 for Americans dealing with mental health crises. But a new study finds that many communities are unprepared for it. Read moreFDA panel OKs…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: June 7, 2022
Veterans at higher risk for deadly melanomas. They’re also more likely to present with advanced disease, so researchers encourage physicians to screen veterans as high-risk patients. Read moreCan medical marijuana and CBD ease chronic pain? Despite …
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: June 6, 2022
Gene tests could help many young breast cancer patients skip radiation. The DNA-based tests can pinpoint which women have a very low risk of their tumor coming back following surgery, researchers say. Read moreNew treatments may battle advanced breast…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: June 3, 2022
Your height could be factor in disease risk. Taller folks are at higher risk for atrial fibrillation and varicose veins, but at lower risk of coronary heart disease, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, new research shows. Read moreBiden says sma…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: June 2, 2022
What people with early-onset dementia want you to know. Alzheimer’s and other dementias can strike people as early as their 50s, but many of these patients end up feeling invisible, advocates say. Read moreGet your vaccines and boosters, the combinati…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: June 1, 2022
Could beating drums help beat autism? The percussive skill needed to bang out rhythms on a drum seem to help improve socializing, inhibition control and focus among teens with autism, a new study found. Read moreA mutant gene might hold key to Alzheim…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: May 31, 2022
WHO expert says monkeypox not the next pandemic. Still, it’s not clear how the illness is spreading or whether the halt of mass smallpox immunization decades ago may be boosting its transmission, Dr. Rosamund Lewis said. Read moreYour morning coffee …
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