Health Highlights: Feb. 17, 2022
Getting your COVID shot can be a stress-buster. Adults who received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine between December 2020 and June 2021 reported a 7% reduction in mental distress, new research shows. Read moreInsomnia in childhood may last a l…
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CDC may soon move to ease recommendations on masks. The agency is expected to loosen its guidelines to states as soon as next week, several people familiar with the matter told NBC News. Read moreOral health crucial for kids with heart issues. That’s…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: Feb. 15, 2022
Sex in the senior years. It’s important to overall health, but many folks let this important part of life drift away rather than talk about sexual problems with either their partner or their doctor, experts say. Read moreMost pregnant American women w…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: Feb. 14, 2022
Breakups can devastate men’s mental health. A new study has found that men are at an increased risk of mental illness after the breakdown of any romantic relationship. And, it found, stereotypes of masculinity may be partially to blame. Read moreBob S…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: Feb. 4, 2022
More destructive form of HIV found in The Netherlands. Researchers say the variant proceeds more rapidly in the body to full-blown AIDS, but it’s likely been around for a long time and remains rare. Read moreCrowdfunding for medical costs almost alway…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: Feb. 3, 2022
Good news and bad on strokes among Americans. Although there’s been a marked decline in rates of stroke among older adults over the past 30 years, a growing number of young Americans are having strokes, a new report finds. Read moreBiden relaunches th…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: Feb. 2, 2022
America’s Olympians face one of the most stressful Games ever. A team of mental health professionals will join them to help guard their well-being as they perform under the strain of both intense competition and a pandemic. Read moreSuicides by drug …
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: Feb.1, 2022
Pfizer will ask FDA to approve its COVID vaccine for kids under 5. If approved, the two-shot regimen would become the first approved for use in children this young; older children are already eligible for the vaccine. Read moreOpioids’ grim toll on yo…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: Feb.1, 2022
Pfizer will ask FDA to approve its COVID vaccine for kids under 5. If approved, the two-shot regimen would become the first approved for use in children this young; older children are already eligible for the vaccine. Read moreOpioids’ grim toll on yo…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: Jan. 31, 2022
Scientists say new ‘stealth’ Omicron variant poses little threat.The variant, called BA.2, doesn’t appear to cause more severe disease and vaccines are just as effective against it as they are against the original Omicron variant (BA.1), experts say. …
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