Marijuana-Linked ER Visits by Seniors Are Rising
MONDAY, Jan. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New research out of California finds seniors are being treated in emergency rooms in significantly higher numbers for adverse side effects from cannabis consumption.Researchers from the University of Californi…
Learn MoreVA Announces Plan to Give Free Care to Any Vet in Suicide Crisis
MONDAY, Jan. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — While U.S. veterans are already eligible for emergency suicidal crisis care, starting Tuesday they can get it for free.Care available at any VA facility or any private facility will include up to 30 days of in…
Learn MoreHoliday Gatherings Didn’t Trigger Spike in Respiratory Illnesses: CDC
MONDAY, Jan. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Going into the holiday season, many public health experts feared a “tripledemic” of flu, COVID-19 and RSV cases.New government data now shows that didn’t happen.Reports of flu-like illness are down for the sixt…
Learn MoreHundreds of Hospitals Could Close Across Rural America
MONDAY, Jan. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Hundreds of rural hospitals across the United States are teetering on the edge of closure, with their financial status increasingly in peril, a new report reveals.More than 200 rural hospitals are at immediate…
Learn MoreWhen States Legalize Marijuana, Teens’ Asthma Rates Rise
MONDAY, Jan. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Cannabis use in U.S. states where recreational use is legal could be contributing to children’s asthma, according to new research.A study found increases in asthma in teens where cannabis is legal, compared to…
Learn MoreGun Deaths to Kids Are Rising in Pandemic, U.S. Hospital Study Shows
MONDAY, Jan. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — If a study conducted at one St. Louis hospital is a good indicator, the COVID pandemic is tied to a surge in childhood injuries and deaths due to firearms. Black children and those in low-income households wer…
Learn MoreRacial, Ethnic Disparity Seen Between Nursing Students, Neonates in NICU
FRIDAY, Jan. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — There is a racial and ethnic disparity between neonatal nurse practitioner (NNP) students and neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), according to a study published online Jan. 6 in Advances in Ne…
Learn MoreWomen Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence More Likely to Contract HIV
FRIDAY, Jan. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Past-year physical or sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) is associated with tripled risk of HIV infection and lower likelihood of viral load suppression among women in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a st…
Learn MoreLos CDC advierten que muy pocos niños reciben las vacunas recomendadas
JUEVES, 12 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Las vacunaciones entre los niños de kindergarten se redujeron por segundo año consecutivo, lo que deja a cientos de miles de niños pequeños vulnerables a unas peligrosas enfermedades infecciosas, informa…
Learn MoreLos negros y los hispanos con epilepsia con frecuencia no reciben los medicamentos más nuevos
JUEVES, 12 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Los adultos estadounidenses que sufren de epilepsia y que son negros o hispanos tienen menos probabilidades que los adultos blancos de que les receten los medicamentos más nuevos, según una investigación…
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