By Serena McNiffHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Aug. 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) Could birth control pills build a bulwark against asthma? New research suggests that hormonal contraceptives, which alter the natural ebb and flow of female hormones, may do just that. A study of more than half a million women in the […]
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Latest Mental Health News WEDNESDAY, Aug. 19, 2020 (American Heart Association News) Food insecurity is on the rise amid the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, a disturbing trend that could expose economically challenged people and families to risk factors associated with the coronavirus. With unemployment increases and […]
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) Children can now be vaccinated by pharmacists in all 50 states as the U.S. government seeks to prevent a decline in routine vaccinations during the coronavirus pandemic. While 28 states already allowed pharmacists to vaccinate children, the directive announced Wednesday by the U.S. Department […]
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) It may be possible to protect Parkinson’s patients’ brains from further damage by turning off a “master regulator” gene, researchers report. “One of the biggest challenges in treating Parkinson’s, other than the lack of therapies that impede disease progression, is that the disease has […]
By Serena McNiffHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Aug. 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) With the likelihood that many kids will be taught remotely this fall, all children are bound to face obstacles to their learning and development. But kids with disabilities often require more support, some of which cannot be delivered remotely. “The […]
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) As many expectant mothers can unhappily attest, the nausea and vomiting known as “morning sickness” can occur at any time of the day. In a new study, British researchers analyzed diaries kept by 256 women from the day they learned they were expecting until […]
By Robin Foster and E.J. MundellHealthDay Reporters THURSDAY, Aug. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) Child abuse reports have plunged during the coronavirus pandemic, a troubling sign that the constraints of social distancing may mean thousands of cases are being missed, a new survey suggests. The survey, conducted by the Children’s National […]
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) High levels of air pollution may increase young children’s risk of developing asthma and persistent wheezing, researchers warn. The findings “support emerging evidence that exposure to air pollution might influence the development of asthma,” according to a report by Torben Sigsgaard, of Aarhus University […]
Latest Senior Health News THURSDAY, Aug. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) More older Americans have been seeing their doctors virtually since the pandemic began than ever before, a new poll finds. During the first three months of the pandemic, one in four patients over 50 years of age used […]
By E.J. MundellHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 20, 2020 The largest study of its kind finds that children can carry exceedingly high amounts of the new coronavirus, even in the absence of symptoms. Researchers say that could make them ideal “silent spreaders” of COVID-19, throwing the safety of reopening schools into […]