TUESDAY, Aug. 4, 2020 (HealthDay News) For those battling debilitating depression, a new study delivers some bad news: Vitamin D supplements won’t make a dent in improving mood. While the “sunshine vitamin” is often touted as an alternative way to protect against depression, vitamin D‘s efficacy has remained unknown, the […]
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TUESDAY, Aug. 4, 2020 — The first U.S. patient to receive a partial face transplant, Connie Culp, died at 57, the Associated Press reported Saturday. Her death comes nearly 12 years after her surgery and after her husband shot her in the face in a murder-suicide attempt in 2004. Culp’s […]
MONDAY, Aug 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) Physically fit patients with the irregular heartbeat atrial fibrillation (AF) are most likely to benefit from ablation, a new study finds. Patients who are less fit are hospitalized more often, continue to use anti-arrhythmic drugs longer and have higher death rates, researchers say. “AF […]
MONDAY, Aug. 3, 2020 (American Heart Association News) Alana Barr had just started college at Georgia Tech in Atlanta when health advocate Cornelia King came to her class. “After she started talking about health care disparities among minorities in Atlanta and all the adverse outcomes, like diabetes and high cholesterol, […]
MONDAY, Aug. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) It’s perfectly safe to breastfeed after a mom receives anesthesia, new British medical guidelines say. And she can start as soon as she’s alert and able to do so, according to just-published guidelines from the U.K. Association of Anaesthetists. “The guidelines say there is […]
By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Aug. 4, 2020 There are currently no medications that can slow down the common form of arthritis that strikes aging knees and hips. But a new study suggests a powerful, and expensive, anti-inflammatory drug could potentially do just that. The drug, called canakinumab (Ilaris), is […]
Latest Prevention & Wellness News By Alan MozesHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Aug. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) With the 2020 presidential election just three months away, new research suggests an election can be held safely if stringent steps are taken to lower COVID-19 infection risk. The conclusion follows a U.S. […]
By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Aug. 4, 2020 Taking the statin Crestor in combination with the diabetes drug canagliflozin (Invokana) may have the potential to trigger statin toxicity, a new case report suggests. Although this report details the problem in just one woman, the researchers noted concern because these drugs […]
Latest Senior Health News TUESDAY, Aug. 4, 2020 — President Donald Trump signed an order on Monday that will broaden the role of telehealth for Medicare patients, the Associated Press reported. Although the executive order is limited to rural patients, the administration is sending a signal to Congress […]
By E.J. MundellHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Aug. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) Safeguards such as contact tracing and swift isolation of cases of COVID-19 could be the key to reopening U.S. schools safely this September, a study from Australia shows. In the study, which involved thousands of schools or preschools, a total […]