MONDAY, July 20, 2020 Grilling. Campfires. Fireworks. All are part of summer’s pleasures — but they also pose burn risks. A new survey of 1,000 U.S. adults found that 53% mistakenly think their burn risk is lower than it actually is. Only 11% knew that injuries from the flames of […]
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FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) Regular eye checks are crucial for people with early-stage glaucoma, a new study shows. Glaucoma is a condition in which the optic nerve that connects the eye to the brain becomes damaged. It develops slowly and affects peripheral vision first. Untreated glaucoma leads to […]
MONDAY, July 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Children older than 10 can spread the new coronavirus as readily as adults do, according to a South Korean study that included nearly 65,000 people. It also found that children younger than 10 are about half as likely as adults to spread the […]
MONDAY, July 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) — An emergency use authorization has been issued for the Quest Diagnostics’ Quest SARS-CoV-2 rRT-PCR test for use with pooled samples containing up to four individual swab specimens collected under observation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Saturday. The test is the first […]
By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, July 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) Nurse case manager Sharon Tapp recalls laying in a Bethesda, Md., hospital bed, feverishly ill from COVID-19, asking for a bedpan. Then, in what seemed to be the very next moment, she found herself in another bed in an unfamiliar […]
By Serena McNiffHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) Face masks help prevent the spread of COVID-19, but they have a huge downside for people with hearing problems: They muffle sound and prevent lip-reading. But that’s only one of several ways that pandemic-related safety precautions are making communication more […]
By E.J. MundellHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Fans of “Jeopardy” host Alex Trebek got a health update for the first time in months on Thursday when he told followers that his treatments for pancreatic cancer are “paying off.” “I’m doing well,” the 79-year-old host said in […]
FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) The success of CPR is vastly overrated by patients, a new study suggests. Not only does the general public consider CPR more effective than it really is, they tend to discount the negative effect it can have, the researchers said. Doctors should discuss CPR’s […]
Latest Prevention & Wellness News FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) People with chronic lung disease may worry about being able to breathe freely with face masks, but they should wear the coverings if possible, four leading medical groups say. “Individuals with normal lungs and even many individuals […]
FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) — In a quick policy reversal, the Trump administration on Thursday told the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to once again post data about COVID-19 hospitalizations on its website. Earlier in the week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ordered […]