By Robin Foster and E.J. MundellHealthDay Reporters FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 Yet another daily record for new U.S. coronavirus cases was shattered on Thursday, with 75,600 new infections reported. It’s the 11th time in the past month that the daily record had been broken, The New York Times reported. The […]
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Latest Prevention & Wellness News By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) Restaurant dining used to be a routine affair, but many now dread the thought of chowing down in a roomful of bare-faced strangers. So as state-level lockdowns wax and wane, how safe is […]
FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) Each COVID-19 death in the United States leaves an average of nine close family members to grieve, researchers say. With more than 137,000 deaths so far in the pandemic, that means about 1.2 million Americans have lost a grandparent, parent, sibling, spouse, child or […]
FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) Some key molecules used by the new coronavirus to cause infection aren’t found in the placenta, which may explain why the virus is rarely detected in fetuses or newborns of women with COVID-19. U.S. government researchers found that placental membranes lack the messenger RNA […]
By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, July 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) Many people with dementia may have access to a gun in their home, yet few families have gotten advice from a doctor on how to handle the situation, a small new study finds. In the United States, somewhere between 39% […]
FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. government should make immediate preparations for clinical trials in which volunteers are exposed to the new coronavirus to speed development of a vaccine, more than 100 top scientists say in a letter to the U.S. National Institutes of Health. The scientists, […]
THURSDAY, July 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) Bats have been blamed as a possible source of the new coronavirus pandemic ravaging the globe. But they might also point to possible ways out of it. Scientists say the winged mammals’ immune systems may offer clues on how to fight the new coronavirus […]
Latest Senior Health News By Serena McNiffHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, July 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) Age-based job demotions, forced retirements and other overt examples of age discrimination can be harmful to older adults. But what about more subtle forms of ageism — like jokes about “senior moments,” or assuming […]
THURSDAY, July 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) If you’re a smoker under 50 and you suffer a heart attack, new research suggests kicking the habit may be the best thing you can do to still be around years later. “These results are definitive: among young people who have had a heart […]
Latest Women’s Health News THURSDAY, July 16, 2020 (American Heart Association News) After more than a decade of driving a Boston city bus, Lorene Thomas was exhausted, overweight and depressed. “Sitting in that seat all the time, I gained weight and had high blood pressure,” Thomas said. The […]