Latest Diet & Weight Management News MONDAY, June 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Calorie labeling requirements for menus in U.S. restaurant chains could save tens of thousands of lives and billions of dollars in health care and other costs, a new study claims. Researchers created a model to […]
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TUESDAY, June 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Sunny days are associated with higher rates of COVID-19, likely because they tempt more people outdoors, putting them at increased risk of infection, researchers say. But they also found that higher heat and humidity may slow the spread of COVID-19. And they said […]
MONDAY, June 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) — As Americans take to the streets to protest police brutality, they may face ear-blasting “sound cannons” that can harm their hearing. Sound cannons, or long-range acoustic devices (LRADs), were developed for the military, and now some police departments use them as weapons in […]
Latest Diet & Weight Management News By Serena McNiffHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) — As COVID-19 closed gyms and forced people to hunker down at home, “Quarantine-15” jokes flooded the internet, referring to the weight gain that many anticipated. For people who are already obese, […]
MONDAY, June 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Sticking with a healthy diet can lower your risk for stroke and heart attack, a new study suggests. “Although each healthy eating pattern represents a different combination of dietary constituents, our study indicates that greater adherence to any of the four healthy eating […]
MONDAY, June 15, 2020 (American Heart Association News) — Yonas Michael didn’t know what to think when his younger brother, Daniel, kept saying he felt “funny.” “It’s like I can really feel my heartbeat,” Daniel told him. The brothers didn’t think much of it at first. Yonas was studying for […]
MONDAY, June 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Breast cancer treatment costs are highest among young and middle-age patients with advanced breast cancer. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis of data from women in North Carolina who were treated for breast cancer between 2003 and 2014. Researchers found that the […]
By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) — In a new trial there are hints, but no proof, that a wriggling intestinal parasite might help fight multiple sclerosis. The lowly hookworm has for years been proposed as a potential treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) and other autoimmune […]
MONDAY, June 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has withdrawn its emergency authorization for the use of two malaria drugs championed by President Donald Trump in the fight against COVID-19. The agency said in a letter Monday that the drugs, hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, are “unlikely […]
Latest Infectious Disease News MONDAY, June 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Fears of the coronavirus have put germs on nearly everyone’s radar. But a new study points out just how little is known about the microbes that inhabit your environment. You likely have thousands of different varieties of […]