TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) Influenza vaccination may have a protective effect for COVID-19-positive patients, according to a brief report recently published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. Ming-Jim Yang, M.D., from the University of Florida in Gainesville, and colleagues conducted a retrospective review involving […]
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Latest High Blood Pressure News TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) Elevated nighttime systolic blood pressure (BP) and a disrupted circadian pattern for BP are associated with an increased risk for certain cardiovascular events, such as heart failure, according to a study published online Nov. 2 in Circulation. […]
Latest High Blood Pressure News By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Nov. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) If your blood pressure changes a lot overnight — either rising or falling — you may have an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, a new study from Japan reports. When […]
Latest Prevention & Wellness News TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) Air pollution is an important cofactor increasing the risk for mortality from COVID-19, according to a study published online Oct. 26 in Cardiovascular Research. Andrea Pozzer, Ph.D., from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany, […]
Latest Diet & Weight Management News TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) Give your heart the gift of healthy eating this Thanksgiving, the American Heart Association suggests. “It’s easy to get off track from making healthy choices during the holidays, and the pandemic may add to the stress,” […]
MONDAY, Nov. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) The COVID-19 Acuity Score (CoVA) is a validated score that predicts adverse COVID-19 events in the outpatient setting, according to a study published online Oct. 24 in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. Haoqi Sun, Ph.D., from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and colleagues developed […]
TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) Being well-prepared to start kindergarten provides lifelong benefits, a new Canadian study shows. It included 2,000 children born in the province of Quebec in 1997 and 1998. At age 5, their knowledge of numbers and their receptive vocabulary (recognition of written or spoken words) […]
MONDAY, Nov. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) Certain patient factors may affect the clinical response to electroacupuncture treatment for low back pain, according to a study published online Oct. 27 in JAMA Network Open. Jiang-Ti Kong, M.D., from the Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California, and colleagues evaluated […]
MONDAY, Nov. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) The COVID-19 infection rate among first responders in New York City was 15 times greater than the rate in New York City overall between January and May, according to a letter to the editor published online Oct. 29 in ERJ Open Research. Michael D. […]
By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Nov. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) The coronavirus and the flu are two entirely different viruses. But a new study suggests those who get a flu vaccine face a considerably lower risk for being hospitalized if and when they get COVID-19. And the flu vaccine […]