THURSDAY, Oct. 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) Hispanic mothers-to-be in the southern United States are almost twice as likely to have COVID-19 as non-Hispanic women, a new study finds. The researchers also found that those with government health insurance were more likely to test positive for the coronavirus than women with […]
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THURSDAY, Oct. 22, 2020 Scientists knew that dangerous T-cells lived in the pancreases of people with type 1 diabetes, but a new study shows they also take up residence in the pancreases of healthy individuals. Researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Immunology in California used a new staining technique […]
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) Stroke patients have a higher risk of death if they’re admitted to a rural hospital on the weekend, a new study finds. University of Georgia researchers analyzed 2016 data on stroke deaths at U.S. hospitals to learn whether the so-called “weekend effect” influenced stroke […]
By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Oct. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) Low levels of thyroid hormone during pregnancy may contribute to the development of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in the child, new research suggests. The study found that children born to mothers with low thyroid hormone levels during the first trimester […]
By Michael PreckerAmerican Heart Association NewsWEDNESDAY, Oct. 21, 2020 (American Heart Association News) Centuries before bacon cheeseburgers, cigarettes and couch potatoes, people had clogged arteries that can lead to heart attack and stroke. How do we know this? Mummies told us. No, not the groaning, wrapped-in-gauze, walking-with-arms-straight-out mummies that come […]
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) One key to breastfeeding success? Having enough hospital nurses to ensure that new moms get top-notch care. Hospitals with higher rates of exclusive breastfeeding had nurses who provided more consistent care, according to a new report. That care included helping moms have skin-to-skin contact […]
By Cara Roberts MurezHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Oct. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) Could telehealth help paralyzed stroke victims recover their motor skills faster than they would working directly with a physical therapist? Yes, claims a new study that found patients who had participated in at least 12 weeks of at-home rehabilitation […]
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) Proper skin care is crucial for cancer patients receiving radiation therapy, the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) says. Itchiness, redness, blistering and peeling are among the skin problems that radiation therapy can cause. “During radiation therapy, the treated skin becomes very sensitive, which can […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that administers Wikipedia, announced today a collaboration to expand the public’s access to the latest and most reliable information about COVID-19. The collaboration will make trusted, public health information available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license at a time […]
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global TB Programme welcomes the results from a landmark study on the treatment of drug-susceptible TB presented at the 51st virtual Union World Conference on Lung Health. The study, named Study 31/A5349, was led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Tuberculosis […]