WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) Reversing type 2 diabetes can restore the pancreas to its normal size and shape, a new study finds. Previous research found that with remission of type 2 diabetes through significant weight loss, natural insulin-production can return to levels similar to people who have never […]
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Latest Mental Health News By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) People suffering from a psychiatric disorder could be more than twice as likely to die if they become infected with COVID-19, a new study suggests. Folks diagnosed with any type of psychiatric problem — […]
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30, 2020 (American Heart Association News) The patients, most of them young, began showing up at hospitals in the spring of 2019. Some were coughing, out of breath or feverish. Some were vomiting or had diarrhea. Some ended up in intensive care, needing oxygen. Some died. They had […]
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) It’s long been said that early to bed, early to rise can make you healthy, wealthy and wise. Now, new research supports at least the health benefits. A study of people with type 2 diabetes found that night owls — people who go to […]
Latest Travel Health News THURSDAY, Oct. 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Families who usually travel to see each other on Thanksgiving should stay home and hold virtual celebrations instead, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says in guidance on holiday safety during the coronavirus pandemic. The […]
Latest Prevention & Wellness News THURSDAY, Oct. 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Moderna won’t have a coronavirus vaccine available for widespread use until next spring at the earliest, the company’s CEO said Wednesday. Stephane Bancel said Moderna won’t be ready to seek U.S. approval for the vaccine to […]
By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) Girls who are vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) may drastically cut their chances of developing cervical cancer by age 30, a huge, new study finds. Researchers found that of more than 1.6 million young Swedish women, those who’d gotten the […]
Latest Mental Health News By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Oct. 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) In rural America, drinking has become particularly deadly for many, a new government report shows. Deaths related to alcohol use in those regions rose 43% between 2006 and 2018, health officials reported. Over that […]
By Robin Foster and E.J. MundellHealthDay Reporters THURSDAY, Oct. 1, 2020 Coronavirus infections are surging in the American heartland, with Wisconsin bearing the brunt of COVID-19‘s relentless spread. Many Midwestern states are seeing some of the nation’s highest per capita rates of infection, and while federal health officials have again […]
Latest Senior Health News By Cara Robert MurezHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Oct. 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) Preventing falls in older age could be as fun as dancing them away, new research shows. Researchers found a 31% reduction in falls and a 37% reduction in fall risk for those aged […]