By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Sept. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) Middle-aged Americans are living with more physical pain than older adults are — and the problem is concentrated among the less-educated, a new study finds. The pattern may seem counterintuitive, since older age generally means more chronic health conditions and […]
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MONDAY, Sept. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) In older people a fall can sometimes be a sign of oncoming Alzheimer’s disease, even in the absence of mental issues, new research suggests. Although falls are common among older people, in some cases they can be a sign of hidden mental problems that […]
MONDAY, Sept. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) Many women with severe migraines don’t want to get pregnant because of concerns about their headaches, a new study finds. Migraine, one of the world’s leading causes of disability, particularly affects women of childbearing age. Researchers surveyed 607 U.S. women afflicted with severe migraines. […]
Latest Prevention & Wellness News TUESDAY, Sept. 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) — New U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website guidelines suggesting that the new coronavirus can be transmitted by tiny droplets over a distance greater than six feet and that indoor ventilation is crucial to prevent […]
By Robin Foster and E.J. MundellHealthDay Reporters TUESDAY, Sept. 22, 2020 While health officials worry about a potential “twindemic” of COVID-19 and the flu this winter, a new study finds that hospital patients who were infected with both viruses were more than twice as likely to die as those infected […]
By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) Women diagnosed with an early, highly treatable form of breast cancer still face a higher-than-normal risk of eventually dying from the disease, a large new study finds. The study looked at women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), where cancer […]
Latest Prevention & Wellness News TUESDAY, Sept. 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) Don’t fret about whether that fabric mask you made on your sewing machine protects against the spread of COVID-19 as well as the face masks sold in stores, new research reassures. Taher Saif, a professor of mechanical […]
MONDAY, Sept. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) An immunotherapy drug significantly improved survival in patients with the most common type of bladder cancer, according to a new study. About 550,000 new cases of bladder cancer are diagnosed worldwide each year, making it the 10th most common type of cancer, the study […]
By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 22, 2020 Everyone needs sleep, but too little or too much of it might contribute to declines in thinking, a new study suggests. Too little sleep was defined as four or fewer hours a night, while too much was deemed 10 or more hours […]
Latest High Blood Pressure News MONDAY, Sept. 21, 2020 (American Heart Association News) A test that measures blood flow changes in the brain shows people with high blood pressure are more likely to experience poorer communication between brain regions than those with normal blood pressure, according to a […]