MONDAY, Sept. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) As the smoke left by wildfires in California and Oregon continues to linger, people exposed to it need to take steps to protect themselves, an expert says. In healthy people, wildfire smoke can cause symptoms such as runny nose, burning and watery eyes, sore […]
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FRIDAY, Sept. 18, 2020 (HealthDay News) Facing strong criticism, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday reversed a prior COVID-19 guideline that had said that people who know they’ve been in close contact with an infected person but are asymptomatic do not have to get tested. Instead, […]
Every year, 1.9 million people die from tobacco-induced heart disease, according to a new brief released today by the World Health Organization, World Heart Federation and the University of Newcastle Australia ahead of World Heart Day, marked on 29 September. This equates to one in five of all deaths from […]
FRIDAY, Sept. 18, 2020 (American Heart Association News) Young women are more likely than their male peers to have a stroke, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed a claims database of insured people in the United States from 2001 to 2014, tallying the number of ischemic, or clot-caused, strokes based […]
Latest Prevention & Wellness News By Cara Roberts MurezHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Sept. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) At Rutgers New Jersey Medical School’s trauma center, Dr. Stephanie Bonne and her team noticed a string of patient injuries caused by broken glass tables. “They were quite serious, significant injuries that […]
FRIDAY, Sept. 18, 2020 (HealthDay News) Many Americans at high risk for colon cancer don’t know how often they need to have a screening colonoscopy, researchers say. The report follows the recent death of actor Chadwick Boseman, who died Aug. 28 at age 43 after a private, four-year battle with […]
By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Sept. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) Aches and fatigue quickly progressed to fever with severe chills, but the terrible and unrelenting headache was the real signal that actress Rita Wilson was in for a rough ride following her infection with COVID-19. “It was a massive headache […]
By Serena McNiffHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Sept. 21, 2020 Hot flashes and night sweats are well-known side effects of menopause, but the end of a woman’s periods can also lead to other uncomfortable changes. Vaginal dryness, painful sex and painful urination are common symptoms of genitourinary syndrome of menopause, or GSM. […]
FRIDAY, Sept. 18, 2020 (HealthDay News) Pregnancy can delay the onset of multiple sclerosis (MS) by more than three years, researchers report. The international study found those who’d been pregnant had their first MS symptoms an average of 3.3 years later than those who’d never been pregnant. Having carried a […]
FRIDAY, Sept. 18, 2020 (HealthDay News) U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday, the court announced. The cause was complications from pancreatic cancer. Ginsburg was 87. First appointed to the court in 1993 by President Bill Clinton, Ginsburg was the longest serving member of the liberal justices […]