Latest Mental Health News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Nov. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) The number of women who contemplate suicide or self-harm during or after pregnancy may be on the rise, a large, new study suggests. Among nearly 600,000 U.S. childbearing women, researchers found that close […]
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By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Nov. 23, 2020 – Americans were greeted with possible advances against coronavirus as Thanksgiving week began: A third vaccine candidate shows good results in shielding recipients against the virus, and an antibody therapy used by President Donald Trump against COVID-19 got emergency use approval […]
Latest Infectious Disease News MONDAY, Nov. 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is over, health officials say. Wednesday marks 42 days, or two incubation periods, since the last survivor tested negative for the virus, so the DRC Ministry […]
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Nov. 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) Parents’ constant refrain, telling their teens to turn off the TV, stop playing video games or put down the cellphone, may not be necessary. And new research suggests those worried about their kids becoming addicted to technology may even […]
Latest Diet & Weight Management News By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Nov. 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) Chew on this: Vegans face a 43% higher risk for bone fractures than meat eaters, a large British study warns. The rise in risk was not confined to vegans, who eat […]
MONDAY, Nov. 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) As college students prepare to leave their campuses for Thanksgiving or study remotely for the rest of the semester, families should consider their risks and work to reduce them, according to an infectious disease expert. Dr. David Cennimo, an assistant professor in pediatric infectious […]
MONDAY, Nov. 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) As scientists worked on COVID-19 vaccines, other researchers were addressing a question: Once shots are available, will parents vaccinate their kids against the new coronavirus? The answer: Younger parents are much less likely than older ones to plan to vaccinate their children and themselves […]
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Nov. 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) Pregnant women with COVID-19 have little risk of developing severe symptoms, as do their newborns, a new study finds. In fact, 95% of these women have good outcomes, and just 3% of their babies test positive for COVID-19, researchers […]
FRIDAY, Nov. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) Children should be included in COVID-19 vaccine trials at the earliest possible stage, a leading group of U.S. pediatricians says. If that’s not done, youngsters’ lives could be at risk, according to the 67,000-member American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). “If we do not add […]
By Ernie Mundell and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters FRIDAY, Nov. 20, 2020 – The new coronavirus is spreading across America with unprecedented speed, the White House Coronavirus Task Force said in its first briefing in four months on Thursday. “This is more cases, more rapidly, than what we had seen […]