Month: November 2020

FRIDAY, Nov. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) Tinnitus, a common hearing problem, may be worsened by COVID-19 or possibly even triggered by the new coronavirus, new research indicates. Moreover, people with tinnitus are further struggling because of lifestyle changes forced by the pandemic, the study found. Tinnitus includes the perception of […]

FRIDAY, Nov. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) – Though COVID-19 calls to mind common symptoms such as fever and cough, at least 16% of infected patients have only gastrointestinal symptoms, according to a large research review. A team from the University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry in Canada reviewed […]

THURSDAY, Nov. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) Although New York City has banned smoking in its public housing, exposure to secondhand smoke hadn’t declined a year later, a new study finds. The reasons might include delays in promotion and enforcement, researchers said. These include not putting up signs, training building managers […]

THURSDAY, Nov. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) Expanded Medicaid passed in some states as part of the Affordable Care Act has significantly reduced deaths from newly diagnosed breast, lung and colon cancers, a new study finds. Death rates from these cancers are lower in states that opted for expanded Medicaid than […]

By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter Even as the coronavirus pandemic has postponed the delivery of many kinds of health care, a new study suggests that delaying cancer treatment by even a month can raise your risk of dying by 6% to 13%, and that risk keeps rising the longer treatment […]