- Tips for Spending Holiday Time With Family Members Who Live with Dementia
- Tainted Cucumbers Now Linked to 100 Salmonella Cases in 23 States
- Check Your Pantry, Lay’s Classic Potato Chips Recalled Due to Milk Allergy Risk
- Norovirus Sickens Hundreds on Three Cruise Ships: CDC
- Not Just Blabber: What Baby’s First Vocalizations and Coos Can Tell Us
- What’s the Link Between Memory Problems and Sexism?
- Supreme Court to Decide on South Carolina’s Bid to Cut Funding for Planned Parenthood
- Antibiotics Do Not Increase Risks for Cognitive Decline, Dementia in Older Adults, New Data Says
- A New Way to Treat Sjögren’s Disease? Researchers Are Hopeful
- Some Abortion Pill Users Surprised By Pain, Study Says
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Health Highlights: May 28, 2020
Coronavirus Antibody Tests Still Not Accurate Enough: CDC Large U.S. Pharmacy Chains Played Role in Opioid Crisis, Lawsuit Claims AIDS Activist and Playwright Larry Kramer Dies at 84 Preventative Meds Help Reduce Rebound Headaches: Study
- Posted May 28, 2020
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‘Silent’ COVID-19 More Widespread Than Thought
A new cruise ship study suggests that the number of people who are infected with the new coronavirus but have no symptoms may be much higher than believed. More than 80% of those who tested positive for...
- Posted May 28, 2020
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Mindfulness May Ease the Emotional Burden of MS
Mindfulness training may help counter the thinking and emotional difficulties caused by multiple sclerosis. In a small test study, people with multiple sclerosis (MS) who had four weeks of mindfulness training emerged with better emotional control and...
- Posted May 27, 2020
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Clotting Tied to COVID-19 May Harm the Placenta
Women who had COVID-19 while pregnant showed evidence of placental injury, suggesting a new complication of the illness, researchers say. The good news from the small study of 16 women is that “most of these babies were...
- Posted May 27, 2020
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Alzheimer’s Gene Linked to Severe COVID-19 Risk
People who have a flawed gene linked to Alzheimer’s disease may face a higher risk of COVID-19, an international team of researchers reports. Part of the increased risk among people with dementia may owe to high rates...
- Posted May 27, 2020
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White House Announces Plan for Medicare Recipients to Get Insulin at $35 Per Month
Beginning next year, people on some Medicare Part D or Medicare Advantage Plans who need insulin will be able to access the lifesaving medication for just $35 a month, according to a new plan announced by the...
- Posted May 27, 2020
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Coronavirus Cases Ticking Upwards in Nearly a Dozen U.S. States
(HealthDay News) — A jump in coronavirus cases is being seen in nearly a dozen U.S. states, at least half of which reopened early, as the country’s coronavirus case count neared 1.7 million on Wednesday. Though the...
- Posted May 27, 2020
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Health Highlights: May 27, 2020
Preventative Meds Help Reduce Rebound Headaches: Study Apple Reopening 100 U.S. Stores FDA Approves Drug to Treat Severe Malaria WHO Suspends Testing of Hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 Patients
- Posted May 27, 2020
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Lockdown Got You Down? Experts Offer Tips to De-Stress
Though the physical health risks posed by COVID-19 are at the top of everyone’s mind, experts warn the pandemic is also exacting a massive toll on mental health. So finds new research emerging on the mental health...
- Posted May 27, 2020
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WHO Halts Testing of Drug That President Trump Has Embraced
(HealthDay News) — Safety concerns over a malaria drug that President Donald Trump has touted as a coronavirus treatment prompted the World Health Organization on Monday to remove the medication from a global trial of potential COVID-19...
- Posted May 26, 2020