- About 6% of U.S. Adults Have ADHD, Drug Shortages Are Affecting Treatment
- U.S. Scrambles to Find Hospital IV Fluids After Helene Damages NC Plant
- Think Your Opinion Must Be Right? Science Reveals Why You May Be Wrong
- A Robot Finger Might Someday Take Your Pulse, Check for Tumors
- Six-Week Abortion Bans: More Than a Third of Women Don’t Know They Are Pregnant by 6 Weeks
- Loneliness Raises Odds for Dementia by 31%
- Could Lingering Infection Be Causing Long COVID?
- MS Might Raise a Person’s Odds for Cancer
- Seniors, You’re Never Too Old to Quit Smoking, Study Finds
- Crohn’s, Colitis Care Take Big Financial Toll on Patients
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Cyberbullies and Their Victims Can Both Develop PTSD
Both cyberbullies and their victims can suffer from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a new British study finds. Cyberbullying is bullying online rather than in person. It’s so pervasive that pediatricians should routinely ask their patients...
- Posted June 24, 2020
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Could Crohn’s, Colitis Raise Dementia Risk?
People with inflammatory bowel disease might be vulnerable to developing dementia, a new study suggests. Inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, is an umbrella term for ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. Both cause chronic inflammation in the digestive...
- Posted June 24, 2020
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COVID Spreads Quickly in Crowded Homes, Poor Neighborhoods
Poverty and crowded living conditions increase the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, a new study suggests. Researchers reached that conclusion after testing nearly 400 women who gave birth at two hospitals in New York City...
- Posted June 23, 2020
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Severe COVID-19 Raises Odds for Dangerous Heart Conditions 10-Fold
Doctors have long noted links between severe COVID-19 and heart trouble, but a new study helps quantify the magnitude of the problem. The study of hundreds of hospitalized patients found that cardiac arrest and heart rhythm disorders...
- Posted June 23, 2020
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Amid Jumps in COVID-19 Infections, U.S. Health Officials to Testify in Congress
As 29 U.S. states and territories posted spikes in new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the country’s top health officials prepared to testify before Congress on their handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top...
- Posted June 23, 2020
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Health Highlights: June 23, 2020
Millions of U.S. Coronavirus Cases in March Weren't Diagnosed: Study Black, Hispanic Medicare Patients Much More Likely Than Whites to be Hospitalized with COVID-19 Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Health Care Protections for Transgender People Number of Hajj Pilgrims Will...
- Posted June 23, 2020
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Health Highlights: June 22, 2020
Children's Robitussin Honey Cough And Chest Congestion DM Recalled Skin-Lightening Products Dropped by Johnson & Johnson
- Posted June 22, 2020
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Heart Surgery Leads to Long-Term Opioid Use for Some
About one in 10 heart surgery patients who is prescribed an opioid painkiller after the procedure still uses the drugs more than 90 days later, a new study finds. And those prescribed the highest doses are most...
- Posted June 22, 2020
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Another COVID Plague: Big Surprise Medical Bills for Survivors
Seattle resident Michael Flor’s heart nearly stopped when he received a $1.1 million dollar hospital bill for months of COVID-19 treatment. The 181-page bill listed nearly 3,000 itemized charges — and didn’t include other items likely to...
- Posted June 22, 2020
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Citing Lack of Benefit, NIH Halts Trial of Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19
The U.S. National Institutes of Heath announced Saturday that it was stopping a clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine, a drug long supported by President Donald Trump as a possible panacea for COVID-19. “A data and safety monitoring board...
- Posted June 22, 2020