- 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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Disparities in Stroke Care Put Rural Americans at Risk: Study
Stroke patients in rural areas of the United States are less likely to get cutting-edge treatments and more likely to die than those in cities. That’s the takeaway from a new analysis of nationwide data on more...
- Posted June 18, 2020
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Want to Travel During the Pandemic? Here’s What to Consider
If you’re thinking about traveling this summer, you need to consider the risks posed by the coronavirus pandemic, an expert says. Factors to think about include your age, your health and other people in your household. “The...
- Posted June 18, 2020
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Nearly Half of Coronavirus Infections May Be Asymptomatic
As many as 45% of people infected with COVID-19 have no symptoms, and they may play a major role in the spread of the virus, a new study says. The findings show the need for large-scale testing...
- Posted June 18, 2020
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Answering the Call: How COVID-19 Hotline Staffers Helped Panicked New Yorkers
“I live in Washington state,” said the caller, “but my husband is on a plane to New York City, and I just got a call from my doctor telling me that he’s positive for COVID! What should...
- Posted June 18, 2020
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COVID Fears Keeping Americans From Vital Doctor Visits
A ruptured appendix is one medical emergency that a general surgeon colleague of Dr. Jacqueline Fincher hadn’t treated for more than 15 years in their small town of Thomson, Ga. That’s because the signs and symptoms of...
- Posted June 18, 2020
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Doctors’ Choice of Anesthesia Could Help Curb Climate Change
Anesthesiologists can help save the planet, a new study suggests. Increased use of regional anesthesia instead of general anesthesia may help reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change, according to researchers at the Hospital for...
- Posted June 17, 2020
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Pandemic ‘Silver Lining:’ Better Sleep for Some
The COVID-19 pandemic may be stressing out most people, but it has had a surprising upside for college students: They’re sleeping better. That’s the upshot of a new study that investigated sleep habits of 139 college students...
- Posted June 17, 2020
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Cheap Steroid Could Slash COVID-19 Death Risk
With U.S. fatalities from COVID-19 now past 115,000, British scientists delivered some welcome news on Tuesday: A drug that appears to cut the odds of death in ventilated patients by one-third. The drug is a low-cost steroid...
- Posted June 17, 2020
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Record-High Spikes in New Coronavirus Cases in Arizona, Florida, Texas
After reopening, states such as Arizona, Florida and Texas are all seeing record-high one-day increases in new coronavirus cases. According to The New York Times, on Tuesday, Florida reported 2,783 new cases, Texas 2,622 and Arizona 2,392....
- Posted June 17, 2020
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Health Highlights: June 17, 2020
Some U.S. Restaurants Closing Again Due to Coronavirus Resurgence Children, Teens Half as Likely as Adults to Develop COVID-19 Health Insurers Shouldn't Charge Copays for Coronavirus Vaccine: U.S. Officials
- Posted June 17, 2020