WEDNESDAY, March 2, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Alex Hobbs was coaching a youth soccer team last May when he felt a burning sensation in his stomach and chest. He’d recently had a respiratory infection and assumed the discomfort was related. Then he felt a familiar pain in his jaw. Alex knew he was… read on > read on >
The Keto diet is a low-carb lover’s dream, but a new study suggests the popular eating plan may also improve some symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS). MS is an autoimmune disease that occurs when your body attacks the insulation wrapped around its nerves, causing numbness, fatigue, bladder problems, mood issues and mobility problems that can… read on > read on >
The United States has had about 140 million COVID infections since the start of the pandemic, new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show. That number is far higher than the 74.3 million confirmed COVID-19 cases nationwide as of Jan. 31. The new findings are from the CDC’s national antibody seroprevalence… read on > read on >
Can the size of a blood pressure cuff throw off your reading? Yes, claims a new study that found an ill-fitting blood pressure cuff could make the difference between being accurately diagnosed with high blood pressure or not. Blood pressure cuffs come in different sizes, and guidelines say health care providers should use the cuff… read on > read on >
Women who enter menopause early may be more likely to develop dementia later in life, new research indicates. During menopause, production of the female sex hormone estrogen drops dramatically and a woman’s periods come to an end. While women typically enter menopause in their early 50s, many do so earlier — either naturally or due… read on > read on >
A new “test to treat” plan will be a key part of a revamped national strategy to return the country to normal, President Joe Biden announced during his State of the Union speech Tuesday night. The new testing initiative would provide Americans with new antiviral medications as soon as they learn they are infected, Biden… read on > read on >
People who’ve had COVID-19 may have long-term immune protection against new variants of the virus, but researchers say vaccination remains the best safeguard against reinfection. Their small new study analyzed blood samples from 24 people whose COVID infections ranged from symptom-free to severe enough to send them to the hospital. While those who had mild… read on > read on >
Full coverage by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) for COVID emergency response costs to states, tribes and territories has been extended once more, and will now continue through July 1, the White House said Tuesday. The funding supports FEMA-backed efforts such as vaccination clinics, mass testing sites and added resources to hospitals to deal… read on > read on >
Osteoarthritis has become increasingly common in recent decades, and authors of a new study say preventive steps are needed to bring numbers under control. “The disease burden … is formidable,” said co-senior author Dr. Jianhao Lin, of Peking University People’s Hospital in China. “Due to population expansion, aging and the epidemic of obesity, one would… read on > read on >
Though they’re on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. health care workers’ paychecks don’t always adequately reward those efforts. Wages for health care workers actually rose less than the average across all U.S. employment sectors during the first and second years of the pandemic, according to a new study that also reported a… read on > read on >
