Though it’s not clear how diabetes may be related to hearing loss, many people experience both conditions simultaneously. About 37 million Americans have diabetes, estimates the American Diabetes Association. Meanwhile, about 34.5 million of them also have some type of hearing loss. Experiencing hearing loss is twice as common in people with diabetes as it… read on > read on >
Telehealth flourished during the pandemic, and now a new study shows it saved lives: The practice meant more people struggling with opioid addiction stayed in treatment longer and thereby lowered their risk of dying from an overdose. For the study, researchers analyzed data among nearly 176,000 Medicare beneficiaries from September 2018 to February 2021. The… read on > read on >
Up to 9% of American teens say they’ve engaged in what’s known as “digital self-harm” — anonymously posting negative comments about themselves on social media. As is the case with acts of physical self-harm such as cutting, this “virtual” self-harm is associated with a higher risk for thinking about or attempting suicide, according to a… read on > read on >
While the number of Americans with known monkeypox infections is dropping, that may signal what’s happening in big cities, experts say. It is not the end of the outbreak, they warn. Cases are down about 40% in the United States, an NBC News analysis finds. The seven-day average of new reported cases had a daily… read on > read on >
Many teenagers have a hard time discerning between accurate health messages and “fake news,” a new study finds. Presented with a choice between fake and true health messages, about two in five teenagers considered both messages equally trustworthy, researchers found. Further, about one in 10 actually considered the fake message more trustworthy than the accurate… read on > read on >
A total of 97 people across six states have now been made ill by E. coli, in an outbreak possibly tied to contaminated lettuce used in sandwiches sold at Wendy’s restaurants. “Since the last update on August 25, 2022, 13 more illnesses have been reported to CDC,” the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention… read on > read on >
Yes, you can get monkeypox at the gym, but there’s no need to panic, one expert says. “We have plenty of ways to protect ourselves in this setting,” said Dr. Thomas Giordano, chief of infectious diseases at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. First, wipe down equipment including weight machines, dumbbells, barbells and yoga mats,… read on > read on >
Children born as a result of a common fertility procedure involving frozen embryos may have higher risk of cancer, Swedish researchers report. In frozen-thawed embryo transfer, an embryo is created in a laboratory from an egg and sperm, frozen and later thawed before implantation. “The individual risk was low, while at a population level it… read on > read on >
Breathing in fumes from diesel exhaust may be more damaging to women than to men, a new, small Canadian study claims. “We already know that there are sex differences in lung diseases such as asthma and respiratory infections,” said lead researcher Hemshekhar Mahadevappa, from the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. “Our previous research showed that… read on > read on >
Hours after a vaccine advisory panel to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signaled its support for updated COVID boosters targeting Omicron variants, agency director Dr. Rochelle Walensky issued her endorsement as well. Walensky’s sign-off paves the way for the shots from Pfizer and Moderna to get into American arms within days. “The… read on > read on >
