Babies delivered by cesarean section are no more likely to have food allergies during their first year of life than other infants, according to an Australian study. The association between type of delivery and food allergy risk had been unclear, so researchers decided to take a closer look. For the study, they analyzed data on… read on > read on >
Americans with sickle cell disease who have private insurance face average out-of-pocket costs of $1,300 a year and a lifetime total of $44,000, new research reveals. That means that their out-of-pocket expenses are nearly four times higher compared to people without the inherited blood disorder, the new study found. “Identifying ways to reduce the burden… read on > read on >
If you have both asthma and seasonal allergies, there are ways to reduce the impacts of that double whammy, an expert says. People with asthma, a chronic lung condition, should try to control or prevent allergic outbreaks, said Dr. Miranda Curtiss, an assistant professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. Nasal… read on > read on >
Evidence continues to mount that a specific strain of adenovirus could be implicated in a wave of American children who’ve developed acute hepatitis of unknown origin, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said Friday. “The evidence is accumulating that there’s a role for adenovirus, particularly adenovirus 41,” Dr. Jay Butler, the CDC’s deputy… read on > read on >
A growing number of U.S. teenagers are vaping marijuana — a habit that in some ways may be more risky than old-fashioned pot smoking, a new study finds. Researchers found that between 2017 and 2019, the percentage of teens who reported any marijuana use in the past month ticked upward slightly — from 13.9% to… read on > read on >
FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Just a few days after Dottie Lewis and her husband, Wayne, returned from vacation to their home in Plymouth, Massachusetts, she started feeling poorly. This was 2019, a year before COVID-19 shut down travel and before face masks on planes. Dottie often caught a bug while… read on > read on >
Anyone who’s tried to sleep on a hot summer night knows how hard it is to nod off when the mercury is rising. So it’s no surprise that global warming is likely to cost people more and more shut-eye as temperatures around the world rise. By the end of this century, individuals could be subjected… read on > read on >
A bill that would allow families in a U.S. government assistance program to buy whatever brand of baby formula they can find is on the way to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. The bill, which is meant to help families in the WIC program obtain baby formula in the midst of a… read on > read on >
Dementia risk factors appear to shift with age, and experts say knowing that could help people make lifestyle changes to reduce their chances of developing the disease. “Dementia is a complicated disease and risk prediction scores need to be tailored to the individual,” said Emer McGrath of the National University of Ireland Galway, lead author… read on > read on >
For many women, having it all may mean forgoing a decent night’s sleep. Women in the United States are less likely to get a good night’s sleep and more likely to report daytime sleepiness than men, a new survey shows. The online poll of more than 2,000 U.S. adults found that women are 1.5 times… read on > read on >
