TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Life has not slowed for Patricia Harden of Oakland, California, since she sold her public relations company in 2020 or since retiring from her remaining consulting work the following year. Now 73, she’s serving on the board of nonprofits, taking part in a writing group and… read on > read on >
Outdoor sports season is nearly here, and with rough play comes the risk of concussion. But one of the most-used tools to assess sports-related concussion from the sidelines isn’t as precise as one might like, a new study argues. Intense exertion from playing sports could cause some of the symptoms listed on the Sports Concussion… read on > read on >
People who choose to skip sleep to study, work or play late into the night may find they’ve extended not just their waking hours but also their tummies. A small new study found that the basic problem sources back to the fact that people who don’t get enough sleep tend to eat more. Even worse,… read on > read on >
In an effort to modernize an agency that has come under fire for its handling of the pandemic, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that the agency would undergo a monthlong review of its inner workings. In an email sent to agency employees, Dr. Rochelle Walensky said she… read on > read on >
(HealthDay News) – Fresh government data shows that COVID deaths among nursing home residents data have fallen to the lowest levels seen since the pandemic began. Some 67 residents died nationwide of COVID during the week ending March 27, according to the latest statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But that… read on > read on >
(HealthDay News) – Medicare announced Monday that seniors can now walk into most drug stores and get a free over-the-counter COVID test. “For the first time in its history, Medicare is paying for an over-the-counter test,” Deputy Administrator Dr. Meena Seshamani, director of the Center for Medicare, said in a news release on the announcement.… read on > read on >
Public health experts have been telling pregnant women that it is safe — and recommended — to get a COVID-19 shot because they are at higher risk for poor outcomes and death from the virus. New research now answers a key question about the vaccine’s impact on their babies. The vaccine is not associated with… read on > read on >
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, wrote William Shakespeare. It appears he was correct. The smells that people like or loathe are determined not by cultural experiences but mostly by the structure of the odor molecule, according to a new international study. “We wanted to examine if people around the world… read on > read on >
While hospitals and clinics are known for being slow to turn new evidence into actual practice, they picked up the pace during the pandemic. A research team led by scientists from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and the University of California, San Francisco, collected data from more than 50 academic medical centers across the United… read on > read on >
Your pet’s poop and pee may give you clues to how many cancer-causing toxins have taken up residence in your home. “Our findings suggest that pets are coming into contact with aromatic amines that leach from products in their household environment,” said study author Sridhar Chinthakindi, a postdoctoral fellow at NYU Langone Health in New… read on > read on >
