(HealthDay News) – People who live heart failure with reduced ejection fraction can now turn to a diabetes drug to help them feel better, stay out of the hospital and potentially live longer. Three leading heart organizations — the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association and the Heart Failure Society of America — released… read on > read on >
Now that many Americans can get not one, but two booster shots, how do you know if they are right for you? Michigan Medicine-University of Michigan offers some advice based on updated findings and recommendations. “Everyone over age 12 should get a [first] booster shot to help protect themselves not only from breakthrough infections, including… read on > read on >
If you’re recovering from a significant injury or illness, a rehabilitation therapist could be a big help in getting back to your normal daily life, according to experts. “You don’t get a manual that comes with your injury that tells you how to navigate returning to your usual pattern of functioning,” said Brigid Waldron-Perrine, a… read on > read on >
It turns out that trees might be good medicine. How so? New research shows that having lots of trees in your neighborhood could improve your health and lower your medical costs. “It’s time to stop looking at trees simply as an amenity and start recognizing the essential services they provide,” said study author Ming Kuo,… read on > read on >
After a child shows up in the emergency room in the throes of an asthma attack, follow-up care is the best way to avoid another visit to the hospital down the road. But when researchers analyzed claims data on more than 90,000 asthma-related emergency department (ED) visits by children ages 3 to 21 in California,… read on > read on >
Correcting low blood sugar in infants reduces their risk of brain development problems later in life, new studies show. Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) is common in babies, affecting more than 1 in 6. Glucose (sugar) is the main source of energy for the brain, and untreated hypoglycemia in infancy can affect a child’s brain development… read on > read on >
Could an annual eye exam save your sight if you have diabetes? Most definitely, one vision expert says. “Diabetes is known to alter the health of the blood vessels in the retina and these vascular changes do not cause symptoms in the early stages,” explained Dr. Jeffrey Sundstrom, an ophthalmologist and retina specialist at Penn… read on > read on >
Newer sunscreens that can match your skin tone may encourage more people to use sunscreen, an expert says. “The lighter a person’s skin, the higher their risk for skin cancer,” said Dr. Henry Lim, former chair of dermatology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. “While people with darker skin have a lower risk for skin… read on > read on >
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in America, accounting for more than one in five deaths. Still, far too few women realize the danger. In fact, “Awareness of heart disease as the leading cause of death among women actually declined from 2009 to 2019,” Dr. Dipti Itchhaporia, president of the American… read on > read on >
Images of Ukrainians being carried on stretchers from bombed-out buildings, wounded and bleeding, are heartbreaking, but one American surgeons’ group is doing its part to help teach the war-torn country’s citizens how to halt life-threatening bleeds. When serious injury strikes, time is of the essence, experts from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) warn. But… read on > read on >
