After a year of learning online in their pajamas at home, many kids may struggle to wake up early for class as schools reopen this fall, an expert says. “I think the biggest concern is that the virtual environment of last year led to some unstructured schedules since it did not need a full morning… read on > read on >
Achilles tendon injuries have skyrocketed in the United States this year, researchers report. Physicians at Michigan Medicine-University of Michigan diagnosed more Achilles ruptures during June 2021 than in all of 2020. Injuries to the body’s strongest, thickest tendon account for about 30% of all sports-related injuries, and are most common among active, middle-aged men, they… read on > read on >
Masks are making an unwanted comeback in many parts of the United States, after new data showing that fully vaccinated people with “breakthrough” coronavirus infections carry enough virus in their bodies to pose a potential risk to the unvaccinated. But these breakthrough infections — which have become slightly more common with the highly transmissible Delta… read on > read on >
FRIDAY, Aug. 13, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Trauma in childhood may lead to worse heart health later in life for Black people in the U.S. who have a low income, but not for those who have more money, a study found. Early trauma has been linked to cardiovascular health problems in previous research,… read on > read on >
FRIDAY, Aug. 13, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — At 37, Mary Gordon was fit, energetic and healthy. She regularly pushed herself through workouts on a high-tech stationary bike and ran 5Ks. So she was at a loss to explain the fatigue she began experiencing. Shortly before Christmas 2019, she woke up feeling out of… read on > read on >
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized a third “booster” shot of coronavirus vaccines for people with weakened immune systems, as the highly contagious Delta variant continues to surge across the country. Expanding the emergency use of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines should help protect those patients who are considered most vulnerable to… read on > read on >
The drug Xywav has been approved for expanded use in adults with a rare sleep disorder called idiopathic hypersomnia, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. The drug has a checkered history: In the 1960s, it was given to women during childbirth to dampen their consciousness, The New York Times reported, while an illicit… read on > read on >
As legal use of marijuana expands, experts say U.S. cancer patients are still far less likely to use it than the general population. That’s the key finding from a new study based on data on smoking habits — both tobacco and pot — collected from nearly 20,000 people between 2013 and 2018. Several U.S. states… read on > read on >
Here’s an unexpected benefit from wearing a mask during the pandemic: It may also reduce fall allergy symptoms, one expert says. “Masks that people use for protection from COVID-19, particularly those that filter out more particles like the N95 or KN95 masks, also tend to filter out pollen,” said Dr. Luz Fonacier, president of the… read on > read on >
Uncontrolled asthma increases the risk of severe COVID-19, researchers warn. “This study … focused on how COVID-19 outcomes might change for asthma patients depending on their level of asthma control,” said study author Anny Xiang, a senior research scientist at Kaiser Permanente Southern California. “We also saw that even in patients with active asthma, if… read on > read on >
