Why Do We Freeze Under Pressure?
April 22, 2022 – Pat Sajak knows something brain researchers have spent decades confirming: Anyone can choke under pressure. You blank on a movie title. You freeze at a pop question. You forget – momentarily – the name of someone you’ve known for 30 years. If you’re lucky, it’s in front of a close friend […]
Guns Now Leading Cause of Death for US Children
April 22, 2022 — Gun violence has become the leading killer of youth in the United States, rising by nearly 30% between 2019 and 2020. In 2020, 4,357 children age 1-19, or about six in 100,000, died from a gun-related injury, the researchers report, slightly exceeding the number for auto accidents (3,913) and greatly exceeding […]
Pediatric Palliative Care: Easing Your Child’s Suffering
SOURCES: Klick, J. and Hauer, J. Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care, July 2010; vol 40: pp 120-151. Karen Zrenda, coordinator, Family Connections Program, Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital. Cindy Jayanetti, NP, coordinator, Yale Pediatric Advanced Care Team, Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital. Helene Morgan, LCSW, Comfort and Palliative Care Team, Los Angeles Children’s Hospital. […]
CDC Issues Alert for Hepatitis in Children With Adenovirus Infection
April 21, 2022 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a health advisory urging state and local authorities to watch for cases of hepatitis in children with adenovirus infection. Nine hepatitis cases in which children tested positive for adenovirus have occurred in Alabama since October 2021 among children aged 1-6, with two […]
20,000 Child Car Seats Recalled Because of Choking Hazard
April 21, 2022 More than 20,000 child car seats have been recalled because loose pieces of foam in the seat can cause a choking hazard, Good Morning America reported. The recall covers CYBEX Sirona M Convertible Child Car Seats manufactured between November 3, 2017, and August 31, 2018, and includes model numbers 518000385, 518002153, 518000387, […]
Black, Senior Patients More Likely to Get Unneeded Antibiotics
April 20, 2022 – Black and senior patients are more likely to be overprescribed antibiotics, according to a new study of 7 billion trips to health care centers – findings that doctors say warrant a further look into unequal prescription practices. Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center found that 64% of antibiotic […]
30% of COVID Patients in Study Developed ‘Long COVID’
About 30% of COVID-19 patients developed the condition known as long COVID, UCLA researchers said in a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. The UCLA researchers studied 1,038 people enrolled in the UCLA COVID Ambulatory Program between April 2020 and February 2021. Researchers found that 309 of them developed long COVID. A […]
Mask Mandate’s End Further Divides Many Travelers and Experts
April 19, 2022 – The fallout from Monday’s decision by a federal judge to lift mask mandates on airplanes, trains, and buses was applauded by some travelers and members of the public, while others expressed concern that the move would drive more infections as case numbers are already rising in many areas across the U.S. […]
NASA ‘Holoported’ Doctor to International Space Station
April 19, 2022 In a major advancement for telemedicine, a digital rendering of a doctor made a house call to the International Space Station last year. NASA flight surgeon Josef Schmid, MD, AEXA Aerospace CEO Fernando De La Pena Llaca, and their teams were on Earth when their images visited the space station through “holoportation,” […]
FDA Investigates Lucky Charms After Reports of Sickness
April 18, 2022 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating Lucky Charms after consumers complained about becoming sick after eating the dry cereal. The FDA said it received more than 100 complaints this year. “The FDA takes seriously any reports of possible adulteration of a food that may also cause illnesses or injury,” the […]