Put Your Plan Into Action
A few simple lifestyle choices can prevent many types of heart disease. Learn some practical ways to protect your heart. Source link
Most High School Students Are OK With Wearing Masks: Survey
By Cara MurezHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Jan. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A research team studying live streams of high school graduations from last July found that most high schoolers are willing to wear masks. Students just need more education on how to wear them properly, as well as information about the importance of […]
Music Could Be a Post-Op Panacea, Study Finds
FRIDAY, Jan. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Heart surgery can be stressful, but researchers may have found a way to reduce patients’ anxiety and postoperative pain — without any extra side effects. A team from the Netherlands found that the simple act of listening to music around the time of surgery may help patients […]
Anti-Vaxxers Wage Campaigns Against COVID-19 Shots
Separating fact from fiction Now that millions of people have received the vaccines — including more than 3 million who have completed the full two-dose regimen — experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be able to truly sort out real, rare side effects caused by the […]
What a Doctor Wants You to Know
By Scott G. Chudnoff, MD, as told to Camille Noe Pagán A lot of people think emergency contraception (EC) is an abortion pill, but that’s not how it works. If you’re already pregnant and you use it, it won’t end your pregnancy. EC only reduces your odds of getting pregnant if you’ve […]
COVID Virus May Prompt Body to Attack Itself
Jan. 29, 2021 — An international team of researchers studying COVID-19 has made a startling and pivotal discovery: The virus appears to cause the body to make weapons to attack its own tissues. The finding could unlock a number of COVID’s clinical mysteries. They include the puzzling collection of symptoms that can come with […]
COPD: What’s My Life Expectancy?
SOURCES: American Lung Association: “COPD Causes and Risk Factors,” “What Is the Life Expectancy of Someone with Pulmonary Fibrosis?” Albert A. Rizzo, MD, chief medical officer, American Lung Association, Newark, DE. Mayo Clinic: “COPD.” Cureus: “Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: The Changes Made.” International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: “Life […]
COVID Especially Risky With Schizophrenia
THURSDAY, Jan. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Schizophrenia is second only to age when it comes to risk factors for dying from COVID-19, new research suggests. People with this mental illness are known to be at greater risk for contracting COVID-19, but the new study shows they are also more likely to die from […]
Can You Use a Menstrual Cup With an IUD?
Here’s what you need to know about using a menstrual cup when you have an IUD. Source link
No COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Surprises
Jan. 27, 2021 — The U.S. is nearly 6 weeks into its historic campaign to vaccinate Americans against the virus that causes COVID-19, and so far, the two vaccines in use look remarkably low-risk, according to new data presented today at a meeting of vaccine experts that advise the CDC. With 23.5 million doses […]