Can Long COVID Harm Kids, Babies? – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Coronavirus News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 Even babies aren’t immune from the effects of long COVID, Danish researchers report. Their study found that about one in three kids aged 14 and younger who tested positive for the virus were suffering from mood swings, trouble remembering or concentrating, and rashes […]
Light in Your Bedroom Is No Good for Your Health
Latest Sleep News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 22, 2022(HealthDay News) Keeping your bedroom dark not only helps you get a good night’s sleep, but may significantly lower your odds of developing three major health problems, a new study suggests. Older men and women who used night lights, or left their TV, smartphone […]
U.S. Death Rate From Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis Triples Over Two Decades
Latest Digestion News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) Americans may have a collective drinking problem, made worse by the obesity epidemic, new research suggests. The new study found that deaths from alcoholic cirrhosis have more than tripled in 20 years. In 1999, alcoholic cirrhosis — an advanced form of […]
Stress Can Age, Weaken Your Immune System
Latest Mental Health News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, June 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) Stress may take a huge toll on your health, weakening your immune system and opening the door to serious illness, a new study suggests. Traumatic events, job strain, daily stressors and discrimination may all speed aging of the immune system, […]
Neurodevelopmental Issues Double in Babies Exposed to COVID in Womb: Study
Latest Pregnancy News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, June 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) The babies of women infected with COVID-19 during pregnancy may have developmental difficulties during their first year, a new study suggests. Researchers found that pregnant women with COVID-19 were more likely to have preterm births and infants with developmental problems. The […]
Dangerous Prescriptions of Opioids-Plus-Sedatives Plummet in U.S.
Latest Mental Health News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) Reacting to the nation’s opioid epidemic, doctors in the United States are co-prescribing fewer opioid painkillers and benzodiazepines such as Ativan and Xanax, federal health officials report. When these drugs are taken together, the odds of an overdose, even a […]
1 Dirty Pool, Many Cases of E. Coli: Summer’s Swimming Danger – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, May 24, 2022 As the weather warms and families flock to pools, dirty water may dampen the fun. Swimmers at a Pennsylvania community pool learned that the hard way when in June 2021 more than a dozen kids were seriously sickened by two types of […]
Skipping COVID Vaccine in Pregnancy Brings Big Risks to Mothers, Babies
Latest Pregnancy News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Jan. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) Unvaccinated pregnant women are putting themselves and their baby at risk for serious complications of COVID-19, according to new research out of Scotland. For women who have the virus within 28 days of their delivery date, those complications include preterm births, […]
More Folks Drive High When Pot Made Legal: Study
Latest Mental Health News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Jan. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) Here’s more evidence that marijuana may make driving more dangerous: As pot has been legalized in more countries and states, a greater number of people are driving intoxicated by the drug and crashing, researchers report. THC, the active […]
Humans Pass Coronavirus to Deer, Creating Reservoir for Variants
Latest Coronavirus News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Dec. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) In a sign that white-tailed deer are becoming a reservoir for the new coronavirus, researchers report that COVID-19 variants are spreading among the wild animals. How they became infected and if these variants can infect humans isn’t known, experts […]