Animal Sedative Is Driving Rise in Fatal Drug ODs
Latest Mental Health News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) An animal tranquilizer, xylazine, is increasingly linked to drug overdose deaths across the United States, health officials say. According to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, xylazine has turned up in overdose […]
Pet Store Puppies Passing Drug-Resistant Bacteria to People
Latest Infectious Disease News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Sept. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) It’s hard to resist those big, pleading eyes in the pet store window. But buyer beware. Pet store puppies may infect people with a bacteria for which no common antibiotic treatment exists, a new study warns. Campylobacter jejuni […]
New Tally Adds Extra 16,000 U.S. Nursing Home Residents Lost to COVID
Latest Coronavirus News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Sept. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) The number of cases and deaths from COVID-19 in U.S. nursing homes appears to have been grossly underestimated. According to a new study, that’s because U.S. federal guidelines did not require nursing homes to report cases and deaths until […]
Is Your Workplace an Asthma Trigger?
Latest Asthma News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) Workers, take heed: Your place of work can help bring on or exacerbate asthma, a new study suggests. Common workplace triggers include poor ventilation and moldy air conditioning systems, cleaning products and even the toner used in printers, the […]
Teachers Have No Higher Risk of Severe COVID-19: Study
Latest Coronavirus News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Sept. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) As the new school year begins, teachers can take comfort in a new report that finds they have no greater risk of catching or being hospitalized for severe COVID-19 than anyone else. Researchers in Scotland say that might be […]
Kids Piled on Extra Pounds During Pandemic
Latest Healthy Kids News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Aug. 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) New research confirms the pandemic has not been good for the waistlines of children. During lockdowns, American kids gained more weight than before the pandemic, and the number who became obese also increased, researchers report. “This increased weight […]
A Mentally Challenging Job Could Help Ward Off Dementia
Latest Alzheimer’s News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) While every worker would prefer a fun, mentally stimulating job, new research reveals an added bonus: Such work could help prevent dementia in old age. On-the-job intellectual stimulation appears to lower levels of certain proteins that block brain cells […]
Lyme Disease Can Wreak Havoc on Mental Health
Latest Infectious Disease News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Aug. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) Lyme disease can exact a significant mental toll as well as a physical one on its sufferers, a new study confirms. Patients hospitalized for Lyme disease had a 28% higher incidence of mental disorders and were twice as […]
Pandemic Has Depression, Anxiety Rates Among Youth Climbing Worldwide
Latest Depression News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Aug. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) If you think the pandemic hasn’t taken a toll on the mental health of young people, ponder these two facts from a new review: one in four are suffering from depression, while one in five are struggling with anxiety. […]
After Nearly 9 Million Pfizer Shots for U.S. Teens, Serious Side Effects Rare: CDC
Latest Healthy Kids News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Aug. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) U.S. health officials have some reassuring news about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine in young people: Among millions of U.S. teens who’ve received Pfizer’s shots, serious side effects have been rare. As of July 16, close to […]