FRIDAY, May 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) While most people probably know it’s not safe to get a sunburn, many may not realize that tanning also increases the risk of skin cancer and premature skin aging. A new survey of more than 1,000 U.S. adults by the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) found a sharp rise […]

WEDNESDAY, May 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) Many COVID-19 patients who didn’t wind up in the hospital continue to battle lingering health issues more than a year later, a new study finds. These long-haulers continue to suffer neurologic symptoms, fatigue and a compromised quality of life long after their initial infection. “We were surprised by the […]

By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, May 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) It’s tempting to binge-watch TV shows, and it might be hard to get off the couch after just one or two episodes. But it could be worth it. Researchers calculated that if people committed to watching just under an hour of TV a day, […]

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) Vaccinated people who experience a breakthrough case of COVID-19 are at risk for developing long-haul symptoms, though they are better protected against some of the worst ones, new data show. Compared to the unvaccinated, people who had COVID shots had a 15% lower risk […]

Latest Infectious Disease News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) Researchers may finally have definitive proof of what’s caused recent outbreaks of a rare polio-like illness in U.S. children: a respiratory virus that is usually harmless. The condition, called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), attacks tissue in the spinal […]

By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) A multi-day intravenous infusion of the local anesthetic lidocaine appears to offer some pain relief to patients battling otherwise untreatable daily migraines. That’s the takeaway from a new study that examined the effectiveness of lidocaine infusion treatment — a much debated therapy that requires […]