[ad_1] Latest Mental Health News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 (HealthDay Now) Alaina Stanisci has grappled with an eating disorder since she was 10, and the disruptions of the pandemic only made things worse for the high school senior. “I actually experienced a relapse at the beginning of the […]

[ad_1] MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) Schools should stock the opioid overdose antidote naloxone and train staff and students how to respond to an overdose, experts say after the apparent fentanyl overdose death of seventh grader at a school in Hartford, Conn. “Naloxone should be available in all schools, and there should be education […]

[ad_1] By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 (healthDay News) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration may soon curtail the use of two monoclonal antibody treatments that do not appear to work against the highly contagious Omicron variant. The treatments made by Regeneron and Eli Lilly performed well against earlier variants, but only […]

[ad_1] MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) When American kids do downhill skiing or snowboarding, they almost always wear a helmet, their parents say, but they’re far less likely to do so when cruising down a neighborhood hill on a sled. That puts them at risk for serious head injuries, experts warn. “Because sledding is […]

[ad_1] MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) A cast is as good as metal pins for treating a broken wrist, researchers report. A broken wrist in which bone fragments move out of their normal alignment is called a displaced wrist fracture. After the bones are put back in place, they’re typically held in position by […]

[ad_1] Latest Diet & Weight Management News MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) Losing weight before beginning fertility treatment doesn’t boost the odds that a woman who is obese will have a successful pregnancy, a new study shows. Obesity has been linked with difficulty conceiving, as well as pregnancy complications and loss. Many […]

[ad_1] FRIDAY, Jan. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) Americans don’t like to dwell on dying, so maybe it isn’t surprising that compared to other nations, the United States does just a middling job of providing a good death. The United States ranked in the middle of 81 countries rated on how well their health care systems […]

[ad_1] FRIDAY, Jan. 21, 2022 Herd immunity against COVID-19 is unlikely, and coping with the disease will likely hinge on vaccination, treatment and ensuring adequate hospital capacity, a new study conducted in Los Angeles County claims. With herd immunity, most people have antibodies from vaccination or prior infection, so a virus has fewer people to […]

[ad_1] FRIDAY, Jan. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) Sharing food and smooching are two ways babies can suss out whom they can depend on to take care for them, a new study suggests. The tell-tale clue common to both is a surprising one: saliva. “Babies don’t know in advance which relationships are the close and morally […]

[ad_1] FRIDAY, Jan. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) If you or someone you know has suffered a concussion, a medical evaluation is crucial, an expert says. A concussion is “a short-lived functional brain injury typically caused by a bump or blow to the head,” Cleveland Clinic concussion specialist Dr. Richard Figler said in a clinic news […]