[ad_1] Latest Mental Health News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter People who believe their bodies and minds will break down with age may be creating a self-fulfilling prophecy, a recent study suggests. Researchers found that older adults with a dim outlook on aging tended to report more physical health symptoms on days when […]

[ad_1] By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) As a record number of American kids are being hospitalized with COVID-19, a new study helps clarify which ones are at the highest risk for serious complications. The study tracked over 3,200 children and teenagers who landed in an emergency room with COVID-19 […]

[ad_1] TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 It’s too soon to determine whether Omicron’s rapid spread will turn a pandemic virus into an endemic disease, America’s top infectious disease expert says. That “would only be the case if we don’t get another variant that eludes the immune response to the prior variant,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said this […]

[ad_1] TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) If you vape and catch COVID-19, you may feel a whole lot worse than people who come down with the virus but don’t use electronic cigarettes, researchers say. When compared to folks with COVID-19 who didn’t use e-cigarettes, those who did were more likely to report chest pain, […]

[ad_1] TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) It was slated to debut on Wednesday, but the federal government quietly launched its website for Americans to order free at-home COVID tests one day early. Go to COVIDTests.gov and you can quickly order four tests delivered to your home by the U.S. Postal Service. Only four tests […]

[ad_1] Latest Mental Health News WEDNESDAY, Jan. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) No magic bullet exists for ending the U.S. opioid crisis, but there’s hopeful news for one high-risk population: Providing addiction medication in jails reduces the odds of addicts being re-arrested after their release, new research shows. “Studies like this provide much-needed evidence […]

[ad_1] By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay Now) Advanced forms of hormone therapy are very effective at keeping prostate cancer in check, but they also can double a man’s risk of falling into depression, researchers have found. Prostate cancer patients treated with the latest forms of hormone blockers were twice as […]

[ad_1] WEDNESDAY, Jan. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) Even if you don’t have side effects from your COVID-19 vaccine, it’s likely still working to protect you, a reassuring new report shows. Many people who receive the mRNA COVID vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna experience body aches and fatigue that indicate the vaccine is triggering their immune […]

[ad_1] Latest Diet & Weight Management News WEDNESDAY, Jan. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) Did you watch your waistline expand during lockdown? You’re not alone. Nearly half of U.S. adults piled on excess pounds during the first year of the pandemic, making a national obesity crisis even worse, a new study shows. “Obesity was […]

[ad_1] WEDNESDAY, Jan. 19, 2022 (American Heart Association News) The way freelance photographer Donna Dymally sees it, snapping pictures imparts important life lessons. “Focus on what’s important, and if you don’t like the shot, take another one,” she said. “We develop from the negative, just like a photo.” That attitude helped Dymally recover from a […]