Science Lags Behind for Kids with Long COVID

July 22, 2022 – Emma Sherman, a 13-year-old girl in Ascot, United Kingdom, woke up to a dizzying aura of blind spots and flashing lights in her field of vision. It was May 2020, and she also had crippling nausea and headaches. By August, her dizziness was so overwhelming, she couldn’t hold her head up,…

What Doctors Wish Patients Knew About Their Work

July 22, 2022 – What would doctors like patients to understand about the practice of medicine today? More than 200 U.S. doctors responded to a recent Medscape poll that aimed to find out just that. Read on for what primary care doctors and specialists say they wish their patients knew about their work. Patients Don’t…

Devices That Can Help You Get a Restful Night’s Sleep

By Robert Preidt HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter SATURDAY, April 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you’re thinking about getting a device to help you sleep better, an expert offers some advice. Sleep-tracking devices range from those that record how much you sleep to those that monitor your sleep stages, but it can be difficult to know…

How to Find a Supportive Doctor

PHOTO CREDITS: Zach McCallum: Photo by Zach McCallum Amanda Kallen: Photo by Karissa Van Tassel photography Christy Olezeski: Photo courtesy of Christy Olezeski SOURCES: Zach McCallum, writer and health advocate, Portland, OR. Amanda Kallen, MD, Yale Medicine; associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Christy Olezeski, PhD,…

Lawsuit Alleges Eating Skittles Poses a Safety Risk

Candy giant Mars Inc., promising the experience of tasting the rainbow, is under fire for ingredient in its popular candy. Source link

HRT Won’t Raise Recurrence Rate for Breast Cancer Survivors

By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for breast cancer survivors doesn’t appear to increase the risk of cancer recurrence or death, Danish researchers report. Although HRT has previously been linked to a raised risk of breast cancer’s return, those earlier studies referred to oral HRT…

Is There Really a Connection?

By Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) – It’s long been conventional wisdom that weather makes arthritis pain worse. The issue has been studied through the years, with conflicting findings. But three recent studies found weather does have some impact, said Dr. Robert Shmerling, writing for the Harvard Health Blog….

Where Pot Became Legal, Car Crash Deaths Rose

By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, July 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) – – Car crashes and deaths are on the rise in U.S. states that have legalized recreational marijuana, a new study finds. “Marijuana, like alcohol and just about every other drug, changes how you feel and how you behave. That’s the purpose of a…

Future Is Brighter for Alopecia Treatment: Expert

July 19, 2022 – For many people with severe alopecia areata, who have lived with baldness, or with scalps only sparsely dotted with hair, or with missing eyebrows or lashes, the future has a new look. “There’s this unbelievable momentum,” Brett King, MD, an associate professor of dermatology at the Yale University School of Medicine…

What Makes Tuna, Tuna? Subway Lawsuit Aims to Find Out

July 18, 2022 – The sandwich chain Subway is no stranger to scandals. In 2013, Subway settled a claim that alleged its footlong subs were shorter than advertised. Then, in 2014, it endured a scandal over a “yoga mat” chemical found in its bread. Now, the world’s largest sandwich chain is facing another controversy: whether…