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People buying their own health insurance have even more to think about this year, particularly those post-COVID-19 patients with lingering health concerns, the “long haulers,” who join the club of Americans with preexisting conditions. What type of plan is best for someone with an unpredictable, ongoing medical concern? That question is popping up on online […]
Continue ReadingWEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 — Levels of some small molecules called metabolites in the body may affect your risk of stroke, a new analysis suggests. Metabolites come from the food people eat, and they cause chemical processes within the bodies and microbes. An analysis of previously published studies found that the levels of 10 of […]
Continue ReadingWEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention delivered some good news and some bad news on Wednesday: The recommended length of quarantine after exposure to the new coronavirus has been shortened, but Americans are again being asked to avoid any and all travel during the coming holiday season. The […]
Continue ReadingWEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 — Americans who lost their jobs this year due to the coronavirus pandemic have remained healthier and more secure thanks to expanded unemployment insurance, a new study reports. Struggling folks who received benefits reported that they were less likely to go hungry, miss a rent or mortgage payment, delay needed […]
Continue ReadingWEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 — When COVID-19 patients go home from the hospital, their recovery is often far from over — and many might benefit from home health care, a new study suggests. At a time when U.S. COVID cases are surging and hospitals are running out of room, experts say home health care could […]
Continue ReadingWEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 (American Heart Association News) — Nobody needs a study to tell them being a single parent is tough. “This is a group of people who are kind of carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders, right?” said Dr. Natalie Stokes, a cardiology fellow at the University of Pittsburgh Medical […]
Continue ReadingWEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 – Britain became the first Western country to allow emergency use of a coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, after approving Pfizer’s candidate in the race to inoculate millions of people around the globe. “Help is on its way with this vaccine — and we can now say that with certainty, rather than […]
Continue ReadingWEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 — Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adults are less likely to take cholesterol-lowering statins to prevent heart disease than heterosexual adults, even though they have a higher heart disease risk, according to a new study. Researchers conducted an online survey of more than 1,500 Facebook users, aged 40 and older, and […]
Continue ReadingWEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 — Weight-loss surgery conquers type 2 diabetes in more than 50% of patients who have the procedure, new research shows. So-called bariatric surgery helps severely obese people shed weight and improve their health. Two types of weight-loss surgery are lap band surgery (in which a band around the top of the […]
Continue ReadingPfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) announced today that the Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the U.K. has granted a temporary authorization for emergency use for their COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (BNT162b2), against COVID-19. This constitutes the first Emergency Use Authorization following a worldwide Phase 3 trial of a vaccine […]
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