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SUNDAY, Jan. 23, 2022 — If winter gets you down, you may have a form of depression called SAD. That’s short for seasonal affective disorder. SAD brings on mood changes during fall and winter, when there is less sunlight, and symptoms typically ease up in the spring. But the American Psychiatric Association says SAD goes […]
Continue ReadingSUNDAY, Jan. 23, 2022 — If winter gets you down, you may have a form of depression called SAD. That’s short for seasonal affective disorder. SAD brings on mood changes during fall and winter, when there is less sunlight, and symptoms typically ease up in the spring. But the American Psychiatric Association says SAD goes […]
Continue ReadingSATURDAY, Jan. 22, 2022 — Tobacco use is far and away the leading cause of lung cancer, but non-smokers are also at risk, experts say. People who smoke have the highest risk, and smokeless tobacco is also a threat. About 90% of lung cancer cases could be prevented by eliminating tobacco use, according to the […]
Continue ReadingBy Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Jan. 21, 2022 — Booster shots are keeping the Omicron variant from landing millions of Americans in hospitals, emergency rooms and urgent care clinics across the country, three new government studies show. In one study, published Friday in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality […]
Continue ReadingFRIDAY, Jan. 21, 2022 — Your heart is in an incredibly vulnerable state if you’ve suffered a heart attack or are fighting heart failure, and cardiac rehabilitation could be an important part of your recovery. Unfortunately, not enough older folks appear to be taking advantage of this life-saving therapy. Fewer than one in 10 eligible […]
Continue ReadingFRIDAY, Jan. 21, 2022 — One less excuse to avoid that COVID vaccine: The shots don’t affect fertility in either men or women, new research shows, but coronavirus infection could cause short-term fertility problems in men. “Many reproductive-aged individuals have cited concerns about fertility as a reason for remaining unvaccinated,” said lead study author Amelia […]
Continue ReadingFRIDAY, Jan. 21, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — A few weeks before Thanksgiving, Ken and Morgan House of Newington, Connecticut, spent a week at one of her favorite places – Disney World. They walked to all the theme parks, went on countless rides and shared healthy meals. Every day, Morgan would smile broadly at […]
Continue ReadingBy Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Jan. 21, 2022 — Some kids might be able to get over their peanut allergy if they start immunotherapy while they’re still toddlers, a major new clinical trial reports. In the trial, a group of 1- to 3-year-olds with severe peanut allergies were safely fed gradually increasing daily doses […]
Continue ReadingFRIDAY, Jan. 21, 2022 — Shortages of both supplies and workers are wreaking havoc on the efforts of COVID at-home test makers to deliver enough of the tests to Americans, even as the federal government pledges to provide 500 million free, at-home kits. Like many other businesses, test kit manufacturers “have too many of their […]
Continue ReadingBy Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Jan. 21, 2022 — Some recreational pot shops are using tricks from the old playbooks of alcohol and tobacco companies to target underage users on social media, a new study reports. Despite state laws restricting such marketing, researchers found marijuana retailers on social media promoting their wares with posts […]
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