Hopeful sign: Midwestern states see drop in new virus cases
After a punishing fall that left hospitals struggling, some Midwestern states are seeing a decline in new coronavirus cases. But the signs of improvement are offset by the virus’s accelerating spread on both coasts: In California, officials scrambled to distribute…
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Vitamin B12 deficiency: ‘Linear lesions’ on your tongue is a warning sign
This Morning: Guest reveals symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency The role vitamin B12 plays in the body is often taken for granted until you become deficient in it. Vitamin B12 helps keep the body’s nerve and blood cells healthy and…
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Depression in Youth Linked to Risk for Somatic Diseases
TUESDAY, Dec. 15, 2020 — Patients diagnosed with depression in youth have increased risks for many somatic diseases and mortality, according to a study published online Dec. 9 in JAMA Psychiatry. Marica Leone, from Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson &…
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US, EU push forward vaccine approval as fears of Xmas infections grow
The United States and the European Union on Tuesday pushed forward approval of two leading COVID-19 candidate vaccines, as fears grew of a fresh wave of infections over Christmas. Two leading British medical journals urged London to scrap plans easing…
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More Than One-Quarter of Americans Are 'Vaccine Hesitant' About COVID-19 Shot, Survey Finds
A new survey has found that over a quarter of Americans are "vaccine hesitant" about taking a shot to help prevent contracting the coronavirus. Published Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor, the findings reflect that while…
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Better heart health scores in midlife linked to lower risk of late-life dementia
A long-term study of 1,449 people in Finland found that those who had better scores on standard metrics of cardiovascular health in midlife, especially for behavioral factors such as smoking, had a lower risk of dementia later in life. Yajun…
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This Is Why Putting Your Elf On The Shelf In The Oven Is Always A Bad Idea
To all the Elf on the Shelf families out there, consider this a warning: Don’t put your elves in the oven. Ever. Parents from Overland Park, Kansas learned this lesson for us, according to Fox News. Chelsea Hightower told the…
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New York nurse who was first coronavirus vaccine recipient: Do not be afraid
First US COVID-19 vaccine recipient: ‘I stand by the science’ of the vaccine New York nurse Sandra Lindsay encourages people ‘not to be afraid’ of vaccination, says she is ‘feeling great’ after receiving her first dose. New York critical care…
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Surgical and drug treatment options lead to similar outcomes for diabetic eye disease
Surgical and injectable drug approaches are equally effective for treatment of bleeding inside the eye from proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), according to a National Eye Institute (NEI)-supported clinical study from the DRCR Retina Network (DRCR.net). A consequence of diabetes, PDR…
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Urinary tract infection self-test more accurate with digital bacterial culturing
Soon you will be able to perform a bacterial culture at home to test for urinary tract infection (UTI), with clinical-level results. A “digital dipstick” developed by researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden proved more accurate than…
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