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23 May
COVID-19 Pandemic Worsens Teen Mental Health Crisis, New Study Finds
The Covid-19 pandemic is causing a spike in pediatric mental health emergencies and longer waits for psychiatric placements, researchers say.
20 May
Playing Video Games May Boost Kids IQ, Study Finds
Children who play video games more than average may experience a boost in their IQ more than average, researchers say.
19 May
HealthDay Now: Maternal Mortality Crisis Hits Black Mothers Hardest
HealthDay’s Mabel Jong will be joined by Stacey D. Stewart, the president & CEO of March of Dimes, and Dr. Chereena Walker, a hospitalist and mother of two from Missouri who experienced severe complications during her pregnancies. Stewart and Walker will discuss the risks that pregnant women — particularly women of color — face in the United States.
Gay Community Most Vulnerable to Monkeypox Threat, Vaccines Available Soon: CDC
At a Monday media briefing, U.S. public health officials said they are tracking a handful of travel-related monkeypox cases that have been reported across the country.
Anyone can catch monkeypox, but at this time it appears to be "circulating globally in some parts of the gay community," Dr. John Brooks, a medical epidemiologist with the...
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1 Dirty Pool, Many Cases of E. Coli: Summer's Swimming Danger
MONDAY, May 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- As the weather warms and families flock to pools, dirty water may dampen the fun.
Swimmers at a Pennsylvania community pool learned that the hard way when in June 2021 more than a dozen kids were seriously sickened by two types of bacteria, and .
"These are pathogens that ...
- Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
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Lower Incomes May Mean Lower Survival After Heart Attack
MONDAY, May 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If you're poor and have a severe type of heart attack, the chance you'll live through it is significantly lower than that of someone with more money, new research shows.
The finding underscores the need to close a divide in health care that hits low-income people hard, said lead r...
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
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- May 23, 2022
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Emergency Shipment of Baby Formula Arrives From Europe
A 35-ton shipment of hypoallergenic baby formula from Switzerland arrived in the United States on Sunday, the first delivery in what the Biden administration is calling "Operation Fly Formula" to deal with a nationwide shortage.
The 132 pallets of formula arrived in Indianapolis on a military C-17 cargo plane from Germany, and will be fed ...
- By Dennis Thompson and Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporters
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- May 23, 2022
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3-Dose Pfizer COVID Vaccine Spurs Strong Response in Youngest Kids
Pfizer/BioNTech says a three-dose regimen of its COVID-19 vaccine appears to provoke a strong immune response in the youngest age group of children — those aged 6 months to 5 years.
This is the only age group not yet approved for COVID-19 vaccination by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. According to CNN, Pfizer said it plan...
- By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- May 23, 2022
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AHA News: Monitoring Blood Pressure at Home Can Be Tricky. Here's How to Do It Right.
Knowing your blood pressure is a basic part of good health. But monitoring it at home can get complicated.
"It sounds easy – you buy a device, smack the cuff on your upper arm and push a button, right? It's not so easy," said Dr. Daichi Shimbo, co-director of the Columbia Hypertension Center in New York.
High blood pressure is a co...
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