Category: Health News
Here’s where (and how) you are most likely to catch COVID – new study
We yearn to get back to normal. We’d like to meet friends in a pub or have them over for dinner. We’d like our struggling business to thrive like it did before the pandemic. We’d like our children to return to their once-familiar routine of in-person schooling and after-school activities. We’d like to ride on a bus, sing in a choir, get back to the gym, or dance in a nightclub without fear of catching COVID. Which of these activities is safe? And how safe exactly? These were the questions we sought to answer in our latest research.
Your daily 7,000
In one study, people Participants who took an average of at least 7,000 daily steps had a 50% to 70% lower risk of death.
Apple Aims to Push More Patient Data to Doctors. But Who Can Gauge Its Impact on Health?
While some doctors appreciate seeing records of home-monitored blood pressure, exercise and the like between visits, for others the data is more of a burden than an asset.
WITH DELTA, MASKING UP IS CRITICAL – AND IT’S TIME TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND THE FIT
With the arrival of the highly contagious Delta varian, it’s a good time to assess your mask quality and supply – to have the best filtering and best fitting mask or respirator you can. To resist the Delta variant, you’ll want both a good fit and a high-quality mask.
A common prostate biopsy is putting lives at risk – it’s time to retire it
Transrectal biopsies can cause infections and, on rare occasions, a life-threatening condition known as sepsis.
Drowning Prevention Could Get a Boost in Federal Budget
For children, drowning is the second leading cause of death after birth defects.
6,000 have died of COVID-19 in Washington state, Department of Health reports
Since the beginning of the outbreak, there have been more than 450,000 cases in the state.
Washington COVID-19 cases fall as more state residents get vaccinated
Hospitalization rate for unvaccinated people ages 45-64 was about 21 times higher than the rate for fully vaccinated people of the same age.
Colonoscopies should start at age 45, new guidelines say
Clinician hope new guidelines will catch the cancer earlier in those under 50.
Are too many kids being diagnosed with ADHD?
Many ADHD diagnoses may given to children whose behaviors fall within a normal (but frustrating) range.
Pandemic Lesson: Older adults need to go back to their doctor
Older patients should reconnect with their doctors for a wellness visit.
The ACA Marketplace Is Open Again for Insurance Sign-Ups. Here’s What You Need to Know.
For people who’ve been without health insurance during the pandemic, relief is in sight.
Are vaccines already helping contain COVID?
Early signs say yes, but mutations will be challenging
Should you stretch before exercise?
To stretch or not to stretch before exercise: What you need to know about warm-ups
Surprise! Congress Takes Steps to Curb Unexpected Medical Bills
Medical providers won’t be allowed to hold patients responsible for the difference between those amounts and the higher fees they might like to charge.