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Doctors’ Ratings Tank When Patients Are Kept Waiting: Study
FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Tick-tock: A long delay in the waiting room annoys some patients so much that they give their...
At High Risk for Heart Disease? Strict Blood Pressure Control Should Help
FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) — If you’re at high risk for heart disease, lowering your blood pressure below the standard target...
Med Schools More Diverse Now, But Study Finds Minorities Still Mistreated
FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Race, gender and sexual orientation are tied to mistreatment of medical school students by...
Health Highlights: Feb. 28, 2020
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: CDC Broadens Testing Guidelines...
More Evidence Tying Vitamin E Acetate to Vapers’ Lung Disease
FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have found more evidence from animal studies linking vitamin E acetate in vaping...
Coronavirus Strikes Men, Older People the Hardest
FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The coronavirus is on the cusp of becoming a global pandemic and experts say that, if it does,...
Research Finds Contagious Staph in Lupus-Related Skin Rashes
FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Skin rashes in people with lupus may have high levels of disease-causing bacteria that can...
Teen Moms at High Risk for Depression, Anxiety
FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) — As if being a teen mom isn’t hard enough, two-thirds of young mothers are grappling with at...
Imaging Scans May Lead to Shorter TB Treatment
THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A new monitoring approach could help improve treatment of patients with tuberculosis (TB),...
Blood Flow in Heart Differs in Men and Women
THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — How your blood flows through your heart may depend on whether you are a man or a woman, new...
Record Number of Pedestrian Deaths Seen in U.S.
THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Walking on America’s streets is getting ever more dangerous, a new report shows. Based on data...
How to Prepare, Protect Yourself From Coronavirus
THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — With U.S. health officials this week declaring a domestic outbreak of coronavirus a “not if,...
Health Highlights: Feb. 27, 2020
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Clover Sprouts From Jimmy John’s...
Scientists Spot Early Markers of Coronavirus in Lungs of Patients
THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — U.S. researchers report they have spotted early, subtle signs in the lungs that point to...
Japan Closes Schools to Help Stem Coronavirus Spread
THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News, Japan) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called for all schools to close for about a month...
Healthy Heart in Your 20s, Healthier Brain Decades Later
THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A healthier heart in early adulthood could mean fewer thinking and memory problems later in...
AHA News: What Heart Patients Should Know About Coronavirus
THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2020 (American Heart Association News) — The coronavirus should have everyone’s attention by now, health experts say....
Trump Taps Pence to Head Coronavirus Response, As 1st U.S. Case of ‘Unknown Origin’ Spot
THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Vice President Mike Pence will lead the U.S. response to a potential global pandemic of the...
What Makes Your Food So Attractive to Seagulls?
THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Given a choice, seagulls prefer food that’s been handled by humans, a new British study finds....
Big Breakfast May Be the Most Slimming Meal of the Day
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Starting the day with a big breakfast and keeping dinner light may help you burn more...
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