How Delayed Cancer Care Is Costing Lives
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter Even as the coronavirus pandemic has postponed the delivery of many kinds of health care, a new study suggests that delaying cancer treatment
Continue readingYour Corneas May Be Safe From COVID: Study
FRIDAY, Nov. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) A new study suggests that COVID-19 doesn’t infect the eye’s cornea. Although viruses such as herpes simplex can infect the cornea and Zika has been found
Continue readingObamacare Cut Death Rates for 3 Major Cancers
THURSDAY, Nov. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) Expanded Medicaid passed in some states as part of the Affordable Care Act has significantly reduced deaths from newly diagnosed breast, lung and colon cancers,
Continue readingU.S. Sets Another Daily Record for COVID Cases as Virus Spreads on College Campuses
By Ernie Mundell and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters FRIDAY, Nov. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) As the daily U.S. coronavirus case count shattered yet another record on Thursday
Continue reading1 in 6 COVID Patients Only Have Gastro Symptoms: Study
FRIDAY, Nov. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) – Though COVID-19 calls to mind common symptoms such as fever and cough, at least 16% of infected patients have only gastrointestinal symptoms, according to a
Continue readingNasal Spray Blocks Coronavirus in Animals
By Ernie Mundell and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters An experimental nasal spray against the new coronavirus is effective in animals, researchers report. The spray completely
Continue readingPreventive Health Care Falls by Wayside During Pandemic
Latest Prevention & Wellness News FRIDAY, Nov. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) – Americans saw their doctors for preventive and elective care far less often than usual in the first two months
Continue readingIs Honey Healthy? How to Make Sure You Don’t Get Stung
Latest Nutrition, Food & Recipes News By Will PryAmerican Heart Association NewsTHURSDAY, Nov. 5, 2020 (American Heart Association News) As temperatures
Continue readingSmoking Bans Don’t Work If Not Enforced, NYC Study Finds
THURSDAY, Nov. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) Although New York City has banned smoking in its public housing, exposure to secondhand smoke hadn’t declined a year later, a new study finds. The reasons
Continue readingWhat to Know About Pulse Oximeters
FRIDAY, Nov. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) If you use an oxygen concentrator and a pulse oximeter at home, proper use is crucial, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says. Conditions such as asthma, lung
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