Link Between Poor Sleep and Obesity: Study
Latest Diet & Weight Management News TUESDAY, Sept. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Poor sleep is associated with obesity, the latest in a long line of studies shows. It included
Continue readingAre School Lunches a Ticket to Healthy Eating?
MONDAY, Sept. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) Healthier school meals improve the diets of American children, a new study finds. The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act took effect in 2012 and required school meals
Continue readingFewer Kids May Be Carrying Coronavirus Without Symptoms Than Believed: Study
By E.J. MundellHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Sept. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) Are infected-but-healthy children major “silent spreaders” of the new coronavirus? New
Continue readingDoctors Should Watch for Punctured Lungs in COVID Patients
TUESDAY, Sept. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) Punctured lungs occur in as many as 1 in 100 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, a new study finds. Before the pandemic, this problem was typically seen in very tall
Continue readingStatins Going Generic Saved Medicare Billions
MONDAY, Sept. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) Here’s evidence that prescription drugs don’t have to cost a fortune: New research finds Medicare saved billions as more generic cholesterol-lowering
Continue readingCOVID Hits Young Adults Harder Than Thought: Study
By Robin Foster and E.J. MundellHealthDay Reporters FRIDAY, Sept. 11, 2020 (Healthday News) New research suggests that COVID-19 is far from benign when it strikes young adults:
Continue readingCould COVID-19 Someday Become Seasonal, Like Flu?
TUESDAY, Sept. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 is unlike other respiratory viruses known to humans, but in time it could evolve into a seasonal scourge like the flu. That’s according
Continue readingHPV Vaccination Rises Among U.S. Kids, But Many Still Unprotected
By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Sept. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) More U.S. kids are getting a recommended vaccine that protects against several cancers — but
Continue readingAt One Hospital, ICU Workers’ PPE May Have Kept Coronavirus at Bay
Latest Prevention & Wellness News FRIDAY, Sept. 11, 2020 (HealthDay News) The intensive care unit staff had one of the lowest rates of COVID-19 infection among workers at a U.K. hospital
Continue readingPoll Finds Pandemic Surge in Loneliness Among Older Adults
Latest Senior Health News MONDAY, Sept. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) The constraints of the coronavirus pandemic have many more older adults feeling lonely this summer than in years past. According
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