New CDC life expectancy data shows painfully slow rebound from covid
The United States has dug itself into a huge life expectancy hole, and not just because of the coronavirus. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Joel Achenbach Source Type: news
Newly discovered stem cell offers clues to a cancer mystery
The finding may help resolve a long-standing question: Why do far more cancer cells spread to the spine than to other bones in the body? (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mark Johnson Source Type: news
Groundbreaking smoking ban abandoned in New Zealand’s swing to the right
The new government halted a plan to outlaw smoking, a move critics call “a huge win for the tobacco industry” and “an act of idiocy” for public health. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rachel Pannett Source Type: news
How to protect your lungs and breathe easier, especially as you age
These tips on pollution, diet and vaccination can help you breathe easier for years to come. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ashley Abramson Source Type: news
A life-changing injury transformed an expert’s view on disability services
“I’m happy to be alive and to see how I can take where I’ve ended up and do something positive with it,” said Nora Super, who suffered a spinal cord injury in July. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Judith Graham Source Type: news
Nearly 1 in 5 adolescents now using melatonin to sleep, researchers say
The American Academy of Pediatrics urges parents to discuss sleep issues with their child’s pediatrician before trying melatonin. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Linda Searing Source Type: news
How one rabid kitten triggered intensive effort to contain deadly virus
If the rabies virus spreads unchecked in raccoons, transmission would easily radiate out from Omaha into other states, putting 7 million people at increased risk. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lena H. Sun Source Type: news
Medical Mysteries: Dizzy and off-balance, she searched for the cause
Slowly and insidiously, a New York real estate broker developed balance, urinary and memory problems. For years, various doctors performed many tests but overlooked the reversible cause. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sandra G. Boodman Source Type: news
‘Zoom fatigue’ may take toll on the brain and the heart, researchers say
Participants were monitored with electroencephalogram and electrocardiogram instruments that recorded electrical activity in the brain and their heart rhythms. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Blakemore Source Type: news
Carters’ journey highlights tough questions about when to choose hospice
About half of all people are in hospice at the end of their lives, but more than 25 percent of hospice patients enroll in the final week. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lenny Bernstein Source Type: news
WHO asks China about clusters of respiratory disease among children
Chinese authorities have attributed the rise in infections to the lifting of coronavirus restrictions and circulation of a string of known pathogens. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jennifer Hassan Source Type: news
Overdose deaths have soared among pregnant people, study reveals
The alarming report highlights a need to improve outreach and encourage more pregnant and postpartum people to seek treatment, experts say. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sabrina Malhi Source Type: news
Why marijuana rescheduling may not be reform win
The Drug Enforcement Administration may remove marijuana’s classification as a Schedule I drug. It has implications for research, sales and criminal prosecutions. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Fenit Nirappil Source Type: news
Loosening restrictions on marijuana may not be boon for reform
The Drug Enforcement Administration may remove marijuana’s classification as a Schedule I drug. It has implications for research, sales and criminal prosecutions. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Fenit Nirappil Source Type: news
She needed a kidney donor. She found one in the comments of her TikTok.
University of Oklahoma student Katie Hallum needed a kidney transplant. After she posted on TikTok, Savannah Stallbaumer offered her organ. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kyle Melnick Source Type: news
