By Megan Marples, CNN Smoking cannabis can significantly increase your risk of a heart attack, research finds. (CNN)Whether you smoke it, vape it or eat it as an edible, cannabis may be significantly increasing your risk of a heart attack.Adults under 45 years old who consumed cannabis within the last 30 days, suffered from nearly...
by Andrew Lavender, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock When you injure yourself, you may reach for a hot or a cold pack. Which option is better depends on the nature of your pain, what caused it and how long you’ve had it. Heat therapy, sometimes called thermotherapy, involves applying heat to an injury or painful area on the...
Cristina Spanò for NPR With all the talk about COVID-19 vaccines and boosters, it’s easy to forget that there’s another respiratory virus poised to strike. Yes, it’s that familiar winter nemesis, the flu. And there are vaccines to help ward it off — but also misinformation and fears circulating. “We’ve been concerned about vaccine fatigue...
by Ernie Mundell (HealthDay)—With the Delta variant surging and many Americans mask- and vaccine-free, new cases of COVID-19 spiked to levels over the long Labor Day weekend that were 300% higher than those seen over the same weekend in 2020, according to a new tally from Johns Hopkins University. That means packed hospitals and rising...
Share on Pinterest Recovering from a period of sleep deprivation takes longer than scientists expected. Protonic Ltd/Stocksy United A recent study investigated how quickly people can bounce back from sleep deprivation. Following 10 days of sleep deprivation and 1 week of recovery sleep, most measures of cognitive performance had not yet returned to normal. The study...
by Jim Fessenden, University of Massachusetts Medical School Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A clinical trial of 125 young adults shows that those who limited screen time for 48 hours immediately after suffering a concussion had a significantly shorter duration of symptoms than those who were permitted screen time. These findings, published in JAMA Pediatrics, offer the first...
by Anna Zarra Aldrich, University of Connecticut Student using treadmills at the Rec Center on September 21, 2020. Credit: UConn photo/SeanFlynn With the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, face masks became a normal part of doing just about any activity outside the house. When the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended wearing a...
by Emily Berger, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock There has been a reported spike in young people attending emergency departments for self-harm and suicide during the pandemic. In New South Wales, presentations to emergency departments for self-harm and suicidal thoughts are reportedly up by 47% since before the pandemic. In the year to July 29 2021, there were 8,489 presentations...
MNT’s Sunday Supplement: Cholesterol-lowering jab could save over 30,000 lives. A new drug that can safely cut cholesterol by 50% was approved by health authorities in England this week. It’s hoped that the drug — called inclisiran — could prevent 55,000 heart attacks and strokes and save more than 30,000 lives over the next decade....
BY LI COHEN SEPTEMBER 3, 2021 / 9:24 AM / CBS NEWS As the Delta variant of COVID-19 continues its deadly sweep across the U.S., officials say that they are keeping a “very close eye” on a new variant that may be able to bypass existing coronavirus antibodies. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and...
