THEARA COLEMAN 10:53 AM Scott Olson / Staff/Getty Images A new COVID-19 Omicron subvariant is causing concern among scientists monitoring the virus’s spread and evolution, CNN reports. On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 variant dashboard revealed startling data concerning a variant with features that could encourage a surge of COVID cases...
By Linda Searing January 3, 2023 at 5:41 a.m. EST Extremely cold weather appears to increase the risk of dying from heart failure by 37 percent, according to international research published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. Extremely hot days were found to be less deadly, but they still increased the heart failure mortality risk by 12 percent....
7 September 2022 IMAGE SOURCE, JAMES DYSON AWARD By Shiona McCallumTechnology reporter A device to help detect breast cancer has won the prestigious UK James Dyson Award. The Dotplot aims to help women self-check at home and track any changes they may find on an app. Breast cancer is the second most common cause of...
by Carolyn Chew-Graham, Binita Kane and Tracy Briggs, The Conversation Credit: NadyaEugene/Shutterstock Long COVID is the patient-preferred term used to describe symptoms lasting more than four weeks after a COVID-19 infection. Children and young people can also suffer from long COVIDfollowing even a mild infection with the virus. The latest figures from the U.K.’s Office for National Statistics show an estimated 69,000 children...
by Jason Howland, Mayo Clinic Credit: Mayo Clinic With a new year right around the corner, it might be time to reset when it comes to your mental health. Stress is a normal physical and psychological response to the everyday demands of life. Small amounts of stress can motivate you to face daily challenges. But when stress becomes...
A common mosquito species—after detecting a telltale gas that we exhale—flies toward specific colors, including red, orange, black, and cyan. The mosquitoes ignore other colors, such as green, purple, blue, and white. Researchers believe these findings help explain how mosquitoes find hosts, since human skin, regardless of overall pigmentation, emits a strong red-orange “signal” to their...
by Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter Wearing proper gear, watching out for snow and ice hazards, and “walking like a penguin” are just some of the tips that can help prevent winter accidents, one medical expert says. “A variety of injuries can occur during the winter,” cautioned Dr. Mahmood Gharib, a physiatrist at the University of Minnesota...
By CASSIDY MORRISON SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED: 12:10 EST, 20 December 2022 | UPDATED: 07:26 EST, 21 December 2022 A food dye found in dozens of family favorite snacks may trigger severe bowel diseases, scientists warn. Red 40, also known as Allura red, is in several popular candies, sodas and chips – including Doritos, Skittles, and Pepsi...
By CASSIDY MORRISON SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED: 13:36 EST, 29 December 2022 | UPDATED: 13:43 EST, 29 December 2022 A global pharmaceutical firm has recalled four lots of blood pressure pills in the US after they were found to contain a cancer-causing chemical. Quinapril is prescribed to around a million Americans each year to treat hypertension and...
By Allyson Chiu March 25, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. EDT More people are using melatonin and taking larger doses, research suggests. But some experts say taking melatonin incorrectly could make sleep worse. (iStock)Listen9 minComment218Add to your saved storiesSaveGift ArticleShare By the time sleep-starved people come to Jennifer Martin, a psychologist who specializes in insomnia, many have already...
