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2020

How 4 U.S. Cities Helped Slow Coronavirus Spread

How 4 U.S. Cities Helped Slow Coronavirus SpreadTUESDAY, April 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Stay-at-home orders and other social distancing measures have kept people from going out in four key U.S. cities, likely blunting the spread of COVID-19, federal health officials report. The number of people leaving their homes fell gradually but persistently as officials closed schools, restaurants and bars in New York City, New Orleans, San Francisco and Seattle, according to a study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "The CDC report shows that when successive mitigation steps were put into place, individuals tended to heed them," said Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, in Baltimore. The percentage of people leaving home in each of the four cities started...

AHA News: Understanding the Risky Combination of...

14 April 2020
AHA News: Understanding the Risky Combination of Diabetes and the CoronavirusTUESDAY, April 14, 2020 (American Heart Association News) -- While most people are anxious about the coronavirus, people with underlying conditions such as diabetes may be especially so. On top of life's usual demands, new strain related to the pandemic is taking a toll, said Jacqueline Alikhaani, a Los Angeles resident and volunteer heart health advocate. Alikhaani has diabetes, a serious congenital heart condition called anomalous origin of the right coronary artery, and other chronic conditions. She worries about safely getting food, medicine, protective and other supplies, family financial losses, maintaining her household and caring for loved ones. Since the coronavirus crisis began, she has not slept as well, had problems getting medication refills, recorded some high blood...

AHA News: Cut Off From Counseling During the Coronavirus...

14 April 2020
AHA News: Cut Off From Counseling During the Coronavirus Pandemic? There Are OptionsTUESDAY, April 14, 2020 (American Heart Association News) -- Keeping away from one another is crucial for stopping the coronavirus. But that distancing also risks keeping people away from vital support. "It's a real danger," said Mike Marshall, executive director of Oregon Recovers, a coalition of addiction recovery groups. People in recovery, he said, rely on group meetings to provide community and accountability. Showing up regularly to say, "I'm Mike, I'm an alcoholic," is a way of defining his problem while asking for help from people in the same room. "I don't have that anymore" because of the coronavirus, he said. "And then, on top of that, our whole lives changed, too," heaping financial and familial pressures on people already struggling. The problem goes beyond 12-step...

Do C-Section Babies Become Heavier Adults?

14 April 2020
Do C-Section Babies Become Heavier Adults?TUESDAY, April 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Girls born by cesarean delivery may be more prone to obesity and type 2 diabetes as adults, a new study suggests. Of more than 33,000 women born between 1946 and 1964, nearly 1,100 were delivered by C-section. Of those women, 37% were obese and 6% had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes by 2014, the study found. "The results of our study suggest that the previously identified relation between birth by cesarean delivery and childhood obesity may extend into adulthood, and to health conditions related to obesity that are primarily observed during adult life, such as type 2 diabetes," said lead researcher Dr. Jorge Chavarro. "In other words, it is not just childhood obesity, it may be much bigger than that," he said. Chavarro is an...

Sleep Troubles Hit Health Care Workers During Pandemic

14 April 2020
Sleep Troubles Hit Health Care Workers During PandemicTUESDAY, April 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Many health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic are struggling with sleep, a new study finds. The researchers also found that those with insomnia were more likely to have depression, anxiety and stress-based trauma. The study included nearly 1,600 health care workers who completed an online questionnaire between January 29 and February 3 at the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak in China. Two-thirds (36%) reported insomnia symptoms. Overall rates of depression were much higher among those with insomnia (87%) than among those without insomnia (31%), and especially for moderate (23% versus 3%) and severe (17% versus 2%) depression. The percentages and differences between those with and without insomnia were similar for...

Which Foods Might Reduce Your Odds for Dementia?

14 April 2020
Which Foods Might Reduce Your Odds for Dementia?TUESDAY, April 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Eating a Mediterranean diet that's high in vegetables, whole grains and fish could reduce your risk of mental decline, two studies from the U.S. National Eye Institute (NEI) suggest. "We do not always pay attention to our diets. We need to explore how nutrition affects the brain and the eye," lead author Dr. Emily Chew said in an NEI news release. She is director of the institute's division of epidemiology and clinical applications. The researchers analyzed data from the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) and the follow-up study, AREDS2. The studies, which included 8,000 people in all, were set up to explore the eye disease age-related macular degeneration. At the start of both studies, participants' diets were assessed, including...

When U.S. Re-Opens, Will Those Exposed to Coronavirus Have Lasting Immunity?

14 April 2020
When U.S. Re-Opens, Will Those Exposed to Coronavirus Have Lasting Immunity?TUESDAY, April 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Once you've had COVID-19 and recovered, are you now immune from the virus? That's the critical question that will help shape how the United States re-opens for business in the coming months. Unfortunately, there's still no clear answer. It's still too soon to tell if the first wave of COVID-19 survivors will remain immune to the virus for any appreciable length of time. But the nation's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, thinks there's a good chance that people might gain lasting immunity following COVID-19 infection. "We're making an assumption, which I think is a reasonable assumption, that this virus is not changing very much," said Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. "If...

Coronavirus Has Killed Thousands at U.S. Nursing Homes

14 April 2020
Coronavirus Has Killed Thousands at U.S. Nursing HomesTUESDAY, April 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The numbers are staggering: More than 3,600 nursing home and long-term care residents have died due to COVID-19 infections, with a huge number occurring in just the past two weeks. The stories are tragic: A California nursing home with more than a third of residents infected with COVID-19 had to be evacuated when fearful staff didn't show up to work. Almost nine in 10 residents of a Massachusetts nursing home had COVID-19 infections. The National Guard was deployed to two New Jersey nursing homes hit especially hard with COVID-19 infections. A Pennsylvania nursing home believes all 450 residents, and its staff, have been infected with the virus. What is it about nursing homes and long-term care facilities that makes them uniquely...

States Hit Hard by Coronavirus Join Forces on Future...

TUESDAY, April 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Coronavirus cases and deaths in several of America's early hotspots showed signs of plateauing on Tuesday, and governors from those states announced...

Broiling in a Heat Wave? Wet T-shirt Can Safely Cool You...

MONDAY, April 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- A wet T-shirt may cool seniors more effectively than an electric fan in hot, humid weather, reducing their risk of heat-related illness, according to a...
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