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FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If you've had COVID-19 but not your COVID shot, you may wonder if getting a vaccine now will really help you.It will, two new studies say.Researchers in Brazil and Sweden confirmed that COVID-19 vaccines provided significant additional protection for people who had already been infected with SARS-CoV-2. The vaccines were especially effective in preventing severe disease."Further research on the need for vaccination for those with a previous COVID-19 infection is a vital step to pandemic policy intervention including guidance on single dose or two dose vaccine protection," said Dr. Julio Croda, a professor at Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul and Fundação in Brazil.He's among the authors of a Brazilian study that looked at the...

FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Check your cupboards for any SKIPPY peanut butter, since you may need to throw the jar out.Skippy Foods LLC has announced a recall of a limited number of jars of certain lines of its peanut butter products because they may contain a small fragment of stainless steel from a piece of manufacturing equipment.What products are affected? Just over 9,300 cases of SKIPPY Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter Spread, SKIPPY Reduced Fat Chunky Peanut Butter Spread and SKIPPY Creamy Peanut Butter Blended With Plant Protein. The 161,692 pounds of peanut butter being recalled are from a limited number of code dates, which can be found on top of the lid. The recall was voluntary and no consumer complaints have been associated with it. All retailers who received...

FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Your ability to find your way around may be influenced by your childhood surroundings.Researchers in the United Kingdom and France have discovered that people raised in the country or suburbs are better navigators than those who grew up in cities, particularly those with grid-pattern streets.The study included nearly 400,000 people in 38 countries who played a mobile game called Sea Hero Quest that was created for Alzheimer's research. Participants had to navigate a boat through a virtual environment to find checkpoints shown on a map."Growing up outside of cities appears to be good for the development of navigational abilities, and this seems to be influenced by the lack of complexity of many street networks in cities," said lead researcher...

FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- You have a much better chance of surviving a cardiac arrest if non-medical first responders immediately begin CPR or use an automated external defibrillator (AED), according to a new study.Researchers also found that firefighters and police who are first to the scene are often underused when someone suffers a cardiac arrest outside of a hospital.Time is crucial in these cases: Research shows that for every minute of delay in CPR or AED use, chances of survival fall by 7% to 10%."When these agencies see their role as not just preventing crime or stopping fires, but also saving lives, it improves the overall chain of survival for cardiac events," said senior author Dr. Mahshid Abir, an emergency physician at Michigan Medicine-University of...