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Telemedicine as Good as In-Person for Many Health Conditions: Review

Telemedicine as Good as In-Person for Many Health Conditions: ReviewMONDAY, Jan. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Chatting with your doctor via video about your health issues works just as well as an in-person office visit, at least when it comes to managing chronic illnesses, a new review suggests.Replacing office visits with video checkups delivered results that were just as effective for patients being treated for conditions like diabetes, respiratory illnesses, chronic pain, heart problems and neurological disorders, researchers reported recently in the Annals of Internal Medicine."In general, the evidence shows that using video teleconferencing in health care results in outcomes that are just as good as and in some cases better than in-person care," said lead researcher Jordan Albritton, a public health analyst with RTI International, a nonprofit...

FDA Approves Pfizer Booster Shots for Kids Aged 12-15

3 January 2022
FDA Approves Pfizer Booster Shots for Kids Aged 12-15MONDAY, Jan. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the emergency use of Pfizer's booster shot against COVID-19 for youths aged 12 to 15.The move comes as the Omicron variant spreads across the country and students return to classrooms following the holiday break."Throughout the pandemic, as the virus that causes COVID-19 has continuously evolved, the need for the FDA to quickly adapt has meant using the best available science to make informed decisions with the health and safety of the American public in mind," Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock said in an agency news release announcing the approval. "With the current wave of the Omicron variant, it’s critical that we continue to take effective, lifesaving preventative measures...

AHA News: Here's to a Fresh Start With Whatever You Do...

3 January 2022
AHA News: Here`s to a Fresh Start With Whatever You Do in `22MONDAY, Jan. 3, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Looking back on the past year … wait, nobody really wants to relive that, right?Even now, the omicron variant means COVID-19 precautions – getting vaccinated, getting boosted, following safety measures – aren't going away. But "this is a new year where so many new beginnings are going to be happening as we work to get back to some semblance of normalcy," said Dr. Christopher Celano, associate director of the Cardiac Psychiatry Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.Whether you're stepping back into pre-pandemic habits or staying home and trying to form new ones, here are ways to make things happy and healthy.Reward yourself for healthThe pandemic upset a lot of routines. Few of us like change, but...

Packaged Salads Tied to E. Coli Outbreak in 6 States

3 January 2022
Packaged Salads Tied to E. Coli Outbreak in 6 StatesMONDAY, Jan. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Check your packaged salad greens: More than a dozen people have been infected by a strain of E. coli in six U.S. states, health officials report.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a food safety alert linking the outbreak to Simple Truth Organic Power Greens and Nature's Basket Organic Power Greens. The greens may be contaminated with E. coli and may be making people sick, the CDC said. The 13 known people known to be infected include four who were hospitalized. One had a type of kidney failure called hemolytic uremic syndrome. No deaths were reported. The reports of illness came from Washington state, Oregon, California, Alaska, Ohio and Mississippi, though the true number of infections is likely much higher and in...

Study Finds No Ties Between Youth Tackle Football, Brain/Behavioral Issues

3 January 2022
Study Finds No Ties Between Youth Tackle Football, Brain/Behavioral IssuesMONDAY, Jan. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Many parents struggle with the decision to let their kids play tackle football or other contact sports due to the risk of concussions and long-term brain diseases that may occur with repeated head blows.Now, new research suggests that head trauma and concussions aren't linked to problems with memory, attention, processing speed or behavior in 9- to 12-year-olds who play football for a few seasons."It is reassuring that we are not seeing poor outcomes on cognitive or neurocognitive tests in childhood over the course of consecutive years of play, but we can’t fast forward to see what will happen 40 years after childhood contact sport exposure," said study author Dr. Sean Rose. He's a pediatric neurologist and co-director of the Complex...

Negative COVID Test May Be Required After 5 Day's Isolation Among Asymptomatic

3 January 2022
Negative COVID Test May Be Required After 5 Day`s Isolation Among AsymptomaticMONDAY, Jan. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Right now, Americans who have tested positive for COVID-19 but have no symptoms are advised by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to isolate for five days and then wear a mask for another five days when around others.But they could soon be asked to also receive a negative antigen test before ending their isolation, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday.The nation’s top infectious disease expert appeared on national news programs over the weekend, saying that the CDC is considering adding the extra safeguard after getting some “pushback” on its Dec. 27 guidance that shortened isolation times, the Associated Press reported.“There has been some concern about why we don’t ask people at that five-day period to get tested,” Fauci...

Scientists Spot Clues to Why Omicron Infections Are Milder

3 January 2022
Scientists Spot Clues to Why Omicron Infections Are MilderMONDAY, Jan 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) – New animal research offers a compelling explanation as to how the Omicron variant causes less severe disease than some of its predecessors: It seems to settle in the nose, throat and windpipe, rather than traveling down to the lungs.“It’s fair to say that the idea of a disease that manifests itself primarily in the upper respiratory system is emerging,” Roland Eils, a computational biologist at the Berlin Institute of Health, who has studied how coronaviruses infect the airway, told The New York Times.More than a dozen research groups have been observing the Omicron variant in lab settings using animals this past month. They have been infecting cells in Petri dishes with Omicron and then infecting the animals. More than six studies have...

Once-a-Day HIV Pill Works Well for Kids

3 January 2022
Once-a-Day HIV Pill Works Well for KidsMONDAY, Jan. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- An international trial found that a once-a-day antiretroviral medication for kids with HIV is not only cheap and easy to take, but also better at suppressing HIV than standard treatments."Our findings provide strong evidence for the global rollout of dolutegravir for children with HIV," said Dr. Diana Gibb, a professor of epidemiology at University College London and a principal investigator in the ODYSSEY trial.She noted that medical treatments for children often lag well behind those of adults because different formulations and studies are needed."With the evidence from ODYSSEY, which used simplified dosing, this treatment gap has been reduced and we hope that countries can quickly scale up children’s access to treatment globally," Gibb said...

Anytime Is the Right Time for COVID Vaccine in Pregnancy

MONDAY, Jan. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The best time during pregnancy to get a COVID-19 vaccine appears to be right now.A new study found that antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 virus in nearly 1,400...

Do You Have 'COVID-somnia'? These Sleep Tips Might Help

MONDAY, Jan. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If the pandemic is causing you to lose sleep at night, you’re not alone.About 56% of Americans say they have what experts have dubbed “COVID-somnia,”...
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