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Pandemic Changed Families' Eating Habits, for Good and Bad: Poll

Pandemic Changed Families` Eating Habits, for Good and Bad: PollTUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Over the past year and a half, the coronavirus pandemic has remade so much of everyday life, including the foods families eat.In many families, that's been a good thing, with half cooking at home more often and two-thirds making healthier food choices, according to a nationwide poll of U.S. parents. For about 20% of parents, many of whom said they felt stressed-out and busy, the pandemic lifestyle has meant picking up fast food more often, however."Children's nutrition is really important and there's been a lot of disruption in kids' lives and in the lives of families," said pediatrician Dr. Gary Freed, co-director of the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health. "We wanted to get a better sense of how that plays out...

Animal Sedative Is Driving Rise in Fatal Drug ODs

21 September 2021
Animal Sedative Is Driving Rise in Fatal Drug ODsTUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- An animal tranquilizer, xylazine, is increasingly linked to drug overdose deaths across the United States, health officials say.According to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, xylazine has turned up in overdose deaths in 25 of 38 states examined. In 2019, xylazine contributed to death in 64% of cases and almost always also involved fentanyl.The drug is mixed with opioids, such as fentanyl or heroin, to enhance their effects, but this cocktail can increase sedation and respiratory depression. That, in turn, increases the risk of a fatal overdose, CDC researchers explained."The detection of xylazine in multiple jurisdictions is concerning and warrants continued surveillance to inform overdose response and...

AHA News: A Year of Committed Exercise in Middle Age...

21 September 2021
AHA News: A Year of Committed Exercise in Middle Age Reversed Worrisome Heart StiffnessTUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- A year of exercise training helped to preserve or increase the youthful elasticity of the heart muscle among people showing early signs of heart failure, a small study shows.The new research, published Sept. 20 in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, bolsters the idea that "exercise is medicine," an important shift in approach, the researchers wrote.The study focused on a condition called heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, which affects about half of the 6 million people in the United States with heart failure. Characterized by increasing stiffness of the heart muscle and high pressures inside the heart during exercise, the condition is largely untreatable once established and causes fatigue,...

Dealing With Grief in the Time of COVID

21 September 2021
Dealing With Grief in the Time of COVIDTUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- That feeling that many people are collectively experiencing right now? It's grief.Some may be living through the loss of family, friends or colleagues who have died from the COVID-19 virus. Others have had losses that would be considered major life events, such as a job layoff. Many have lost recreation, social support and relationships. Grief can be part of all of these types of losses, said Rev. Pam Lazor, chaplain in the spiritual care department at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles."Every time we have loss, we grieve," Lazor said in a hospital news release. "We often don't think of it that way, as grief tends to be more associated with death, dying, mourning or bereavement."Feeling anxious, sad, depressed, angry or lonely can all...

Neighborhood Gun Violence Means Worse Mental Health for Kids

21 September 2021
Neighborhood Gun Violence Means Worse Mental Health for KidsTUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Living within a few blocks of a shooting increases the risk that a child will end up visiting the emergency department for mental health-related problems, researchers say.The new study found significant increases in mental health-related ER visits in the two weeks after a neighborhood shooting, especially among kids who lived closest to it and those exposed to multiple shootings."Gun violence affects the whole community, beyond the victims who are personally injured," said lead study author Dr. Aditi Vasan. She is an instructor at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine and a pediatric hospitalist. "Now that we have confirmed exposure to shootings negatively impacts the mental health of children, we can work to develop...

Common Form of Liver Cancer on the Rise in Rural America

21 September 2021
Common Form of Liver Cancer on the Rise in Rural AmericaTUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Liver cancer is on the rise in rural America, but on a downswing in cities, new research shows.Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of liver cancer and the fastest-growing cause of cancer deaths in the United States. It's rising at an annual rate of nearly 6% in rural areas, approaching rates seen in cities, the study authors found."Considering that one in five Americans live in a rural community, this study suggests that HCC is a critical underrecognized public health issue affecting rural Americans," said co-author Dr. Kali Zhou. She is a gastroenterologist/hepatologist at University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, in Los Angeles.The rapid rise in rural areas includes men aged 60 to 69, Black people and...

Post-Stroke Rehab: There's a Sweet Spot in the Timing

21 September 2021
Post-Stroke Rehab: There`s a Sweet Spot in the TimingTUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- After a stroke, the best time to work on regaining hand and arm use is 60 to 90 days later, according to a new clinical trial.Starting intensive rehab at less than 30 days can be helpful, too, but waiting until six months can be too late for maximum benefit, said researchers from Georgetown University and MedStar National Rehabilitation Network.Nearly two-thirds of the 750,000 individuals who have a stroke each year in the United States do not recover complete function of their hands and arms. This can severely limit their everyday activities, the researchers said.The study included 72 stroke survivors, mostly from the Washington, D.C. area, enrolled within three weeks after their stroke."Our results suggest that more intensive motor...

Doctors Often Miss Signs of Type 1 Diabetes in Kids

21 September 2021
Doctors Often Miss Signs of Type 1 Diabetes in KidsTUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Potentially dangerous symptoms of type 1 diabetes in children are not always immediately recognized by primary care providers, new research suggests.In type 1 diabetes, the pancreas fails to make enough insulin, the hormone that helps regulate blood sugar used for energy by cells. Between 5% and 10% of cases of diabetes are type 1, which often first surfaces in childhood. The Swedish study, published in the September issue of the journal Pediatric Diabetes, suggests that key signs of type 1 diabetes — thirst, excessive urination, fatigue, weight loss — are often not diagnosed as type 1 disease in children brought to primary care physicians. The research was led by Johan Wersäll, of the University of Gothenburg. His team surveyed the...

Watch Their Backs -- Don't Overload Those Schoolbags

TUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- After more than a year at home, children are heading back to classrooms across the country. But they're also toting heavy bags on their backs again. A...

New Drug Combo Boosts Survival Against Aggressive Form...

MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- New research offers good news for women with an aggressive HER2-positive breast cancer.A targeted therapy, trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd), sold as...
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