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Is There a Better Therapy for Hospitalized Anorexia Patients?

Is There a Better Therapy for Hospitalized Anorexia Patients?TUESDAY, Oct. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- It may seem counterintuitive, but when someone with the eating disorder anorexia nervosa is hospitalized, treatment often begins by cutting calories. Now, new research suggests that those eating restrictions can be safely relaxed in the hospital. Starting with a lower-calorie diet has long been thought to prevent big shifts in fluid and electrolytes that can lead to cardiac arrest, coma and even death, said study lead author Andrea Garber. She's chief nutritionist for the University of California, San Francisco's Eating Disorders Program. Though this has been the practice for decades, experts suspected that adding calories might speed recovery. Plus, with current medical technology and lab capabilities, doctors can safely monitor shifts in...

Pandemic Fears Tied to Surge in Gun Sales in California

20 October 2020
Pandemic Fears Tied to Surge in Gun Sales in CaliforniaTUESDAY, Oct. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Citing fears over violence and chaos, more than 100,000 Californians have bought guns in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study estimates. Researchers said the findings add to evidence that the U.S. pandemic has sparked firearm "panic-buying." Early on, federal figures showed a spike in background checks, while some online firearm retailers reported soaring sales, according to Giffords, a gun violence prevention group. The new study went beyond numbers, asking gun buyers about their motivations, said lead researcher Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz, an assistant professor with the University of California, Davis, Violence Prevention Research Program. And it found that fear of violence and societal breakdown was the main driver. The findings...

Pandemic Putting Americans Under Great Mental Strain: Poll

20 October 2020
Pandemic Putting Americans Under Great Mental Strain: PollTUESDAY, Oct. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19, health care, the economy, systemic racism and the presidential election are a threat to the nation's mental health, according to an American Psychological Association (APA) poll. Seventy-eight percent of adults polled said the pandemic is causing major stress and 60% called the array of issues facing the country overwhelming. And younger adults are really struggling, the poll revealed. Respondents from Generation Z (those born since 1996), pegged their stress level in the past month at a 6 on 10-point scale in which 1 represented "little to no stress" and 10 was "a great deal of stress." That compared with an average stress level of 5 among all adults. Nineteen percent of adults said their mental health is worse than it was a...

Smog Tied to Raised Risk for Parkinson's, Alzheimer's...

20 October 2020
Smog Tied to Raised Risk for Parkinson`s, Alzheimer`s DiseaseTUESDAY, Oct. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- As the air people breathe gets dirtier, their odds for serious neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's and other dementias rises, new research shows. The long-term study of more than 63 million older Americans can't prove cause and effect, but does show a strong association between air pollution and brain disorders. The researchers said the link was seen even at levels of fine particulate (PM2.5) pollution that are deemed safe by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. "Our study builds on the small but emerging evidence base indicating that long-term PM2.5 exposures are linked to an increased risk of neurological health deterioration, even at PM2.5 concentrations well below the current national standards,"...

Actor Jeff Bridges Shares Lymphoma Diagnosis

20 October 2020
Actor Jeff Bridges Shares Lymphoma DiagnosisTUESDAY, Oct. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Actor Jeff Bridges announced on Monday that he has been diagnosed with lymphoma. Telling his fans on Twitter, the acclaimed thespian said, "Although it is a serious disease, I feel fortunate that I have a great team of doctors and the prognosis is good. I'm starting treatment and will keep you posted on my recovery." According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, lymphoma is a cancer that affects the lymph system, or "tissues and organs that produce, store and carry white blood cells that fight infections." There are two kinds of lymphoma: Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). "Treatment of lymphoma usually involves chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation therapy, a bone marrow transplant or some combination of these,"...

What Will Convince Americans to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine?

20 October 2020
What Will Convince Americans to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine?TUESDAY, Oct. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Promoting any emerging COVID-19 vaccine to a skeptical public could be tough. But a new survey finds vaccine uptake might rise if the shot is promoted by medical experts, not politicians, and if it's been proven safe and effective through a rigorous approval process. A vaccine shown to be highly effective in clinical trials with lasting protection and rare major side effects will command more public respect, particularly if major public health organizations endorse it, researchers found. There won't be as many takers for a vaccine that meets minimum U.S. Food and Drug Administration standards, is approved under emergency use protocols, and is endorsed by politicians rather than medical experts, according to findings published Oct. 20 in...

AHA News: How to Fill the Crucial Need for More Black Cardiologists

20 October 2020
AHA News: How to Fill the Crucial Need for More Black CardiologistsTUESDAY, Oct. 20, 2020 (American Heart Association News) -- Dontrez Johnson Jr. is a success story in the making. A first-generation college student, he earned a biology degree from Tennessee State University and is on a fellowship helping improve health in Marion, Alabama. His next stop: medical school and becoming a cardiologist. He's inspired by his experience seeing relatives die after inadequate hospital care – and he's determined to show others that growing up poor and Black does not mean you can't achieve great things. He's also a rarity in a field that needs a lot more people like him. And now, efforts like the mentoring program that supported Johnson along the way are working to take down barriers that historically have kept Black students from the entering the cardiology...

Brain Hemorrhage Won't Stop This Teen From Voting

20 October 2020
Brain Hemorrhage Won`t Stop This Teen From VotingTUESDAY, Oct. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- One thing most people can agree on, even in these divided times, is the importance of voting. And 19-year-old Aboubakar Konate from New York City is no exception. Despite a brain hemorrhage that left him partially paralyzed in March 2018, Konate plans to make his voice heard this November by casting his very first vote. "Even when I was a little kid, I would think, 'I have to vote.' I was born here, so I try to use that to my advantage," he said. "Voting is important to me because you have to fight for the change you want to see." It wasn't always certain that Konate would get his chance to vote, however. When he was 16, he collapsed while playing basketball. He had been a healthy teenager, and the only clue that something was amiss was...

Curbing COVID Brought Unexpected Benefit for Asthma Patients

TUESDAY, Oct. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Measures enacted to slow the spread of the new coronavirus also appeared to reduce hospitalizations for asthma, a new study finds. Researchers compared...

1 in 3 Americans With Arthritis Say Pain, Symptoms Persist

TUESDAY, Oct. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- About 30 million U.S. adults live with osteoarthritis and the pain and stiffness it causes, a new survey finds. And nearly one-third of these people...
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