THURSDAY, March 8, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Washing your hands often and thoroughly is the best way to protect yourself if you’re caught in a norovirus outbreak, researchers say. Norovirus is a stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhea. Outbreaks can crop up anywhere and anytime. However, they often occur in densely populated spots with…
DetailsWEDNESDAY, March 7, 2018 (HealthDay News) — A nurse stationed on Australia’s isolated far west coast experienced chest pain and dizziness — signs of heart attack — but he was almost a hundred miles from the next nearest medical facility. So he pushed past the pain to diagnose and treat himself, according to a report…
DetailsWEDNESDAY, March 7, 2018 (HealthDay News) — A nurse stationed on Australia’s isolated far west coast experienced chest pain and dizziness — signs of heart attack — but he was almost a hundred miles from the next nearest medical facility. So he pushed past the pain to diagnose and treat himself, according to a report…
DetailsWEDNESDAY, March 7, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Living in sunnier climes when young might help shield you from multiple sclerosis decades later, new research suggests. The main factor may be the sun’s ultraviolet B (UV-B) rays, which help the body produce vitamin D, according to a Canadian team. They noted that lower levels of vitamin…
DetailsWEDNESDAY, March 7, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Living in sunnier climes when young might help shield you from multiple sclerosis decades later, new research suggests. The main factor may be the sun’s ultraviolet B (UV-B) rays, which help the body produce vitamin D, according to a Canadian team. They noted that lower levels of vitamin…
DetailsWEDNESDAY, March 7, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Someday soon, a simple touch of a finger to a smartphone case might be enough to provide instant, accurate blood pressure readings. That’s the promise of new technology detailed by developers in the March 7 issue of Science Translational Medicine. Researchers say they’ve invented a special phone case,…
DetailsWEDNESDAY, March 7, 2018 (HealthDay News) — After the Canadian province of Ontario banned menthol cigarettes, many smokers responded by trying to kick the habit, a new study finds. Some experts suspect such a ban might help cut down smoking in the United States, too. The Ontario ban was implemented January 2017. Researchers found that…
DetailsWEDNESDAY, March 7, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Breast cancer screening guidelines are based mainly on scientific data from white women, and that bias could cause delayed detection of the disease in minorities, researchers report. “While a lot of attention has been focused on improving the ‘cultural competency’ of clinical care — caring for patients in…
DetailsWEDNESDAY, March 7, 2018 (HealthDay News) — While football is frequently blamed for concussions, a new study shows that it’s also the sport in which athletes are most likely to suffer neck injuries. A neck fracture, commonly referred to as a broken neck, is a break in one or more vertebrae in the upper part…
DetailsWEDNESDAY, March 7, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Come Sunday morning, the clocks will jump ahead one hour, but experts say there are ways to take the sting out of that lost hour of sleep. “Setting the clock ahead in the spring is harder than sleeping an extra hour in the fall,” said Dr. Steven Feinsilver,…
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