(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Childhood vaccines protect children from a variety of serious or potentially fatal diseases, including diphtheria, measles, mumps, rubella, polio, tetanus, whooping cough (pertussis) and others.
Month: May 2021
Dense Breast Tissue: What it Means to Have Dense Breasts
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – If a recent mammogram showed you have dense breast tissue, you may wonder what this means for your breast cancer risk.
The Science Behind How Literature Improves Our Lives
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – COLUMBUS, Ohio – If you really want to understand literature, don’t start with the words on a page – start with how it affects your brain.
Free Book on Poisonous Plants in Virginia Available for Download
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – CHARLOTTESVILLE, May 3, 2021 – An increasing number of Virginians searching for leeks are being poisoned when they instead mistakenly gathered the highly poisonous False Hellebore.
Nanotechnology Offers New Hope for Bowel Cancer Patients
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Bowel cancer survival rates could be improved if chemotherapy drugs were delivered via tiny nanoparticles to the diseased organs rather than oral treatment.
Recipe Makeovers: 5 Tips for Healthier Dishes
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Can you count your grandmother’s beloved bread pudding as a healthy recipe? Scrumptious as it may be with four cups of whole milk, one stick of butter and four eggs, you probably wouldn’t find it on a list of healthy recipes.
4 Ways to Make New Habits Stick
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – All of us approach the process of personal change a little differently. But anyone can take a cue from these key principles as you work to adopt new habits.
New View of Species Interactions Offers Clues to Preserve Threatened Ecosystems
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – As the health of ecosystems in regions around the globe declines due to a variety of rising threats, scientists continue to seek clues to help prevent future collapses.
UC San Diego Researcher Studying Menthol Cigarettes Talks about FDA Ban
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – On April 29, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proclaimed its ban on menthol cigarettes and all flavored cigars as a commitment to reduce addiction and youth experimentation, improve quitting among current smokers and address health disparities.
Leading Veterinarian Offers 6 Tips to Get Dogs Ready for Warm Weather Activities
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – With warmer weather upon us, it’s time to get our canine companions safely ready for outdoor exercise. Before including four-legged best friends on a strenuous jaunt, it’s important to thoughtfully work up to it.
Decoding the Effect of Body Mass Index on Breast Cancer
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Medical researchers at Flinders University have established a new link between high body mass index (BMI) and breast cancer survival rates – with clinical data revealing worse outcomes for early breast cancer (EBC) patients….
Volunteer Firefighters Have Higher Levels of “Forever Chemicals”
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Volunteer firefighters — who comprise more than 65 percent of the U.S. fire service — have higher levels of “forever chemicals,” per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), in their bodies than the general public, according to a Rutgers study.
The Novel Coronavirus’ Spike Protein Plays Additional Key Role in Illness
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – LA JOLLA — Scientists have known for a while that SARS-CoV-2’s distinctive “spike” proteins help the virus infect its host by latching on to healthy cells.
Wildfire Smoke Trends Worsening for Western U.S.
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – From the Pacific Northwest to the Rocky Mountains, summers in the West are marked by wildfires and smoke.
UTEP Study Examines Movement in Children with Autism
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – EL PASO, Texas — For more than a year, researchers have been using real-time 3D animation to investigate motor impairments in children who have autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
A Look At Long COVID
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The CDC describes “Long COVID” as: “[A] range of symptoms that can last weeks or months after first being infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 or can appear weeks after infection.