May 8, 2023 — Brooke Keaton, 42, of Charlotte, NC, has a back-up plan for the bad days. She calls them “her long COVID days” and when she has one, her husband knows she’s too fatigued to play with their…
Month: May 2023
Smoking is the leading cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but it’s not the only cause. Nearly 1 in 3 people with this lung disease have never smoked. Some were exposed to pollution and other irritants in the air….
By Tracy Winn, as told to Kara Meyer Robinson I was a wheezy sort of kid who got tired easily and seemed to catch every passing virus. It ran in my family. I remember one day my pediatrician sat me…
It’s not always easy to get a diagnosis of alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency, a rare condition that sometimes leads to serious lung and liver damage. In fact, most people who have this disorder are never diagnosed at all, experts say. …
May 9, 2023 – For people with poor vision, waking up in the morning without immediately needing to find your glasses or rushing to insert contact lenses sounds like a dream. That’s why LASIK eye surgery — laser-assisted in situ…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, May 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — What puts kids at risk for pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and what could help prevent it? A review of 36 observational studies that included 6.4 million kids…
May 12, 2023 — Mailing do-it-yourself sampling kits to test for cervical cancer doubled the rate of screening in a population of low-income and under-screened women, researchers say. The self-sampling kits, which detect human papilloma virus (HPV), are available only…
Alcohol often goes hand in hand with socializing. There’s the tailgate before the big game. Holiday parties. A champagne toast at a wedding. A mimosa at brunch with friends. But there are lots of reasons why you might not drink — at least,…
May 12, 2023 — Student entrepreneurs at Northwestern University outside Chicago invented a pen set that allows Parkinson’s disease patients to write again despite the tremors of the disease. SteadyScrib, a pen designed with these symptoms in mind, seeks to counteract…
In part three of our three-part series, Olympic medalist Molly Seidel, she talks about working on her mental health every day. Molly Seidel knows a thing or two about the work it takes to succeed: She is one of only…