Healthy Living

There’s no “right” way to navigate this coronavirus pandemic — everyone lives and copes differently. That being said, fostering a sense of community may make getting through this time a little bit easier. Enter this weekly guide. Every Sunday, we’ll...

By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, April 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women with COVID-19 may be susceptible to pregnancy complications, an obstetrician-gynecologist says. Pregnant women have physiologic changes in their chests that may make them more susceptible to...

By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, April 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Even after people with mild cases of COVID-19 feel better, new research shows that half still have the virus for up to eight days after symptoms are gone....

What your doctor is reading on Medscape.com: APRIL 02, 2020 -- More than one-fifth of patients being treated for gynecologic malignancies experience financial toxicity, results of a single-center study suggest. Among 5,188 patients treated for gynecologic cancers, 1,155 (22%) experienced...

April 3, 2020 -- The CDC and White House have been mulling for days whether they should recommend that everyone wear cloth masks when going out in public. Now a team of researchers at Yale University has weighed in. They...

April 3, 2020 -- A human clinical trial of an experimental stem cell therapy for coronavirus patients has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The stem cell treatment is derived from human placentas and is being developed...

As we await evidence from multiple ongoing trials of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for the treatment of COVID-19, clinicians have had to make do with conflicting reports regarding its potential efficacy. Although HCQ is one of the safest drugs used for chronic rheumatic and autoimmune disorders,...

April 3, 2020 -- At least 82,000 health care workers have volunteered so far to bolster New York's fight against the new coronavirus. Health officials said the respondents to the state's call for a reserve force of medical workers include...

April 3, 2020 -- Scammers are sneaking counterfeit N95 masks into the supply chain and taking money for masks they don't have. N95 masks -- considered to be the best respirator masks-- are in short supply worldwide due to the...