By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8, 2023 -- The U.S. flu season is expected to extend into spring, and experts say it's not too late to get a flu shot. Last year’s flu season…

By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8, 2023 -- Pregnant women can help protect their newborns from whooping cough by getting a Tdap vaccine during the third trimester of pregnancy. The U.S. Centers for Disease…

By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter>TUESDAY, Feb. 7, 2023 -- If you are one of the millions of people distressed by low libido, help may be on the way in the form of a new hormone…

By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter>TUESDAY, Feb. 7, 2023 -- Want to stay healthy well into your golden years? Grab a bag of clubs and hit the green, new research suggests. Golfing beat walking or even…

By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>TUESDAY, Feb. 7, 2023 -- That feeling of crushing pain in your chest can be a medical emergency, but it can also be angina pectoris, or “stable angina” — a symptom…

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter>TUESDAY, Feb. 7, 2023 -- Kidney disease patients on dialysis are 100 times more likely to contract a dangerous blood infection than people not receiving the treatment -- and that risk…

By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter>TUESDAY, Feb. 7, 2023 -- People who get COVID-19 are at risk for long-term health consequences, but a healthy lifestyle may protect against long COVID, a new study suggests. Women who…

By American Heart Association News>TUESDAY, Feb. 7, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Good heart health promotes better brain health and can help reduce the risk for stroke and dementia. But is it ever too…