WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Americans will soon be able to self-test at home to find out whether they have COVID-19, the flu or another common germ, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
MONDAY, May 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- As the United States mourns one million deaths from COVID-19, a new study indicates the grim tally could have been worse. Use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine prevented more than 110,000 deaths and 690,000 hospitalizations in the United States in 2021, researchers report.
MONDAY, May 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- When Hispanic Americans arrive in the emergency room with chest pain, they have to wait longer for care than other people with the same symptoms, a preliminary study finds.
FRIDAY, May 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term exposure to wildfires may be associated with a slightly increased risk for lung cancer and brain tumors, according to a study published in the May issue of The Lancet Planetary Health.
Do you have a child who refuses to eat anything green? Rewarding them for trying new vegetables may make them more willing to eat them, a new study claims.
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MONDAY, May 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If you get infected with COVID-19, there may be a sliver of a silver lining: COVID may help protect you against the common cold, researchers say.
An experimental COVID-19 vaccine in pill form could be a win-win, as it not only protects against infection but also limits the airborne spread of the virus, tests in lab animals show.
Student debt has an impact on long-term cardiovascular risk and chronic inflammation, according to a study published online May 3 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
MONDAY, May 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Approximately 3 percent of patients with pneumonia associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection subsequently develop dementia, according to a study published in the April issue of Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
MONDAY, May 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Occupational therapy or low-impact exercise might be the key to relieving long-haul COVID symptoms like extreme fatigue, breathlessness and brain fog, a pair of new studies from Ireland suggest.
MONDAY, May 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Use of a high-tech radiation cancer treatment called proton beam therapy (PBT) has increased overall in the United States, but Black patients are getting it less often than white patients, two new studies show.
MONDAY, May 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There could be far fewer U.S. doctors trained to provide an abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned by the Supreme Court in a decision that is expected by the end of June, researchers report.
MONDAY, May 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- People with hypothyroidism who are undertreated are at increased risk for longer hospital stays and higher rates of readmission, a new study warns.
New daily cases of COVID-19 in Berkshire County pushed the region this week to the top of national lists, second only to a Connecticut county in the continental U.S.
Larry Parnass
Managing editor for innovation
Pittsfield Health Department Director Andy Cambi offered slight optimism during a presentation to the City Council on Tuesday evening, saying that data from the city's weekly sewage testing show that the case wave may be cresting.
Meg Britton-Mehlisch
Pittsfield Reporter
The county joined others in Massachusetts now listed at that status by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The advice now: Wear masks in public regardless of your vaccination status.
Larry Parnass
Managing editor for innovation
Berkshire Health Systems testing, currently 500-plus people daily, shows 22 percent positive results for the disease. But intensive-care hospitalizations and deaths remain low.
LUNES, 16 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Se sabe que los incendios forestales, como el que asola ahora a Nuevo México, provocan a su paso aumentos inmediatos en los problemas respiratorios y ataques cardiacos entre las personas que viven cerca.
VIERNES, 13 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Hay una forma en que la pandemia no exacerbó las disparidades de salud: un nuevo estudio muestra que la telemedicina ha cerrado la brecha en el acceso a la atención primaria entre los estadounidenses negros y los que no son negros.
JUEVES, 12 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Unas nuevas evidencias sugieren que los pacientes con COVID prolongada sufren de una inflamación descontrolada que asola a todo el cuerpo, y que aliviar esa inflamación podría ser la clave para salvar sus vidas.
JUEVES, 12 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los adultos jóvenes que tienen dificultades para pagar la comida se enfrentan a un mayor riesgo de diabetes más adelante en la vida, quizá debido a los efectos a largo plazo de comer comida más barata y menos nutritiva.
MIÉRCOLES, 11 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- ¿Suplir a los pacientes quirúrgicos unos kits enviados por correo listos para usar para los opioides que no utilicen podría reducir el riesgo de abuso de estos fármacos?
MARTES, 10 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las colonoscopias en las mujeres más jóvenes pueden reducir de forma significativa el riesgo de cáncer de colon, afirma un estudio reciente.
MARTES, 10 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Ciertos factores del estilo de vida pueden influir en el riesgo de demencia, y un nuevo estudio apunta a las tres principales amenazas actuales para los estadounidenses: la obesidad, la inactividad física y la falta de un diploma de secundaria.
MARTES, 10 de mayo de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- "Llene su plato de frutas y verduras de colores para la salud del corazón".
Things to do this week in Berkshire County
A tribute to those we have lost, December 2021 - February 2022.
Prepare for the long-term with The Berkshire Eagle’s annual guide to financial readiness and life planning.
A tribute to those we have lost, September - November 2021
The best of the best of Berkshire County, chosen by Berkshire Eagle readers.
1Berkshire presents the official guide to the 65th Annual Fall Foliage Parade.
