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08 Nov
The latest CDC data shows anxiety and depression hitting U.S. adults harder, especially those 18-29 years old.
07 Nov
A new report from the CDC finds 15.8% of adults in the U.S. has Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes – and rates in men are higher than in women.
06 Nov
Having high levels of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids was linked to a lower risk of more than a dozen types of cancer in new research.
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter November 11, 2024
Americans’ well-being varies widely between different regions of the nation, a new study reports.
People in the southern U.S., Appalachia and the Rust Belt states score lowest on the Human Development Index (HDI), a composite measure that includes a population’s life expectancy, education and income, researchers report in The L... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter November 11, 2024
The weight-loss drug Ozempic can help reduce stroke patients’ risk of a heart attack or death, a new study says.
GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Ozempic or SGLT2 diabetes medications like Jardiance or Farxiga both helped protect the health of people following a stroke, researchers found.
Patients taking either a GLP-1 or SGLT2 dru... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter November 11, 2024
People with both type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease face a heart health double-whammy, a new study says.
Men with both diabetes and kidney disease will develop heart health problems 28 years earlier than those without either condition, researchers reported today at an American Heart Association meeting in Chicago.
Women with ... Full Page
Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter November 11, 2024
Recurring angina chest pain in people with a certain type of heart disease can be tough to treat, but a new hourglass-shaped stent could be a real advance, researchers report.
People with what's known as microvascular disease -- impeded blood flow in tiny blood vessels within the heart -- improved significantly once they got the new ... Full Page
Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter November 11, 2024
You encounter someone collapsed on the sidewalk and quickly dial 911.
Whether or not the operator instructs you on how to deliver cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) could mean life or death, especially if the victim is female, new research shows.
In a study involving nearly 2,400 emergency calls for cardiac arrest in North Car... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter November 11, 2024
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder can influence a child’s weight in ways that will shape their long-term health, a new study says.
Kids with ADHD tend to have lower birth weight, which increases their risk of developmental delays and health problems, researchers in the U.K. found.
But these kids also are more likely to d... Full Page
Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter November 11, 2024
Thousands of Americans with heart trouble have small implanted defibrillators, to help regulate their heartbeat and keep cardiac events at bay.
But new research finds that on extremely hot days, people with the devices face nearly triple the odds for a dangerous arrhythmia known as atrial fibrillation (A-fib), compared to days with c... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter November 11, 2024
Lives lost to obesity-related heart disease have nearly tripled over the past twenty years, a new study reports.
Heart disease deaths linked to obesity increased 2.8-fold between 1999 and 2020, according to findings presented today at the American Heart Association’s annual meeting in Chicago.
The increase occurred especially a... Full Page
Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter November 9, 2024
It may seem counter-intuitive, but losing weight without even trying may not be a good thing.
"It's not typical to have a noticeable drop in weight without changing how much you're eating, being more physically active or trying to lose weight," said dietitian Christine Goukasian.
"Unexplained weight loss is a red flag," she added in ... Full Page
November 8, 2024
One piece left out of the abortion debate is the high transportation and medical bills facing women forced to leave their state to obtain the procedure.
A new study is the first to give hard numbers on those concerns.
It finds that, even before the fall of Roe v. Wade, 65% of women who traveled to another state to undergo a... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter November 8, 2024
More than 1 in 5 Americans likely suffer from long COVID, a new AI-assisted review has found.
The analysis suggests that nearly 23% of U.S. adults experience the symptoms of long COVID, according to results published Nov. 8 in the journal Med.
That’s much higher than the 7% prevalence of long COVID that’s been su... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter November 8, 2024
Men who undergo prostate cancer treatment face a greatly increased risk of life-altering, long-term complications, a new study finds.
Surgery for prostate cancers increases a man’s risk of urinary or sexual complications more than sevenfold, researchers reported Nov. 7 in the journal JAMA Oncology.
Meanwhile, radiation... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter November 8, 2024
Having a child can cause significant and ongoing financial hardship for new parents, even if they are covered by health insurance, a new study shows.
More than half of people with private insurance spent more than $1,000 out of pocket on childbirth, and nearly 40% reported being somewhat or very worried about paying their health care bills... Full Page
Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter November 8, 2024
A new study finds that a quarter of (no doubt exhausted) breastfeeding moms admit to falling asleep while their baby was feeding, a moment that can raise risks for infant suffocation.
That's because whenever a baby falls asleep in an area that's got soft cushions and cramped surroundings -- as can happen in sofas, easy chairs and beds -- t... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter November 8, 2024
Babies born preterm face a life of lowered prospects, a new study warns.
Adults who were preemies are less likely to achieve higher education or snag a high-paying job, researchers reported Nov. 6 in the journal PLOS One.
What’s more, the earlier preterm a baby is born, the worse his or her future prospects appear to ... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter November 8, 2024
Researchers think they’ve figured out why cancer treatments that harness a person’s immune system to fight a tumor can cause heart damage in rare instances.
Further, what they’ve learned sheds light on how this potentially deadly side effect might be prevented.
Specific types of immune cells unleashed by cancer immu... Full Page
November 8, 2024
Women have a higher risk of heart failure and stroke than men while undergoing dialysis for kidney failure, a new study shows.
However, women also have a lower overall risk of dying than men, researchers found.
The bottom line: “Women have to be treated differently when it comes to their heart health,” said lead researche... Full Page
Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter November 7, 2024
After "Friends" star Matthew Perry was found dead in his home jacuzzi just over a year ago, an autopsy later pinpointed the main cause of death as an acute ketamine overdose.
The coroner's report determined that high blood levels of ketamine, an anesthetic with hallucinogenic effects, caused Perry to lose consciousness and then drown. He ... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter November 7, 2024
About 7% of dairy workers exposed to the avian flu that is spreading through U.S. herds have become infected themselves, federal experts estimate.
That number highlights concerns that circulating strains of bird flu might become highly infectious in humans, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.... Full Page
Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter November 7, 2024
More than a year after its advisory panel unanimously declared the drug phenylephrine to be useless against nasal congestion, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing that it be removed from common over-the-counter decongestants.
Products that include phenylephrine as an active ingredient include Sudafed PE, Vicks Sinex and Bena... Full Page