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06 Nov

Fish Oil Supplements May Help Prevent Many Types of Cancer, Study Finds

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.

05 Nov

Frequent Hot Flashes Linked to Increased Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

A new study finds women who experience frequent hot flashes and night sweats during the menopause transition have significantly higher odds of developing type 2 diabetes.

04 Nov

Quitting Smoking After Cancer Diagnosis Significantly Boosts Survival

A new study finds smokers who quit after a cancer diagnosis improve their survival outcomes by up to 26%.

Rates of Anxiety, Depression Rising Among Americans, Especially the Young

Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter November 7, 2024

Rates of Anxiety, Depression Rising Among Americans, Especially the Young

Rates of anxiety and depression among U.S. adults, especially younger folks, continues to rise, the latest federal data shows.

Nearly 1 in every 5 (18.2%) adults reported anxiety issues in 2022, up from 15.6% in 2019, reported Emily Terlizzi and Benjamin Zablotsky, researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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In Mouse Studies, New Clues to How Brain 'Refreshes' Memories

Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter November 7, 2024

In Mouse Studies, New Clues to How Brain 'Refreshes' Memories

Memories are constantly adapting in the brain over time, dynamically updating as people encounter new information and fresh experiences.

Researchers think they’ve figured out the brain mechanism that drives this memory integration, based on a study of lab mice.

The discovery improves understanding of mental illnesses like post-... Full Page

Nasal Swab Might Predict How Severe COVID Will Be

Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter November 6, 2024

Nasal Swab Might Predict How Severe COVID Will Be

A simple nasal swab might help doctors predict the severity of a person’s COVID infection, a new study suggests.

More than 70% of people with mild or moderate COVID develop certain antibodies in their nasal cavities that are linked to fewer symptoms, better immune response and faster recovery, researchers reported Nov. 6 in the journ... Full Page

Scientists Track Brain Function as Folks Watch Movies

Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter November 6, 2024

Scientists Track Brain Function as Folks Watch Movies

A person’s brain performs an intricate juggling act while watching a movie, a new study demonstrates.

Scans showed that 24 different brain networks and regions engage from scene-to-scene, based on hard it is to follow the movie or what’s currently on the screen, researchers reported.

The brain’s “executive con... Full Page

Florida Fails to Pass Amendment Legalizing Recreational Weed

Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter November 6, 2024

Florida Fails to Pass Amendment Legalizing Recreational Weed

A ballot measure to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in the state of Florida failed on Tuesday.

While 55.9% of Florida voters backed the proposed amendment, it did not reach the 60% threshold needed to make the initiative part of the state's constitution.

"With the rejection of Amendment 3, Floridians have taken a firm st... Full Page

Abortion Rights Measures Pass in 7 States, Fail in 3

Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter November 6, 2024

Abortion Rights Measures Pass in 7 States, Fail in 3

In election results that showed protecting women's reproductive freedoms matter to a majority of Americans, abortion rights measures passed in seven states and failed in three.

Missouri, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, New York, Maryland and Montana all backed those rights, while such amendments were defeated in Florida, Nebraska and South Dako... Full Page

U.S. Diabetes Rates Rise to Nearly 1 in 6 Adults

Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter November 6, 2024

U.S. Diabetes Rates Rise to Nearly 1 in 6 Adults

Nearly 16% of American adults -- that's close to 1 in 6 -- now has diabetes, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Increasing age and widening waistlines greatly increase the odds for the disease, which happens when the body doesn't use insulin properly, resulting in high blood sugar levels.... Full Page

Winter's Onset Brings Mood Changes to Many Americans, Poll Finds

Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter November 6, 2024

Winter's Onset Brings Mood Changes to Many Americans, Poll Finds

Many Americans experience a “winter funk” as the days grow shorter and temperatures turn colder, a new American Psychiatric Association poll reports.

Two-fifths of Americans (41%) said their mood declines during the winter months, according to the APA's Healthy Minds Poll.

Midwesterners and Northeasterners are most affect... Full Page

How a Move Away From Beef Could Help the Planet

Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter November 6, 2024

How a Move Away From Beef Could Help the Planet

Eating fewer burgers and steaks could pay big dividends for Mother Earth, and human health, by combatting climate change, a new study suggests.

Small cutbacks in beef production among wealthy nations could remove 125 billion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, researchers report -- an amount that exceeds the total number of global ... Full Page

Little More Learning Might Not Save Your Aging Brain

Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter November 6, 2024

Little More Learning Might Not Save Your Aging Brain

In 1972, Britain bumped up the total school years mandated for its children from 15 to 16 years.

That created a "natural experiment": Would Britons who got that extra year of education fare any better, neurologically, as they aged?

Unfortunately, the answer is "no."

"This surprised us," said study co-author and brain researcher... Full Page

Drowsy Driving: Not Taken as Seriously as Drunk Driving, But It Can Kill

Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter November 6, 2024

Drowsy Driving: Not Taken as Seriously as Drunk Driving, But It Can Kill

Folks are more likely to drive drowsy than drive drunk, even though both raise the risk of a fatal crash, a new survey shows.

About 4 in 10 adults say they’ll find alternative transportation when they haven’t gotten enough sleep, according to the poll from the National Sleep Foundation (NSF).

By comparison, nearly 7 in 10... Full Page

COVID Vaccine Mistrust Levels Aren't Budging, Study Finds

Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter November 6, 2024

COVID Vaccine Mistrust Levels Aren't Budging, Study Finds

More than a third of Americans continue to express mistrust in the science behind COVID vaccines, a new study finds.

This level of mistrust has remained relatively consistent, expressed by 36% of people in 2021, 33% in 2022 and 36% in 2023.

People who lost a family member or close friend to COVID were significantly more likely to tr... Full Page

PCOS Plus Obesity Can Be Hazardous in Pregnancy

Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter November 6, 2024

PCOS Plus Obesity Can Be Hazardous in Pregnancy

Women who are pregnant but who also have the ovarian cyst disorder polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are at higher odds of giving birth to an underweight baby, new Norwegian research shows.

The risk rises even higher if the woman with PCOS is also obese, the study found.

“In women of normal weight who have PCOS, we only find tha... Full Page

Mpox Spread in Congo May Be Slowing

Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter November 5, 2024

Mpox Spread in Congo May Be Slowing

In an early sign that the mpox outbreak in Africa might be ebbing, some health officials report that case counts seem to be stabilizing in the Congo, the epicenter of the outbreak.

The World Health Organization first declared the mpox outbreak a global health emergency in August, but recent WHO data has shown the Congo has report... Full Page

Fish Oil Supplements Might Help Prevent Cancer

Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter November 5, 2024

Fish Oil Supplements Might Help Prevent Cancer

The omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in fish oil supplements might help protect people from cancer, a new study claims.

Study participants with higher levels of omega-3s had lower rates of colon, stomach, lung and other digestive tract cancers, researchers found.

Likewise, high omega-6 levels led to lower rates of 14 different cancers... Full Page

22 Pesticides Linked to Prostate Cancer Risk

Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter November 5, 2024

22 Pesticides Linked to Prostate Cancer Risk

Exposure to any one of 22 pesticides may bring heightened odds of developing prostate cancer, a new analysis suggests.

The study was conducted over decades because prostate cancer is known to grow very slowly, noted a team led by Dr. Simon John Christoph Soerensen, of Stanford University in California.

The researchers looked at U.S. ... Full Page

A Visit to the ER Can Often Precede a Cancer Diagnosis

Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter November 5, 2024

A Visit to the ER Can Often Precede a Cancer Diagnosis

Canadian researchers have found that about 1 in every 3 people newly diagnosed with cancer experienced at least one emergency department visit sometime during the three months prior to their diagnosis.

Many of the visits ended up being caused by symptoms related to the cancer, noted a team led by Dr. Keerat Grewal, an emergency physician a... Full Page

Medicaid Covers GLP-1 Meds for Obesity in Just 13 States

Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter November 5, 2024

Medicaid Covers GLP-1 Meds for Obesity in Just 13 States

Poorer folks’ access to blockbuster weight-loss drugs through Medicaid remains limited, a new KFF analysis has found.

Only 13 states currently allow Medicaid to cover treatment of obesity using glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist (GLP-1) medications, researchers discovered.

Under the Medicaid system, individual states are allowed t... Full Page

Why Treatments Can Fail Folks With 'Wet' Macular Degeneration -- and What Might Really Work

Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter November 5, 2024

Why Treatments Can Fail Folks With 'Wet' Macular Degeneration -- and What Might Really Work

Current treatments sometimes fail to help people with “wet” age-related macular degeneration -- and researchers now think they know why.

Wet AMD is caused by an overgrowth of blood vessels in the retina, the light-sensing tissue at the back of the eye. The vessels leak fluid or bleed, damaging the retina and causing vision loss... Full Page

Banning Menthol Cigarettes Might Drive Smokers to Quit-Smoking Therapies

Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter November 5, 2024

Banning Menthol Cigarettes Might Drive Smokers to Quit-Smoking Therapies

Banning menthol cigarettes could help convince smokers quit the habit, a new study finds.

People who prefer menthol cigarettes would rather buy nicotine gum or other nicotine replacement therapies than switch to traditional tobacco cigarettes, researchers reported recently in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

In addit... Full Page

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