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19 Sep
A new study suggests women with endometriosis have significantly higher odds of heart attack and stroke.
18 Sep
A new global analysis finds antimicrobial-resistant infections could potentially cause nearly 2 million deaths a year by 2050.
17 Sep
In a new study, college students who vaped scored below the normal range on cognitive function tests that assessed learning, memory, problem-solving skills and critical thinking.
Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter September 20, 2024
Whooping cough cases are climbing at the fastest pace in years as students across America return to school, U.S. health officials reported Thursday.
In figures published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a total of 291 cases were reported for the week ending Sept. 14. New York logged the most cases of ... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter September 20, 2024
A cavalry of sorts can come to the rescue of combat veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a new study says.
Combat veterans who regularly care for horses experience an easing of their PTSD symptoms, as well as an overall improved mental outlook, researchers found.
Focusing on a horse’s welfare can help ... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter September 20, 2024
Heavy-duty endurance exercise can cause body fat levels to drop without any accompanying weight loss, a new small-scale study indicates.
A group of eleven middle-aged men who cycled 710 miles in seven days lost only about 1% of their total weight, because they ate and drank enough to offset the calorie burn.
But they lost over 9% of ... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter September 20, 2024
Pulling your hair out in frustration with your finicky youngster?
Don’t blame your parenting style -- genetics likely played a huge role in their eating habits, a new twins study FINDs.
Fussy eating is mainly influenced by genes, according to findings published Sept. 19 in the Journal of Child Psychology & PsychiatryFull Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter September 20, 2024
Would-be dads don’t have to worry that taking the epilepsy drug valproate will result in children with birth defects, a new review concludes.
Valproate, an anti-seizure drug, is known to cause birth defects and developmental disorders when taken by pregnant women.
But the drug does not appear to have the same impact on the fetu... Full Page
September 19, 2024
An extensive look at wastewater samples taken across the United States from May to July found traces of the H5N1 bird flu popping up -- but only in areas populated by farm animals.
The avian flu virus has been widespread in U.S. poultry as well as herds of dairy cows, raising alarms that the virus might somehow mutate and spread between pe... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter September 19, 2024
The Hunan Seafood Wholesale wet market in Wuhan, China, has long been considered the most likely source of the coronavirus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic.
That theory is now supported by a new study analyzing more than 800 samples collected in and around the market in January 2020 as the pandemic began.
Those samples show that ani... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter September 19, 2024
Breastfeeding through the first year of infants' lives can lower their risk of asthma by colonizing their bodies with a healthy mix of microbes, a new study finds.
Results show that breastfeeding beyond three months supported the gradual maturation of a baby’s gut microbiome, researchers reported Sept. 19 in the journal Cell... Full Page
Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter September 19, 2024
It's called the MIND diet and its primary aim is to help guard against thinking and memory declines as you age. But does it work?
Yes, claims new research that found following the MIND diet for 10 years produced a small but significant decrease in the risk of developing thinking, memory and concentration problems.
“With the num... Full Page
Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter September 19, 2024
The Los Angeles area is seeing a troubling increase in local dengue fever cases, health officials warned Wednesday.
In a public notice posted on its website, the Los Angeles County Public Health Department said at least three people have fallen ill with dengue fever this month after being bitten by mosquitoes in the Baldwin Park neighborh... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter September 19, 2024
Americans have the worst health care among the world’s wealthy nations, a new report says.
People in the United States die the earliest and live the sickest lives out of 10 developed countries, even though the United States spends the most on health care, according to the annual report by health care think-tank The Commonwealth Fund.... Full Page
Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter September 19, 2024
Climate change and worsening diets are sending global rates of stroke and stroke deaths skyward, a new study warns.
Almost 12 million people worldwide had a stroke in 2021, up 70% since 1990, according to a team led by Valery Feigin, of the Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand.
It's now the third leading cause of death i... Full Page
Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter September 19, 2024
One of the most common diabetes drugs, metformin, might deliver an added bonus: Lowering users' odds for Long COVID.
Long COVID can present with symptoms including chronic fatigue, brain fog and chest pain and it may last weeks or months after an initial COVID infection. It's thought that millions of Americans suffer with the illness.... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter September 19, 2024
Consumers should be aware that some chocolate labeled as “dairy-free” actually contains milk, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns.
This inaccurate labeling could put people with milk allergies in danger, the FDA noted.
About 13 of 210 chocolate samples sold in Pennsylvania and Michigan in 2022 and 2023 tested posi... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter September 19, 2024
A specific class of diabetes drug appears to lower people’s risk for dementia and Parkinson’s disease, a new study shows.
Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, also known as gliflozins, lower blood sugar by prompting the kidneys to filter sugar out of the bloodstream and excrete it in urine, researchers said.
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter September 19, 2024
Hopping backward is a good test to see if someone’s ACL surgery has gone well, a new study says.
That backward hop is an effective way of measuring the strength of a patient’s knee function, as well as the strength of their quadriceps, researchers reported recently in the Journal of Sport and Health Science.
And ... Full Page
Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter September 18, 2024
There have been 50 face transplants performed in 11 countries since the surgery was pioneered back in 2005, and long-term outcomes have been favorable, a new review finds.
In total, 85% of people receiving these complex surgeries survived five years and 74% were still alive a decade after transplant completion, researchers report.
Wh... Full Page
Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter September 18, 2024
Cadmium, uranium, cobalt: These and other metals found in the environment can collect in the body and exacerbate heart disease, new research suggests.
"Our findings highlight the importance of considering metal exposure as a significant risk factor for atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease," said study lead author Katlyn McGraw, a pos... Full Page
Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter September 18, 2024
Women with early stage breast cancer may now take Kisquali, a medication already approved for advanced disease, following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's expanded approval of the treatment, drug maker Novartis announced Tuesday.
“The FDA approval of Kisqali for this early breast cancer population, including those with NO [has... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter September 18, 2024
Black women have a higher risk of dying from any type of breast cancer than white women, a new review finds.
Overall, the increased survival risk for Black women ranges from 17% to 50%, depending on the type of breast cancer, researchers found.
For example, breast cancers fueled by hormones like estrogen are 34% to 50% more likely to... Full Page