TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — There are serious mental harms and high financial costs associated with so-called conversion therapy for LGBTQ people, researchers report. Conversion therapy attempts to make lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people “straight.” Its safety and effectiveness has been discredited in multiple prior studies.Continue Reading
TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday gave the green light to the sale of beef from gene-edited cattle. “Today’s decision underscores our commitment to using a risk and science-based, data-driven process that focuses on safety to the animals containing intentional genomicContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Here’s more evidence of the toll that COVID-19 takes on the human brain: A new study finds biomarkers of neuron damage and brain inflammation in the blood are associated with brain function changes in both hospitalized COVID-19 patients and people with long COVID.Continue Reading
TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The lost hour of sleep when clocks spring forward for daylight saving time on Sunday, March 13 can pose risks to your heart — but there are ways to protect yourself. A number of studies have found an increase in heart problems andContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Could a reset of your cells bring you the fountain of youth? Maybe so, if a new study testing the technique in mice ever pans out in humans. Cells in older people and animals have different patterns of chemicals along their DNA —Continue Reading
TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A comparison of Neanderthal and modern human spines suggests lifestyle habits of 21st century people lie behind widespread back pain, researchers say. Anthropologists focused on the spine’s curvature, which is partly influenced by wedging, or angling, of vertebrae and the softer discs betweenContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Regular blood pressure readings at home are more accurate for diagnosing high blood pressure than those taken at a doctor’s office, according to a new study. “Blood pressure varies a lot over the day … and one or two measurements in clinic mayContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Tighter restrictions on emissions from big trucks were proposed Monday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). “Seventy-two million people are estimated to live near truck freight routes in America, and they are more likely to be people of color and those withContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For two decades, the death rate from opioid overdoses was higher among white Americans than Black Americans. But that changed in 2020, signaling an end to the notion that the overdose crisis is a “white problem.” Using data from the U.S. Centers forContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Scientists have discovered that even a mild case of COVID-19 might inflict damage on your brain. On average, middle-aged and older adults who’d been sick with COVID showed signs of tissue shrinkage in brain areas related to the sense of smell, the researchersContinue Reading