TUESDAY, Dec. 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Failing hearts nearly returned to full function in laboratory pigs after they received an experimental gene therapy. New research shows the gene therapy didn’t just prevent heart failure from worsening in four lab pigs, but actually prompted hearts to repair and grow stronger.Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Bed sores can be more than debilitating and painful. Now a new study shows they can also dramatically impact a person’s recovery from a spinal cord injury. “Our study found that patients with pressure ulcers [bed sores] regained significantly less motor function throughContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — If you are middle-aged or older, you may often feel lonely and isolated as you deal with the strains of daily life. Now, a new survey suggests you are far from alone: More than one-third of middle-aged and senior Americans feel that way.Continue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is approved to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, he will be free to revisit a long-debunked link between autism and childhood vaccines, President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday. The remarks came during an exclusive interviewContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Two commonly used solvents that have been linked to cancer were banned Monday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The solvents, known as trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (Perc), are used in in cleaners, spot removers, lubricants, glue and automative care products. “It’s simply unacceptableContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Heat waves caused by climate change have been thought to pose the greatest risk to the world’s elderly, but a new study from Mexico suggests that’s not the case at all. Instead, three-quarters (75%) of heat-related deaths are occurring there among people youngerContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — When it comes to sweets, the type a person chooses can have a significant impact on their heart health, a new study finds. Sugary drinks significantly increase a person’s risk of stroke, heart failure, irregular heartbeat and other heart health problems, results showed.Continue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Most Americans understand how deeply the dangerous opioid fentanyl has permeated the illicit drug market. Now, it’s even infiltrated the bodies of Gulf of Mexico dolphins. Researchers at Texas A&M University report that they’ve detected traces of fentanyl in the blubber of 30Continue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Some people develop epilepsy after surviving a stroke, as the injury they’ve sustained causes scarring and disorganized electrical activity in their brains. But one type of blood pressure medication seems to help stroke survivors avoid post-stroke epilepsy (PSE), according to a first-of-its-kind studyContinue Reading
-690x550.jpg)
MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A component of the keto diet appears to boost the powers of immunotherapy in treating cancer, a new study finds. Beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB), an acid produced by the body when it’s burning fat instead of blood sugar for energy, appeared to improve response inContinue Reading