FRIDAY, Dec. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Stroke survivors have an 80% increased risk of dementia compared to people who’ve never suffered a stroke, a new study finds. About 19% of people who’d had a stroke developed dementia during an average six-year follow-up, compared with just 13% of those withContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Eating lots of ultra-processed foods appears linked to a buildup of fat in the thighs, which in turn raises a person’s odds for arthritis in the knees, new research shows. “In an adult population at risk for but without knee or hip osteoarthritis,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Deaths from fentanyl-linked drug overdoses have begun to decline in the United States, but the crisis is far from over and those numbers could easily rise again, a new government report shows. About 70% of fatal drug overdoses recorded in 2023 involved fentanyl,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The advent of GLP-1 weight-loss medications such as Wegovy and Zepbound has spurred debate as to whether the drugs’ cost should be covered by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers. Late last month, the Biden administration proposed that the drugs be covered by MedicareContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Hockey players’ chances of developing concussion-related brain injury increase with every year they spend on the ice, a new study finds. The odds of having chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) increase among hockey players 34% for each year played, researchers reported Dec. 4 inContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A California dairy farm has expanded a recall of its raw milk and cream after state health officials discovered bird flu virus in more milk samples. In a notice posted Tuesday, Fresno-based Raw Farm LLC said it has now recalled all whole milkContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo are racing to try to identify the cause of a mysterious, flu-like illness that has sickened 376 people and left 79 dead in that country. In a alert posted on the social media platform XContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Holiday travel is always stressful, but particularly so for people with food allergies. Airlines don’t always honor requests to protect the health of people with food allergies during flights, a new study published Dec. 5 in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The choice may be bittersweet, but the evidence is clear: New research shows that dark chocolate can lower a person’s risk of type 2 diabetes. People who ate at least five servings of dark chocolate a week had a 21% lower risk ofContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Most children and teenagers can shake long COVID within a couple of a years, a new, reassuring study finds. About 70% of children and teens diagnosed with long COVID recover from the disorder within 24 months of their initial infection, researchers reported Dec.Continue Reading