THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Fatty liver disease may contribute to fragmented sleep patterns, robbing already sick people of good rest, a new study finds. These folks woke up more often in the night, and then lay awake longer waiting for slumber to reclaim them, researchers found. TheseContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The sugar known as fructose could be a kind of rocket fuel for cancer cells, and lowering fructose intake could be one way to fight the disease, new research suggests. Fructose is already ubiquitous in American diets, due to the heavy use ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Access to psychotherapy has increased substantially among Americans, particularly young adults, a new study has found. About 12% of young adults received psychotherapy in 2021, followed by 8% of the middle-aged and 5% of seniors, researchers found. Overall, the percentage of U.S. adultsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Zepbound, the new GLP-1 weight-loss drug from Eli Lilly & Co., has outperformed its main competitor, Wegovy, in a clinical trial funded by Lilly. “Given the increased interest around obesity medications, we conducted this study to help health care providers and patients makeContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2024 (Healtday News) — An investigation into an E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders has officially been closed, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday. In total, 104 people from 14 states were sickened and 34 were hospitalized during the outbreak, while one olderContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — About a third of America’s pharmacies have closed since 2010, amounting to an “unprecedented decline” in neighborhood drug stores, a new study finds. The drop began in 2018, primarily driven by store closures among chain pharmacies during a period of consolidation in theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Decades of lead exposure from car exhaust altered the mental health of millions of Americans, making them more prone to depression, anxiety and ADHD, a new study claims. Lead was first added to gasoline in 1923 to help keep car engines healthy, researchersContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — American seniors still pay more for health care than their counterparts in most other wealthy countries do, despite coverage by Medicare, a new study finds. They are also more likely to postpone or skip needed care because of cost concerns. “In the U.S.,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Take the stairs. Tote heavy shopping bags. Walk up that hill. Play tag with a kid or a pet. Weaving these tiny bursts of vigorous physical activity into everyday life can halve a woman’s risk of a heart attack, a new study shows.Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People who smoke and vape are less able to break free of their nicotine addiction than folks who only have one of those habits, a new review concludes. Instead, these “dual users” are more likely to eventually drop vaping and continue smoking tobacco,Continue Reading