MONDAY, Dec. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The workers who cut and finished your sleek stone countertop may be paying a price in poor lung health, new research shows. Breathing in dust created by the manufacture of countertops can cause the lung disease silicosis, according to a study presented todayContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Folks might want to try timing their COVID-19 booster vaccine to coincide with a period of increased transmission in their area, a new study suggests. Doing so can improve protection against COVID infection as much as fourfold compared to getting the jab whenContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For decades, surgery to remove an inflamed appendix has been a rite of childhood for many. But a new study says treating appendicitis with antibiotics, rather than surgery, is the best way to address most cases. Using antibiotics to treat uncomplicated cases ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Concussion-related brain damage can combine with a family history of mental illness to make some athletes and military personnel prone to aggression and violence in middle age, a new study says. People with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) are at higher risk of moodContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec.2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Cases of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are rising at an alarming rate among young Americans, a new study reveals. “Prevalence rates [are] among the highest reported worldwide,” said researcher Dr. Michael Kappelman, a professor of pediatrics and epidemiology at the University of North CarolinaContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec.2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Doctors have potent new weapons against the deadliest cancer in America and they want to make sure they’re on the radar of current and former smokers. “Lung cancer screening is the most powerful tool we have to lower cancer [deaths],” said Dr. Timothy Mullett,Continue Reading
SATURDAY, Nov. 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Winter storms that are bearing down on Americansalso bring a hidden killer in their wake: carbon monoxide. Experts at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are warning of the potentially lethal effects of carbon monoxide (CO), emitted by the gas generators folksContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The collected evidence is in, and drinking about eight cups of water per day is, in fact, good for you. So says a University of California San Francisco team who crunched the data from 18 randomized controlled trials. “For such a ubiquitous andContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Less than half of Americans realize that they’re increasing their risk of cancer with every beer, cocktail or shot of whiskey. Despite public health warnings about the links between drinking and cancer risk, this widespread lack of awareness is the key takeaway fromContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A child from a poorer neighborhood is more prone to severe illness once they develop multiple sclerosis (MS) compared to children growing up in more affluent areas, new research shows. The study of 138 MS patients who’d been diagnosed before the age ofContinue Reading