THURSDAY, Jan. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Folks think of big city life as an ear-blasting festival of noise — taxi horns honking, jackhammers pounding, police sirens wailing and jet planes roaring overhead. But rural residents actually have a higher rate of hearing loss in both ears than city dwellersContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Reiterating a warning first issued in November, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is urging Americans to stay away from supplements containing tianeptine, known on the street as “gas station heroin.” The supplements, sold under the brand name Neptune’s Fix online and atContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Five of six Chinese children born deaf due to a rare genetic defect now have the ability to hear, thanks to an experimental gene therapy. The therapy involved a hollowed-out virus loaded with a healthy version of the gene responsible for producing otoferlin,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — If you ever find yourself losing weight, even though you’re not dieting or upping your exercise, go see a doctor. It can be a sign of cancer, researchers report. “Unexpected weight loss can come from cancer or many other conditions,” said study seniorContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 25, 2024 (HealthDay news) — It’s been said that closing the toilet lid before flushing can prevent the spread of all germs, by keeping any flush-produced mist in the bowl. But a new study refutes that, showing that tiny viral particles spread to many restroom surfaces during toiletContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A sampling of the last three years of life spent by people who died in 2018 is giving a picture of what dying looks like in the United States. The analysis was conducted by a team at Rutgers University in New Jersey. ResearchersContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan . 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The maker of Robitussin has recalled eight lots of Robitussin Honey CF Max Day Adult and Robitussin Honey CF Max Nighttime Adult cough syrups. The products, which are made by Haleon, may be contaminated with a microbe, and “in immunocompromised individuals, the useContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Combining two or three testosterone-blocking drugs prevents the spread of prostate cancer better than just a single medication, a new clinical trial has found. Men who received two or three hormone blockers remained cancer-free with lower PSA levels for longer than those onlyContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Factors like sleep, energy levels and stress can predict the onset of a migraine headache, a new study finds. Those factors differed from the morning to the afternoon and evening, however. Poor perceived sleep quality, lower-than-usual quality of sleep and lower-than-usual energy levelsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Reiterating a plea it made earlier this month, the American Red Cross is urging people to roll up their sleeves and give blood. A series of severe winter storms this month have exacerbated an already bad situation, as a shortage of lifesaving donatedContinue Reading