TUESDAY, Aug. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Cities can be designed in ways that promote walking, providing residents with built-in health benefits, a new study says. People who live in more walkable cities do indeed get more daily steps, researchers reported Aug. 13 in the journal Nature. Average steps increaseContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Urinary tract infections tend to be extremely painful and disruptive, prompting sufferers to urinate more frequently with a horrible burning sensation. But a new mouse study has shed some light on why UTIs cause frequent and painful urination, the first step to creatingContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Forecasters say it will bypass a direct hit on the continental U.S., but the first hurricane of 2025 — Erin — is a strong reminder to have an emergency plan and know what to do if severe weather strikes. Hurricane season runs throughContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Diabetes risk appears to cluster in households, a new study says. Three-quarters of people at risk for developing type 2 diabetes are living under the same roof as another person who either already has diabetes or carries risk factors for the condition, researchersContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Central Harlem has now caused four deaths and sickened 101 people, New York City health officials confirmed. The bacteria that cause the illness, called Legionella, were found in 12 cooling towers across 10 buildings, including NYC Health +Continue Reading
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MONDAY, Aug. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Hundreds of people may have been exposed to rabies after staying in cabins infested with bats at Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park. As many as 500 visitors who stayed in eight cabins at Jackson Lake Lodge between May and late July may beContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, will donate $2 billion to Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) to expand cancer research and patient care. The school called it the largest single donation ever made to a U.S. university. The gift willContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — College students with autism have dramatically higher rates of anxiety and depression compared to their peers, a new study says. Nearly two-thirds (65%) of college students with autism suffer from anxiety, compared with just over 9% of their peers without autism, researchers reportedContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Thousands of children at risk for suicide or in the throes of depression spend days languishing in hospital ERs, awaiting treatment, a new study says. More than 1 in 10 children sent to a hospital for a mental health condition wound up waitingContinue Reading