FRIDAY, Sept. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Pulling your hair out in frustration with your finicky youngster? Don’t blame your parenting style — genetics likely played a huge role in their eating habits, a new twins study FINDs. Fussy eating is mainly influenced by genes, according to findings published Sept.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Millions of women struggle with the discomfort and stress of urinary incontinence, and many turn to medications for help. Now, new research suggests that yoga and other exercise regimens might work just as well to control these bladder issues. Researchers at Stanford UniversityContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Each year, an average of 174 U.S. kids under the age of 5 lose their lives over causes linked to nursery products. Many of these tragedies could be prevented, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on Thursday issued a list of productsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Doctors sometimes turn to antidepressants as a means of easing older people’s physical pain, but a new expert review finds there’s little evidence to support the practice. Antidepressants may even come with hazards for seniors who don’t need them, said researchers from theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An arthritis sufferer’s joints start to get ornery when the weather turns colder, getting stiff and achy as the mercury drops. Cold weather doesn’t cause arthritis, but it can make it worse, experts say. “Our joints operate best in temperate weather,” said Dr.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Would-be dads don’t have to worry that taking the epilepsy drug valproate will result in children with birth defects, a new review concludes. Valproate, an anti-seizure drug, is known to cause birth defects and developmental disorders when taken by pregnant women. But theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An extensive look at wastewater samples taken across the United States from May to July found traces of the H5N1 bird flu popping up — but only in areas populated by farm animals. The avian flu virus has been widespread in U.S. poultryContinue Reading
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THURSDAY, Sept. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The Hunan Seafood Wholesale wet market in Wuhan, China, has long been considered the most likely source of the coronavirus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. That theory is now supported by a new study analyzing more than 800 samples collected in and aroundContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Breastfeeding through the first year of infants’ lives can lower their risk of asthma by colonizing their bodies with a healthy mix of microbes, a new study finds. Results show that breastfeeding beyond three months supported the gradual maturation of a baby’s gutContinue Reading
THURSDAY, SEPT. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — It’s called the MIND diet and its primary aim is to help guard against thinking and memory declines as you age. But does it work? Yes, claims new research that found following the MIND diet for 10 years produced a small but significantContinue Reading