WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The cholesterol that’s good for your heart health might be bad for your eye health, and vice versa, a new study says. “Good” HDL cholesterol appears to increase risk of glaucoma in people older than 55, researchers reported Feb. 4 in the BritishContinue Reading
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Even a mild infection with COVID-19 can promote clogged arteries, increasing the risk of heart attack in some people, a new study says. Infection with the COVID virus is associated with rapid growth of plaque in arteries that supply blood to the heartContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever clinical trials testing pig kidney transplants in people with kidney failure, marking a major step forward in cross-species transplantation. Two biotechnology companies, United Therapeutics Corporation and eGenesis, have been cleared to beginContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — They’re small, colorful and marketed as safe sensory toys but water beads have sent thousands of kids to the emergency room — and now, experts and parents want their sale to be banned. Water beads can expand up to 100 times their sizeContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Tiny microplastics are making their way into the human brain, and new research suggests the problem is getting worse. The new study, published Feb. 3 in the journal Nature, found that brain samples collected in 2024 contained significantly more microplastics than those takenContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Hospitalizations for firearm injuries sharply increased in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic after years of steady decline, a new study says. Overall, 34% more people landed in the hospital for a gunshot injury in 2020 and 2021 than would have been predictedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Many Americans don’t see anything wrong with taking daily low-dose aspirin, even though experts have concluded its risks outweigh its benefits, a new survey has found. Nearly half (48%) of people incorrectly think that the benefits of taking low-dose aspirin daily to reduceContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — It’s tough for a man to know what to do following a diagnosis of prostate cancer. The treatment is often worse than the risk posed by the cancer itself, causing some men to suffer incontinence and impotence even though their tumor wouldn’t haveContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Canadian youngsters are munching loads of ultra-processed foods, increasing their lifelong risk of obesity, a new study says. “We saw that ultra-processed foods contributed to almost half of a child’s total daily energy intake,” senior researcher Kozeta Miliku, an assistant professor of nutritionalContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Drugs like blood thinners, cholesterol-lowering statins and blood pressure meds can protect the health and extend the lives of people with heart disease. But only if patients take the drugs — and many around the world aren’t, a new study says. Overall, fewerContinue Reading