FRIDAY, Aug. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new weight loss pill made by Eli Lilly helped people lose a significant amount of weight in a recent study. Taken at the highest dose, orforglipron helped patients lose an average 27.3 pounds, or 12.4% of their body weight, over 72 weeks.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Staying active might slow the brain changes associated with Parkinson’s disease, a new study says. Parkinson’s patients who kept active by walking, doing household chores and participating in recreational activities experienced slower brain changes in areas tied to memory, mood and attention, researchersContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” This old saying is just plain wrong, a new study argues. Verbal abuse inflicted in childhood can harm a person’s future mental health as much as physical abuse, researchers reportedContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Ever heard of Casper-Lew Syndrome or Helkand Disease? How about black blood cells or renal stormblood rebound echo? If not, no worries. These are all fake health conditions or made-up medical terms. But artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots treated them as fact, and evenContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease with a spectrum of very different manifestations and variable severity. This makes the condition difficult to diagnose and treat, with a goal of putting the disease into remission more so than curing it. TheContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More than 1 in 10 Americans have used a GLP-1 drug for weight loss, a new survey by the RAND research group reveals. About 12% say they’ve tried GLP-1 drugs, like Ozempic, Wegovy or Zepbound, with rates of use highest among people agesContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Most children involved in fatal car crashes are not safely and properly restrained, needlessly placing them in harm’s way, a new study says. About 7 of 10 kids younger than 13 weren’t safely strapped in when a fatal auto accident took place, researchersContinue Reading
The implantable neurostimulation device activates the body’s innate anti-inflammatory and immune-restorative pathwaysContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Wildfires that tore through Los Angeles early this year may have caused hundreds more deaths than official reports show, new research suggests. While the fires were said to have taken 31 lives, a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American MedicalContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has canceled nearly $500 million in grants and contracts meant to support mRNA vaccine development, the agency announced Tuesday. The funding had been awarded to 22 research projects managed byContinue Reading