FRIDAY, April 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An early marker of multiple sclerosis could help doctors figure out who will eventually fall prey to the degenerative nerve disease, a new study says. In one in 10 cases of MS, the body begins producing a distinctive set of antibodies in theContinue Reading

THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As climate change threatens another long hot summer for Americans, new data shows last summer’s record-breaking temperatures sent a rising number of people to emergency departments. At special risk of heatstroke and other heat-related issues: Working-age Americans, who often found themselves far fromContinue Reading

THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — When prostate cancer strikes, one question is paramount: Is it aggressive and requiring immediate treatment, or slow-growing and worthy of monitoring only? Right now, an invasive biopsy is the only way to answer that query, but researchers say they’ve developed a urine testContinue Reading

THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A newly developed at-home urine test could potentially help doctors catch head and neck cancers earlier, a new study suggests. The test looks for tiny DNA fragments sloughed off by tumor cells, which pass from the bloodstream into urine through the kidneys, researchersContinue Reading

THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Antipsychotics can substantially increase dementia patients’ risk of many serious health problems, a new study warns. Dementia patients prescribed antipsychotics have increased risk of stroke, blood clots, heart attack, heart failure, bone fractures, pneumonia and kidney damage, researchers reported April 17 in theContinue Reading