MONDAY, July 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Spending time in nature can provide a boost for people with mental illness, a new review finds. Even as little as 10 minutes spent in a city park can improve a person’s symptoms, researchers found. The positive effects of nature approved particularly helpfulContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Daily supplements can slow loss of vision related to late-stage “dry” age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a new study finds. The rate of dry AMD progression into a key eye region slowed by about 55% over an average three years for late-stage patients whoContinue Reading
SUNDAY, July 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As yet another batch of variants fuel a COVID surge this summer, one expert offers advice on how to navigate the threat. “We’ve seen a bit of a seasonal pattern emerge, where we’ve had an uptick in COVID in the summer and thenContinue Reading
SATURDAY, July 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Sweating in the heat, while exercising or when under stress is natural and expected. But if you find yourself excessively sweating in the absence of those conditions, you might have a condition known as hyperhidrosis, one expert says. That form of excessive sweatingContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A German man has become the seventh person to apparently be cured of HIV, researchers report. The 60-year-old man, referred to as the “next Berlin Patient,” was treated with a stem cell transplant in October 2015 for acute myeloid leukemia, researchers said. HeContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — It’s long been known that popping the antibiotic doxycycline within 72 hours of a risky sexual encounter can greatly reduce a person’s risk for a sexually transmitted infection (STI). In fact, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention formally recommended this typeContinue Reading
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FRIDAY, July 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized the sale of the country’s best-selling e-cigarette. The agency’s decision only applies to several tobacco-flavored versions of the reusable product, sold as Vuse. In January 2023, the FDA rejected R.J. Reynold’s application for itsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Mushroom gummies being sold to promote brain function might instead contain harmful ingredients not listed on the label, including illicit psilocybin, the hallucinogen found in “magic” mushrooms, experts warn in new report. Five people in Virginia, including a 3-year-old child, have been sickenedContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Many breast cancer patients aren’t getting genetic counseling and testing that could help them get the most effective treatment, a new study finds. Only three-quarters of patients eligible for genetic testing after their breast cancer diagnosis actually received it, researchers reported July 15Continue Reading
FRIDAY, July 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Pudgy with a purpose: Fat cats could help humans better understand the way gut bacteria influences conditions like obesity and type 2 diabetes, a new study claims. Food-related changes in obese cats’ gut microbiome have striking similarities to the way diet affects theContinue Reading