THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Toddlers who grow up near nature are less likely to have emotional issues, even if the green space is just a park or a big back yard, a new study shows. The more green space there is within three-fourths of a mile fromContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Oral health might have an impact on heart health, a new study has found. Folks treated for an irregular heart rhythm were more likely to keep a healthy heartbeat if they took steps to manage their gum disease, researchers report. The study involvedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The discovery of a gene variant that rids the brain of toxic plaques linked to Alzheimer’s might lead to new treatments for the disease, researchers report. The variant arises naturally in people who don’t seem to get Alzheimer’s disease despite having another gene,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More middle-aged Black and Native Americans are now falling prey to “deaths of despair” than whites, a new study finds. These deaths — from suicide, drug overdose and alcoholic liver disease — initially had been more common among whites. But a new analysisContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Phillips Respironics, the company responsible for the recall of millions of defective sleep apnea machines since 2021, must overhaul its production of the machines before it can resume making them in the United States, federal officials announced Tuesday. Under a settlement reached withContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Most seniors have embraced “doc-in-a-box” strip mall clinics and urgent care centers as a means of getting prompt medical care, a new poll has found. About 60% of people ages 50 to 80 have visited an urgent care center or a retail healthContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it has finalized a first-ever rule that will drastically lower the amount of PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” in the nation’s drinking water. “Drinking water contaminated with PFAS has plagued communities across this country forContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Early-onset arthritis may hit as many as one in every four young people who undergo anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgeries, new research warns. The arthritic pain emerges within 6 to 12 months post-surgery, according to Michigan State University (MSU) researchers. Many ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Wegovy, Ozempic and other drugs known as GLP-1 analogues have become wildly popular for controlling diabetes and helping folks lose weight. There were concerns that longer term use of the drugs might raise users’ odds for thyroid cancer, but a Swedish study ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A new drug can slash triglyceride levels nearly in half by targeting a genetic driver of high fat levels in the bloodstream, researchers said. The injectable drug, olezarsen, lowered triglyceride levels by 49% at the 50 milligram (mg) dose and by 53% atContinue Reading