THURSDAY, June 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Shelter dogs do better with a buddy, a new study finds. Dogs show fewer signs of stress and are adopted more quickly if paired up with another canine rather than housed by themselves, researchers found. “Despite being a social species, dogs are oftenContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Robot-guided radiation therapy can improve treatment for age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss and blindness among American seniors, a new study shows. Precisely targeted radiation treatment reduced by a quarter the number of routine injections needed to treat wet-type age-relatedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Women who deliver low-birth-weight babies could be more likely to have memory and thinking problems later in life, a new study warns. As seniors, these women had brain test scores that indicated one to two years of additional aging in their memory andContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People with type 1 diabetes are 25% less likely to die early now than they were in 1990, a new global tally finds, and the number of people who’ve lived into their senior years with the autoimmune illness keeps rising. The new findingsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Bipolar disorder doesn’t have to be a lifelong challenge, a new study says. Nearly 1 in 4 people with bipolar disorder wind up achieving complete mental health, researchers found. Further, more than 2 in 5 become free from bipolar symptoms over time, resultsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — CAR-T cell therapy to treat blood cancers is safer than previously thought, with little risk that the immunotherapy will create secondary cancers, a new study finds. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning in November 2023 about a risk of secondaryContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — After helping America through one of its worst tragedies, some responders to the events of 9/11 may now face another foe: Heightened risks for dementia. A new study looks at the health of thousands of firemen, construction workers and others who worked atContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Dads appear to make a small but important contribution to a newborn baby’s gut health, a new study discovers. Many microbes found in babies throughout their first year of life originate in the father rather than the mother, researchers report June 12 inContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The number of people severely sickened after consuming mushroom edibles sold as Diamond Shruumz-brand Chocolate Bars, Cones or Gummies has risen, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday. As of Monday, “a total of 12 illnesses have been reported from eight states,”Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In an effort to keep medical debt from destroying credit scores, the Biden administration announced Tuesday that it is moving ahead with a proposal that would remove health care bills from consideration in credit checks. Along with making it easier for folks toContinue Reading