THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A strain of highly antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea first emerged in China in 2016, and cases of this tough-to-treat infection have tripled there in just five years, Chinese researchers report. It’s a warning to the rest of the world, they said. Strains resistant to theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Dr. Gary Gibbon didn’t have long to live. A harsh cocktail of chemotherapy, radiation and immunotherapy for his advanced lung cancer had permanently destroyed his lungs and caused irreparable damage to his liver. But Gibbon, a 69-year-old resident of Santa Monica, Calif., remainsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A good night’s sleep can make you feel years younger, while crummy sleep leaves you doddering around like an oldster, a new study shows. Sleeping well enough to feel extremely sharp when you wake is associated with feeling four years younger than one’sContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Mpox cases are climbing again in the United States, with the number of reported infections now twice as high as they were at this time last year, new government data shows. In response, public health experts have raised alarms about the increase andContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Imbibing more than a drink per day significantly raises heart risks for all, but binge drinking is especially harmful, particularly for women, new research shows. “When it comes to binge drinking, both men and women with excess alcohol consumption had a higher riskContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There’s been a big push over the past few years to get automated external defibrillators (AEDs) installed in public spaces, to help save lives threatened by cardiac arrest. Unfortunately, the devices are very seldom used. A new study finds that in nearly 1,800Continue Reading
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Folks with genetically-driven stress are more likely to suffer heart attacks after nerve-wracking events or times of unrest, a new study shows. People with above-average genetic scores linked to neuroticism and stress were 34% more likely to experience a heart attack following stressfulContinue Reading
THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Puerto Rico has declared a dengue epidemic following a surge in cases of the mosquito-borne disease in the U.S. territory. In total, there have been 549 cases, including 341 hospitalizations and 29 severe cases, reported since the start of the year, the mostContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Out of a host of possible risk factors for dementia, three really stood out in a new analysis: Diabetes, air pollution and alcohol. British and American researchers used brain scans to focus on a neurological network they labeled a “weak spot” in theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Suicidal thoughts and contemplation of death haunt the minds of many rural Black men in the United States, a new study reports. One in three rural Black men said they had such dark thoughts within the past two weeks, University of Georgia researchersContinue Reading