TUESDAY, July 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People taking compounded versions of Ozempic have been overdosing on the drug, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns. These ODs typically are due to miscommunications or miscalculations regarding dosage, the FDA added. “Dosing errors have resulted from patients measuring and self-administering incorrectContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Eating a vegan diet may help you age more slowly, a new study claims. Twins assigned to eat a vegan diet for eight weeks appeared to age biologically more slowly than their twin sibling assigned an omnivorous diet that included meat, eggs andContinue Reading
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TUESDAY, July 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Doctors might be authority figures, but a new review suggests hospital patients feel more comfortable when their physician comes across as less imposing. Getting to a patient’s eye level while talking about their diagnosis or care makes a huge difference, researchers found. SittingContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in the United States, particularly among older adults. It’s also a quick way for seniors to hurt themselves, unless they watch their form and warm up properly, experts say. “We are seeing an epidemic of pickleball Achilles tendonContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A healthy mouth also means a healthy heart, a new review suggests. People who’ve lost teeth are more likely to die from heart problems – and the more teeth lost, the higher the risk, researchers found. “Our findings clearly show that tooth lossContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Added sugar can cause your cells to prematurely age, a new study warns. Each gram of added sugar is associated with an increase in a person’s cellular age, even when they eat healthy otherwise, researchers found. On the other hand, a diet richContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Losing someone close to you can make you age faster, a new study finds. People who lost a parent, partner, sibling or child showed signs of older biological age compared with those who hadn’t experienced such a loss, researchers reported July 29 inContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a new blood test that can spot colon cancer. In late May, an FDA advisory panel had voted 7-2 that the benefits outweigh the risks when using the Guardant Health’s Shield test for colon cancer.Continue Reading
MONDAY, July 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Paris officials said Sunday they are confident the Seine will be clean enough for Olympic triathletes to swim in the storied river this week, despite the fact that officials had to cancel a practice run Sunday over worries about water quality. The men’sContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — With five months still to go, the number of U.S. measles cases reported so far this year already triple that of all the cases seen in the country last year, federal health officials report. A total of 188 cases have been confirmed inContinue Reading