FRIDAY, March 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Many teens – especially girls – are affected by body dysmorphic disorder, a condition in which they become obsessed with perceived flaws in their personal appearance, a new study shows. BDD affects about two in every 100 teens (1.9%), according to a reportContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — If you’re in your 60s, 70s or even older, you might think your days of productively pumping iron are behind you. That’s just not true, said Dr. Adil Ahmed, an assistant professor in the Joseph Barnhart Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Baylor College ofContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Cuddly, friendly, fun: Your pet brings so much to your life, but experts warn that, in rare cases, they can also bring illness. The health benefits of pet ownership are many, noted Dr. Stacey Rose, an associate professor of infectious diseases and internalContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 21, 2024 (HealthDay news) — For the first time ever, doctors have transplanted a genetically edited pig kidney into a human suffering from advanced kidney failure. Such pig kidneys, altered to lower the risk of rejection and disease, have been successfully placed into monkeys and brain-dead human donorContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Your baby could be endangered by now-recalled Comfi Baby Infant Walkers, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warned Thursday. The walkers, sold on Amazon, “violate the federal safety regulations for infant walkers because they can fit through a standard doorway, are not designedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — By 2050, three-quarters of the world’s nations will see fertility rates fall to below replacement levels, meaning their populations will be steadily shrinking, a new study predicts. And by 2100, almost all countries (97%) are expected to have fertility rates below the replacementContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As the pandemic wound down, life expectancy in the United States began to bounce back in 2022, although deaths among children increased and drug overdose deaths continued to reach record highs, new government research shows. Final data for 2022 was published Thursday byContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A germ commonly found in the human mouth can travel to colon tumors and appears to speed their growth, new research shows. The finding might lead to new insights into fighting colon cancer, which kills more than 52,000 Americans each year, according toContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The flu is more likely to lead to a neurological disorder than COVID, according to a new study that surprised its authors. “While the results were not what we expected to find, they are reassuring in that we found being hospitalized with COVIDContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Stressed out, anxious or desperately needing to recharge? Grab some knitting needles and a pretty ball of yarn — Swedish research shows yarncraft improves mental health without medication. “Knitters have a creative leisure interest that can also help them cope with life andContinue Reading