MONDAY, June 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A plant-based eating regimen designed to save the Earth also saves people’s lives, a large study confirms. “Shifting how we eat can help slow the process of climate change,” said corresponding author Dr. Walter Willett, a professor of epidemiology and nutrition at HarvardContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have shown that artificial intelligence (AI) can identify people who are at risk for lung cancer based on genetic markers in their blood. “We have a simple blood test that could be done in a doctor’s office that would tell patients whetherContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An experimental ‘supercharged’ form of popular GLP-1 weight-loss meds could help ease fatty liver disease, a new trial suggests. The drug under development, survodutide, helped up to 83% of patients gain real improvements in markers of fatty liver disease, a widespread and potentiallyContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have developed a novel way to promote hair growth in people who have the autoimmune disease alopecia areata. It’s a skin patch that delivers immune-system controllers through an array of tiny needles. In alopecia, the body’s own T-cells mistakenly attack hair follicles.Continue Reading
MONDAY, June 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Though overdose deaths continue to surge, there is no approved medication to treat methamphetamine use disorder. Now, an experimental two-drug therapy has yielded promising results, UCLA researchers report. “These findings have important implications for pharmacological treatment for methamphetamine use disorder,” said researcher Dr.Continue Reading
MONDAY, June 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Bright lights, loud sounds and trip hazards can make a person with Alzheimer’s uncomfortable in the home and even pose real dangers. The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) says a few easy fixes can change all that. “Every family caregiver’s number one priorityContinue Reading
SUNDAY, June 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — When there’s pain, pressure and pounding in your head, you might think the worst: Is it a brain tumor? Probably not, a Penn State physician assures. Headache in and of itself is not a common sign of a tumor, because the brain itselfContinue Reading
SATURDAY, June 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — If tropical lands like South America or Africa are your travel destinations, getting yourself protected against yellow fever before you go is imperative, an expert says. What is yellow fever? According to Dr. Jill Weatherhead, an assistant professor of tropical medicine and infectious diseases atContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An extended course of the antiviral drug Paxlovid won’t ease a person’s Long COVID symptoms, a new study finds. People who took Paxlovid for 15 days — three times as long as it’s prescribed for an initial COVID infection — had no betterContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday asked states to work harder to protect the public from the risks of raw milk as a bird flu outbreak continues to spread among dairy cows. In an open letter to state and local officials, theContinue Reading