FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — American teenagers cite stress as the leading reason they might get drunk or high, a new report reveals. That only underscores the need for better adolescent mental health care, according to the research team behind the study. Better “access to treatment and supportContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Dementia care can eat through the savings of cash-strapped seniors, a new study warns. The average senior with dementia in non-nursing residential care facilities spent 97% of their monthly income on long-term care, researchers found. Meanwhile, those living in nursing homes spend nearlyContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Medical tourism to Mexico for cosmetic procedures exposed Americans to a deadly fungal infection last year, a new report shows. An outbreak of Fusarium solani meningitis occurred at two clinics in Matamoros specializing in elective cosmetic procedures like breast augmentation, liposuction and BrazilianContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — America’s most popular cold medications contain a nasal decongestant that doesn’t work, creating a knotty dilemma for regulators, a new study reports. Cold remedies containing phenylephrine remain consumers’ most popular choice, despite decades of concern that the decongestant simply isn’t effective, researchers say.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Filling the day with simple activities could be the key to improving mood and well-being after a person has suffered the loss of a loved one, a new study finds. These “uplifts” — activities that can improve a person’s mood — helped easeContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, who helped Americans navigate the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic, will reflect on his career in a memoir set for release this summer. His publisher, Viking, announced that the book, titled “On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service,”Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness aboard a luxury cruise ship that sailed out of San Francisco on Wednesday. More than 150 people on the Queen Victoria, operated by Cunard Cruise Lines, have reportedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Preliminary data from the largest survey examining the quality of life for transgender and nonbinary Americans show they suffer high levels of unemployment and harassment. In the early findings, released Wednesday, the National Center for Transgender Equality gathered responses on 600 questions fromContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Could drugs that give a boost to men’s sexual performance help them stave off Alzheimer’s disease? That’s the main finding from a study suggesting that erectile dysfunction meds like Cialis, Levitra and Viagra might lower the odds for the memory-robbing illness. The studyContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Two studies that warned of the harms of the abortion pill have been retracted by the journals’ publisher over flaws in the data and conflicts of interest among the researchers. Complicating matters even further, the papers were cited in a Texas Court rulingContinue Reading