WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Heart disease remains the United States’ top cause of death, but progress is being made and more lives are being saved, a new report finds. There were 931,578 heart-related deaths in 2021, an increase of less than 3,000 from the year before, theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Could a blood pressure drug thats been around since the 1960s help ease anxiety in people with autism? That’s the main finding from a small study where 69 people between the ages of 7 and 24 who had autism were given the drug,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A new study may provide help to men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer who are faced with a daunting array of treatment options. The study tracked 10-year outcomes and treatment side effects for nearly 2,500 men first diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2011Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Strange visual disturbances occur early in about 10% of Alzheimer’s cases, and when this happens it almost always signals the impending arrival of the disease, a new study finds. The condition is called posterior cortical atrophy (PCA). It involves a sudden difficulty inContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Alcoholics Anonymous is a key means by which millions of Americans deal with drinking problems. However, white Americans are much more likely to engage in the trusted “12-step” program than Black of Hispanic drinkers, a new study finds. Black and Hispanic alcoholics areContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Young Black and Hispanic women diagnosed with multiple sclerosis are more likely to fare worse than young white women do, a new study shows. Specifically, they are more likely to have advanced MS and to face greater challenges during pregnancy, according to findingsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — If you decide to see a therapist, finding one who’s right for you presents one of the biggest early hurdles. “The field of psychology, psychiatry and psychotherapy has advanced over the years, and one of the ways it has advanced is by learningContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Loneliness can be a killer, but it can be particularly deadly for obese people, who are markedly more likely to experience social isolation. Luckily, a new study shows that addressing it may lower the risk of health complications and an early death forContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The prestigious Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston will retract six studies and correct 31 more as part of an ongoing investigation into claims of data manipulation. The action follows allegations that a British molecular biologist posted in a blog earlier this month suggestingContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Two new strategies using deep brain stimulation can improve symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, Duke University researchers have found. Doctors can efficiently improve symptoms of Parkinson’s by simultaneously targeting to key brain structures using a newly developed self-adjusting device, researchers recently reported in theContinue Reading