WEDNESDAY, Dec. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — “Cycle syncing” – the notion that women should adapt their diet and exercise patterns to their menstrual cycle – has become a trendy topic online. Some experts argue that it can reduce a woman’s symptoms prior to and during her period. But aContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — States that ban abortion could be headed to a brain drain when it comes to up-and-coming medical professionals. Three out of four future U.S. doctors say state access to abortion is a key factor in choosing where they’ll apply for their residency training,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients in the earliest stages of multiple sclerosis might develop certain symptoms that offer an early clue to the degenerative nerve disease, researchers report. Depression, constipation, urinary tract infections and sexual problems are all more likely in MS patients five years before theirContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Neurologist Dr. Deborah Holder says she often has parents come to her with kids who’ve experienced what they call “funny spells.” “Sometimes I start talking to a parent and find out the parent has [also] had ‘funny spells’ for years, but had noContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Wasabi, that green condiment that spices up your sushi, may possess memory-boosting powers, a new Japanese study suggests. Lead researcher Rui Nouchi, an associate professor at Tohoku University’s Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, said the strength of the results surprised the team,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New research challenges a long-held notion that human newborns enter the world with brains that are significantly less developed than those of other primates. Babies are born extremely helpless and with poor muscle control, and human brains grow much larger and more complex thanContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Suicide rates for Americans under the age of 18 are rising at unprecedented rates, and a new report points to a likely culprit: The ongoing epidemic of opioid abuse. It’s not that more kids and teens became abusers of opioids, it’s that conditionsContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — People with epilepsy suffer quicker declines in thinking than people without the brain disorder, particularly if they also have risk factors like high blood pressure or diabetes, a new study finds. The difference was significant: Over the course of the 14-year study, thoseContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Methamphetamine abuse has long plagued the gay community, but a new study finds that any form of substance abuse treatment can help users quit. In a news release, University of California, Los Angeles researchers explained that men who have sex with men areContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Black, Hispanic and low-income kids are less likely to receive surgery that can treat their drug-resistant epilepsy, a new study finds. Researchers discovered that children on anti-seizure drugs who received vagus nerve stimulation were 35% more likely to be alive after 10 years,Continue Reading