FRIDAY, July 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The diabetes drug metformin might also benefit older patients after an injury or illness, a small study suggests. Researchers found that metformin — a drug that has been around for more than a half-century to regulate blood sugar — may have a differentContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 28, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Venting – the release of negative, pent-up emotions – can feel good. But is it actually good for you? Or does it do more harm than good to dwell on negative thoughts and feelings? Experts say that depends on a numberContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Bronny James, son of basketball superstar LeBron James, was released from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Thursday, just three days after the 18-year-old suffered cardiac arrest during a college basketball practice. Consulting cardiologist Dr. Merije Chukumerije said in a statement that James was “successfullyContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — As kids prepare to return to school, a new poll warns that the many children who found the last school year challenging are likely to be apprehensive this time around. The online survey, conducted by the Harris Poll on behalf of the nonprofitContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It’s well known that some viruses make the leap from animals to humans, but a new study shows the influenza strain responsible for the 2009 H1N1 pandemic has been particularly prolific in hopping between species. That strain, called pdm09, has passed from humansContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The Biden administration on Thursday launched a new research program aimed at helping doctors to better distinguish cancer cells from healthy tissue during surgery. The program will fall under the purview of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). The agency wasContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Tick bites can cause crippling infections like Lyme disease in humans, but new research suggests they can also trigger a serious meat allergy in far more Americans than thought. Called alpha-gal syndrome, the condition may affect hundreds of thousands of Americans, U.S. healthContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For years, older adults took a baby aspirin a day to help ward off a first-time heart attack or stroke. Now yet another study is showing the risks are not worth it for most. Specifically, researchers found the risk of brain bleeding whileContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Airlines will now be required to make bathrooms on their planes more accessible for the disabled, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Wednesday. The new rule, authorized under the Air Carrier Access Act, requires airlines to make lavatories on any new single-aisle aircraftContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 27, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Late one evening, Dawn Berry took a call from her grandmother’s nursing home. Her grandmother had been found unresponsive in bed. What should they do? Dawn, who was then 43, had worked in the medical field for more than 20 yearsContinue Reading