WEDNESDAY, April 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Sexual assault and sexual harassment during military service dramatically increases veterans’ risk of suicide later in life, a new study says. Suicide risk is tripled among men and women who experienced sexual trauma while serving, researchers reported April 28 in the Annals ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Most Americans want to know if they’re destined to lose their brain power to Alzheimer’s disease, according to an annual report produced by the Alzheimer’s Association. About 4 out of 5 Americans surveyed (79%) want to know if they have Alzheimer’s before developingContinue Reading
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TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The push to remove artificial colors from U.S. foods is gaining speed, but making the change won’t be easy — or quick. Last week, U.S. health officials directed food companies to voluntarily phase out petroleum-based synthetic dyes by the end of 2026. U.S.Continue Reading
TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — If you spend hours a day glued to your phone or seated at a desk, you’re setting yourself up for serious neck pain, a recent study warns. Researchers in China looked at data from 25 studies involving more than 43,000 people across 13Continue Reading
TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it will not create a new autism registry, reversing an earlier announcement from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). “We are not creating an autism registry. The real-world data platform will link existingContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — People with autism do not appear to be at greater risk of age-related brain decline, a new study says. Older people with autistic traits have no differences when it comes to spatial working memory, which helps folks remember and use information about whereContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Telemedicine isn’t only more convenient for patients, but could be helping save the planet, a new study says. Telemedicine use in 2023 reduced monthly carbon dioxide emissions by the equivalent of more than 130,000 exhaust-spewing gas-powered vehicles, researchers reported recently in the AmericanContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Dads are supposed to be strong, steady and stoic, given how they’re portrayed in sitcoms and family entertainment. But in real life, fathers sometimes falter — and brushing it off can have a devastating impact on their kids’ development, a new study says.Continue Reading
TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A significant number of long-term care patients consider their state a fate worse than death, as they become completely powerless and vulnerable due to their severe disabilities, a new study says. About 20% of people newly admitted to long-term residential care become permanentlyContinue Reading