MONDAY, May 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Consuming too much cinnamon might affect how your body absorbs some medications, new research shows. The study — published in the June issue of the journal Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences — looked at how cinnamon and its key ingredients affect the way theContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Testing positive for leukemia actually saved the life of 51-year-old Jan Leahy, a business process owner from Wimbledon, England. Leahy benefitted from a clinical trial evaluating a new bone marrow test that can detect a potential leukemia relapse months before standard exams. InContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Men are much more likely than women to die early from the world’s 20 leading health problems, a new global study shows. Sickness and death was higher in men than women in 2021 for 13 of the top 20 causes of injury andContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An experimental drug might help people with uncontrolled high blood pressure, according to early clinical trial results. People taking lorundrostat experienced twice the decline in their systolic blood pressure than people taking a placebo, researchers reported recently in the New England Journal ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Asthma attacks caused emergency room surges during the 2023 Canadian wildfires, with smoke-filled air sending hundreds to the hospital daily, a new study says. Daily asthma-related visits to Ontario hospitals increased nearly 24% during an early-June 2023 wildfire that blanketed the area withContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 5, 2025 — Can gluten be passed on through a kiss? It’s a concern for some folks with celiac disease, but a new study says worry not. People with celiac disease had no problems after kissing a partner who’d just eaten a stack of saltine crackers, according toContinue Reading
SUNDAY, May 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Body Mass Index, or BMI, is a number that reflects the relationship between your height and weight. It’s widely used in healthcare and public health to categorize body size and estimate potential risk for weight-related diseases. While it isn’t perfect, BMI can beContinue Reading
SATURDAY, May 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) – known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease based on the iconic 1930s New York Yankee baseball player – is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects thousands of Americans every year. ALS remains one of the most complex and challenging disordersContinue Reading
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FRIDAY, May 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to change how vaccines are tested in the U.S., a decision that could impact how quickly and widely vaccines are made available. The department said the new plan will promote transparency, butContinue Reading