TUESDAY, June 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Sometimes women who survive breast cancer will die from a second cancer, and now new research suggests the risk of that happening is higher for Black and Hispanic survivors than white women. “We believe this to be one of the first studies toContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — How do you spend each day? Researchers sought answers to that basic question from people of various ages living around the world. They report that on an average day, people spend more than a third of their time focused on matters of health,Continue Reading
MONDAY, June 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Hepatitis C is often missed in the early stages of infection, so you need to know what symptoms might spell trouble. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hepatitis C infections, which attack the liver, are increasing at a fasterContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Obesity seems to alter the normal way the brain responds to sugar and fat — a problem that may not be corrected by weight loss, a new study suggests. “It could help explain why weight loss and weight-loss maintenance are so hard,” saidContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Hepatitis C can ruin your liver, and there’s no vaccine to prevent it, but you can take steps to lower your chances of infection. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 2 million U.S. adults are infected with hepatitisContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Hepatitis C is a serious viral infection that can damage your liver over time, but is there a cure for this insidious disease? Over 2 million adults in the United States are infected with hepatitis C, according to the U.S. Centers for DiseaseContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 12, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Not long after the snow started falling on a Friday morning in January, Ethan Rutherford went door-to-door in his Wooster, Ohio, neighborhood and offered to shovel snow for the neighbors. The teenager cleared several driveways and sidewalks before returning home. TheContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Men typically don’t want to discuss mental health issues, much less get treatment for one. That’s a problem, given how many males struggle with mental health problems: Six million American men suffer from depression every year, while 3 million struggle with anxiety disorder,Continue Reading
MONDAY, June 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients with bile duct cancer might soon have an additional treatment available to them, thanks to a newly discovered tumor target. Some bile duct cancers are driven by a mutated HER2 gene, which has also been implicated in cancers of the breast, esophagusContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Going to bed earlier is one way for teens to get the sleep they need, new research suggests. That may be easier said than done, the researchers admitted. But their study shows that if you can get teens to go to bed earlier,Continue Reading