WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Working nights can be tough on the body, and a new study suggests it might take a particular toll on men’s health. The research, which involved lab mice and humans, hints that the male of the species might be more vulnerable to theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When young men pack on excess weight during their teens and 20s, they may inadvertently drive up their risk for prostate cancer later on. The concern stems from new research that examined several decades’ worth of weight fluctuations and prostate cancer rates amongContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Combining a swallowable gastric balloon with a weight loss drug may be a way to lose significant body weight, a new study suggests. In about eight months of combination treatment, participants lost an average of 19% of their body weight, and significantly reducedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Like many people of South Asian ancestry, Anjana Srivastava can offer a long list of family members who’ve had heart disease. “My grandfathers. My dad. My father-in-law. My brothers,” she recalled. “My grandmother died from it. I don’t think I evenContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A ruling on the abortion pill mifepristone will be one step closer Wednesday when three federal judges hear arguments in the case. The three judges at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans have a history of supporting abortion restrictions,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Skip artificial sweeteners if you’re trying to lose weight, warns the World Health Organization (WHO), noting the sugar substitutes aren’t effective for shedding pounds and may also cause harm. Long-term use of sugar substitutes may cause “potential undesirable effects,” according to new WHOContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Kids whose families left distressed neighborhoods had significantly fewer severe asthma attacks, with improvements greater even than those seen with medication. New research found that children whose families participated in a program that enabled them to move to areas with less poverty, andContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Americans are less anxious than they were in early 2020, at the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic, but many still have anxiety about keeping themselves or their families safe. In a new poll by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), 70% of U.S. adultsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A chemical used to degrease industrial parts that was also used as a surgical anesthetic until the 1970s may increase the risk for Parkinson’s disease, researchers report. Their new study found that two years of heavy exposure to the liquid chemical TCE mayContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Vegan moms can breastfeed their children and not worry that their breast milk is missing essential nutrients, a new study finds. Researchers from Amsterdam University Medical Center in the Netherlands tested the milk of vegan mothers, finding it contains sufficient levels of vitaminContinue Reading