TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When parents talk to their toddlers, they are not only teaching them words, but may be shaping their developing brains, too, a new study suggests. Researchers found that toddlers whose parents spent a lot of time talking to them day to day showedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Over the past two decades, premature deaths have cost Black Americans over 80 million more lost years of life, compared with white Americans, a new study finds. The study is the latest to highlight the nation’s longstanding racial disparities in health and lifeContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The high cost of — everything: Rising inflation rates are ramping up anxieties among some groups of Americans much more than others, a new study reports. Women, middle-age adults and people with less education or lower pay are feeling much more stress overContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Public health officials are urging people at risk of contracting mpox, the virus previously called monkeypox, to get vaccinated. They are concerned that a slowdown in infections since last summer may not continue. “There’s a very real risk of there being a surgeContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — More than 10 million people in the United States are living with bipolar disorder, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). It’s characterized by severe, dramatic shifts in mood that can catch people off guard. The name captures the dramatic swingContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Americans will continue to be able to get free preventive health care services — at least for now. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans temporarily blocked a lower court decision on Monday, pausing a ruling that challengedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Lured by promises of bigger muscles and better performance on the field, many athletes and bodybuilders turn to anabolic steroids despite their well-known side effects, including increased risk for heart disease and mood issues. Now, two new studies show these harms may persistContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Lower your blood pressure. Get your heart rate up. Know your numbers. When it comes to heart health, understanding all the numbers involved – and which should be up or down and when – can be confusing. But experts say it’sContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Public health officials announced Tuesday that a lot fewer Americans were without health insurance after the COVID-19 pandemic than before it. The uninsured rate dropped 18% between 2019 and 2022, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control andContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Black and Hispanic communities in the United States are more often poor — and also more likely to have harmful levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in their drinking water, a new study reveals. Sources of PFAS pollution — including major manufacturers,Continue Reading