TUESDAY, Jan. 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) – The COVID-19 pandemic continues to take its toll on older Americans. A new study finds that many older adults declined medically necessary in-home care during the height of the pandemic in 2020 for fear of contracting the coronavirus, but doing so may haveContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The United States spends up to four times more on health care than most wealthy nations, but it doesn’t have much to show for it. Life expectancy in America continues to decline even though this country spends nearly 18% of its gross domesticContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 31, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Young adults with depression or overall poor mental health report more heart attacks, strokes and risk factors for cardiovascular disease than their peers without mental health issues, new research shows. The findings, published recently in the Journal of the American HeartContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 31, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Dylan Dorrell fell in love with running when he was in kindergarten and ran a 5K with his mom on Mother’s Day. As a 17-year-old senior in high school, he’d just finished practicing with his cross-country team at a local parkContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The two COVID emergency measures declared by the White House at the start of the pandemic will end in May. President Joe Biden informed Congress of the plan on Monday, as part of a statement opposing House Republicans’ plan to immediately end theContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Tying the knot is now tied to healthier aging brains: People who stay married for the long haul may gain some protection from dementia, a new study suggests. Researchers found that compared with both divorced people and lifelong singles, older adults in aContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The “love hormone” oxytocin might not play the critical role in forming social bonds that scientists have long believed, a new animal study suggests. Prairie voles bred without receptors for oxytocin display the same monogamous mating, attachment and parenting behaviors as regular voles,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — People who have autism feel pain at a higher intensity than others, which is the opposite of what many believe to be true, new research suggests. The prevailing belief is that those with autism are indifferent to pain, possibly because of a tendencyContinue Reading
Marriage could be a buffer against dementia. Compared to married folk, divorced and unmarried adults were 50% to 73% more likely to be diagnosed with dementia, a new study has found. Read more Is oxytocin really the ‘love hormone’? It’s been touted for years as the key to bonding, butContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Living in a U.S. state where recreational weed is legal does not appear to increase the average adult’s risk of succumbing to “reefer madness,” a new study of twins has determined. An adult living in a “legal” state is not more likely toContinue Reading