WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It’s a controversial notion, but couples undergoing fertility treatments may soon be able to select the sex of their baby — with an 80% chance of success, doctors say. Sperm-sorting techniques have been tried and offered before, but the new procedure — whichContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Genetic analysis of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair has provided new clues into the cause of the great composer’s death in 1827 — as well as evidence of a family scandal. The analysis revealed that Beethoven suffered from a hepatitis B infection that couldContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Multitasking is a way of life for Juan Medina-Echeverria. He’s a husband, a father of two and a second-year medical student living near Chicago. He often listens to his classes while jogging on the treadmill, running the equivalent of 6 orContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Sometimes a person may not be able to make it to the bathroom on their own, either because they are recovering from surgery or have long-term health issues. It’s likely that many people will need to think about being able to change aContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Much has been made of the so-called “obesity paradox” — the observation that people with a heart condition seem less likely to die if they are overweight or obese. But European researchers now say they’ve debunked that theory, which was based on earlierContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) – A drug-resistant bacteria linked to recalled eye drops has now killed three people. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday that infections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa had led to two additional deaths. In all, 68 people have become infected in 16Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Multiple sclerosis (MS) and atherosclerosis both involve an abnormal hardening of body tissue, and recent research suggests they may be linked. MS is a neurodegenerative disease that attacks the brain and spinal cord. Atherosclerosis is hardening of the arteries. Studies show connections betweenContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new study hones in on what part of your brain controls walking. Researchers discovered that two main regions of the cortex were activated as people moved in various ways through an environment. But the occipital place area (OPA) didn’t activate during crawling,Continue Reading
Birth control pills tied to slight rise in breast cancer risk, regardless of formulation. A new study finds the single hormone pill and combination estrogen-progestogen pills confer a similar degree of heightened risk for breast cancer. Read more When BMI isn’t used as measurement, obesity’s health ‘benefit’ disappears. A newContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Exercise can help improve movement-related symptoms for people who have Parkinson’s disease, a new review finds. And any type of structured exercise is better than none, researchers added. The findings were published recently in the Cochrane Reviews. “Parkinson’s disease cannot be cured, butContinue Reading