TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Returning to golf, tennis or pickleball after shoulder replacement surgery shouldn’t be too hard. Healing does take time, but within a few months most people can get back to play at their pre-surgery level without the pain that they experienced before, a pairContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Fewer high school athletes are getting hurt playing sports, but those who do are more likely to suffer severe injuries that require surgery or a timeout from their chosen sport, new research shows. Which teens are most at risk? Those who participate inContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — During what should’ve been an easy walk with his wife, Rick Mater found himself winded. It made little sense to him. The TV executive was in his 40s, active, didn’t smoke and maintained a healthy weight. Still, he considered this aContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Can vitamin D lower dementia risk? Quite possibly, a team of British and Canadian researchers report. In their study, investigators spent roughly a decade tracking more than 12,000 older people. None had dementia at the start of the study period. In the end,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New research offers hope to elite athletes who have genetic heart conditions but still want to play sports. In the new study, after a follow-up of seven years, researchers found that 95% of athletes with a diagnosed and treated genetic heart disease hadContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new study is enough to take your breath way: Nearly no place on Earth is free of air pollution, it found. The study “provides a deep understanding of the current state of outdoor air pollution and its impacts on human health. WithContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A stick-on sensor may help keep people with heart failure out of the hospital, new research suggests. Investigators found that when doctors had actionable information about patients’ conditions, delivered remotely through this noninvasive device, it prompted them to adjust medications earlier and preventContinue Reading
Vitamin D could help prevent dementia. Consuming the “sunshine vitamin” lowered the chances of dementia by 40%, when compared to those who didn’t take supplements, new research showed. Read more Most college athletes with genetic heart defects can safely play sports. In a study, 95% of college and professional athletesContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — You can keep an arm in a cast from wasting away, researchers say, by working out your free arm. A small group of young men who performed eccentric contraction exercises with one arm — lowering a dumbbell in a slow and controlled motionContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Flu kills more than 500,000 people globally each year and leads to heart problems for many others. Publicizing those potential cardiac ills may spur folks to get their annual flu vaccine, researchers say. Danish researchers who studied vaccination messaging methods said the twoContinue Reading