TUESDAY, Jan. 17, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Between his first and second years of medical school, before he was certain about what he’d specialize in, Ralph Sacco landed a job alongside Dr. Philip Wolf. Sacco’s role included feeding punch cards into a machine, a tedious but necessary stepContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Meditation might help a person’s gut health — but it takes a lot of meditation over a long time. Tibetan Buddhist monks appear to have gut microbes that differ substantially from others living near them, a new study reports. Those differences have previouslyContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Could losing your hearing as you age be a harbinger of dementia? Maybe, suggests new research that found that older people who had trouble hearing were more likely to develop dementia down the road. But there’s good news with the bad: Hearing aidsContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 17, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Like many skiers, Dr. Ouida Brown can’t narrow her love of the sport down to just one element. “I love the scenery,” said the orthopedic surgeon from Chicago. “I love the people.” She loves being the first to make tracks inContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It’s no secret: The standard American diet is at the root of the obesity epidemic and many of its associated diseases. But why is American food so unhealthy? It’s not just that Americans eat too much, which they do, but it’s also whatContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 17, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — We’ve all walked past them: Little red, yellow or green boxes with hearts on them and the letters “AED.” They can be found in office buildings, gyms, schools, airports, shopping malls – almost anywhere large crowds gather. These little boxes canContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Major surgery is a challenge for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), raising their odds of death within a year by 61%, new research shows. The researchers also found these patients incurred 13% higher health care costs in the year after theirContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Fires started by people account for a majority of premature deaths related to inhalation of tiny smoke particles in the United States, a new study reveals. These blazes, which are increasing, led to 20,000 premature deaths in 2018. That was 270% more thanContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For people with a specific type of high blood pressure, British researchers led a new study on a particular CT scan that may enable a cure. In about 5% to 10% of high blood pressure cases, the source is a gene mutation inContinue Reading
Surgery brings added risks to people with COPD. The respiratory condition itself may not cause poor post-surgical outcomes, but most COPD patients are frail and have other chronic conditions that raise health concerns, researchers note. Read more Getting COVID in pregnancy greatly raises a woman’s odd for death. These patientsContinue Reading