Stress can age, weaken your immune system. New research shows that traumatic events, job strain, daily stressors and discrimination may all speed aging of the immune system, raising the risk for cancer, heart disease and other illnesses, including COVID-19. Read more FDA approves first pill to fight severe alopecia. BaricitinibContinue Reading

MONDAY, June 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An experimental drug for the neurological disorder ALS was approved in Canada on Monday, but an ongoing evaluation of the treatment by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has raised questions about its effectiveness. A condition of Health Canada’s approval of Albrioza (AMX0035)Continue Reading

MONDAY, June 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Called “forever chemicals” because they linger in the environment, new research suggests that middle-aged women with high levels of perfluoroalkyls and polyfluoroalkyls (PFAS) in their blood may be more vulnerable to high blood pressure. In the study, women aged 45 to 56 whoContinue Reading

MONDAY, June 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — New research gives new meaning to the term “hotheaded” — your normal brain temperature is higher and varies much more than previously thought. The findings could lead to future research into whether disruption of daily brain temperature rhythms might trigger dementia and otherContinue Reading