TUESDAY, Feb. 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — It was a bit safer to go into the water last year: Unprovoked shark attacks worldwide fell by about a third in 2024 compared to the year before, new data show. The United States continues to be the most likely country in whichContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Chronic ills like heart disease, asthma or diabetes afflict a majority of U.S. workers, but 60% of those affected say they’ve kept their health issue a secret from employers, a new poll finds. More than a third of workers battling chronic conditions alsoContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Want to thrive in tough, stressful times? Stay playful. That’s the take-home message from a new study of who fared best, in terms of mental resiliency, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The researchers said the findings have relevance to weathering any sort of tryingContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — About 93% of people worldwide who struggle with mental health or substance abuse issues aren’t getting adequate care, a new report finds. In many cases, people affected by mental illness do not recognize that they have a diagnosable condition, the Canadian research teamContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More than 800,000 U.S. children have what’s called “high threshold” peanut allergy, meaning they can tolerate about half a peanut daily before symptoms arise. New research suggests that exposing these kids to tiny but gradually increasing levels of store-bought peanut butter might helpContinue Reading
Manufacturer says recall was completed in early January and ‘does not implicate anything that is currently, or was recently, on the market’Continue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth pig kidney transplant in the U.S. The recipient of the genetically modified pig organ was a 66-year-old man with kidney failure, surgeons said. The transplant, performed in late January, came shortly after aContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Learning a second language may seem like an unusual approach to treating autism, but research points to surprising benefits of becoming bilingual. “If you have to juggle two languages, you have to suppress one in order to use the other,” said researcher LucinaContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The head of the United Nations AIDS agency (UNAIDS) is warning that a major spike in HIV infections and deaths could occur if the U.S. follows through on freezing foreign aid for HIV programs. UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima told the Associated PressContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A survey of hundreds of breast cancer survivors finds that tumor recurrence fear can wreak havoc on a woman’s emotions. “Cancer is all around us. Everything is a trigger,” one survey participant said. “Anniversaries, other family/friends’ diagnosis, commercials about drugs, social media, etc.Continue Reading