TUESDAY, Feb. 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new study has found no evidence that COVID vaccines increase the risk of sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes, despite numerous claims that circulated during the pandemic. The six-year study — published Feb. 24 in JAMA Network Open — compared sudden cardiacContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 25, 2025 (HealthDay news) — Antidepressants are frequently prescribed to people with dementia for symptoms like anxiety, depression, aggressiveness and sleeplessness. But a specific class of antidepressant medications — selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) — actually might speed up brain decline among some dementia patients, a new SwedishContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More emergency room doctors in California are prescribing the anti-addiction medication buprenorphine, contributing to the state’s battle against the U.S. opioid epidemic, a new study suggests. About 16% of scrips written for buprenorphine in California came from an ER doctor in 2022, upContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Night shift workers face an increased risk of cancer, as their disrupted sleep cycle causes wear and tear on their DNA. But taking melatonin might help ward off this risk, a new study suggests. Folks on the night shift taking melatonin had aContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Breast cancer deaths are expected to increase during the next quarter-century, largely impacting the world’s poorest nations, a new international study says. About 1.1 million breast cancer-related deaths are projected to occur in 2050 worldwide, an increase of 68% from 2022, researchers estimated.Continue Reading
Majority of cases presenting in unvaccinated individuals; at least 16 patients hospitalizedContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Narcissists may seem self-assured, but new research shows they often feel excluded — and their behavior may be making things worse. Hallmarks of narcissm include an inflated sense of one’s importance, a hunger for admiration and negative response to criticism. The new researchContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — With measles cases on the rise and flu season straining the nation’s hospitals, health experts urge adults to check their vaccination status and get any missing shots. Health experts agree that vaccines are the best defense against many infections, but keeping track ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For the first time, bird flu has been detected in rats, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed, according to a recent report. Bird flu, otherwise known as H5N1 avian influenza, was found in four black rats in Riverside County, California, where twoContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Frequent exercise can help colon cancer survivors live longer, perhaps even outlasting average folks, a new study suggests. Colon cancer patients who were very physically active had three-year survival rates that were slightly higher than the general population, researchers report in the journalContinue Reading