WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Do you suspect you have long COVID, but aren’t sure? The answer you get will largely hinge on whom you ask, a new study says. The medical field still lacks a clear answer as to what constitutes long COVID, despite hundreds of publishedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Slightly altering your stride while walking could considerably ease pain caused by wear-and-tear knee arthritis, a new study says. Foot positioning while walking can reduce stress on a person’s knee joint, researchers reported Aug. 12 in The Lancet Rheumatology. People trained to angleContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar and other dollar stores are chock full of cheap, highly processed foods — just the sort of eats that can lead to obesity, heart disease and other health problems. But dollar store shoppers are surprisingly savvy, andContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A mobile smartphone app can help reduce the risk of death among people at high risk for suicide, a new study says. The app, called OTX-202, reduced suicide attempts by 58% among a large group of recently discharged psychiatric patients who had previouslyContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A person’s own voice might soon be a means of detecting whether they’re suffering throat cancer, a new study says. Men with cancer of the larynx, or voice box, have distinct differences in their voices that could be detected with trained artificial intelligenceContinue Reading
New poll shows very or extremely bothersome symptoms are down compared with 10 years ago, but predicting symptoms remains elusiveContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new vaccine aimed at a common cancer gene mutation could help stop aggressive pancreatic cancers from coming back, a small clinical trial suggests. Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal cancers, with a five-year survival rate of about 13%, according toContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Central Harlem has now sickened 90 people and caused three deaths, New York City health officials said Tuesday. The update comes just a few days after the city’s health department proposed new rules for the testing of buildingContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The summer surge of COVID-19 continues with new federal data showing the virus is on the rise in many parts of the country. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that wastewater activity for COVID-19 has climbed to a “moderate”Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Asthma flare-ups in children might be more complicated than previously thought, with hidden forces combining to restrict their airways, a new study says. About 50% to 60% of children with severe asthma have a type called eosinophilic asthma, which are driven by whiteContinue Reading