MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — When it comes to health worries, cancer leads the way, a new poll shows. The University of Cambridge poll included 2,000 adults who said their biggest concern is getting diagnosed with cancer when it’s too late to treat it. Seven in 10 respondents haveContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An AI program has proven better than doctors at sifting through the telltale signs that indicate who with early dementia will progress to Alzheimer’s disease, a new study says. AI predicted in 4 cases out of 5 when early dementia would either remainContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Over-the-counter nasal sprays could be a potent weapon against a major public health threat — antibiotic resistance, researchers report. Their analysis, which looked at data from nearly 14,000 adults, found that common nasal sprays could help keep upper respiratory tract infections at bay,Continue Reading
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Some diabetes drugs appear to lower the risk that people with type 2 diabetes will develop dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, a new evidence review says. The risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s is significantly lower in patients treated with metformin or a class ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Diabetics who sleep too little or too much are more likely to suffer damage to their small blood vessels, a condition that can cause organ damage throughout their bodies. Short sleep duration is tied to a 2.6 times increased risk of small bloodContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Many tweens and teens are filling prescriptions for opioids far in advance of surgeries unlikely to be associated with severe pain afterward, a new study says. Worse, a significant minority continue to fill those opioid prescriptions three to six months after surgery, aContinue Reading
SUNDAY, July 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Roughly 20% of Americans are diagnosed with skin cancer at some point in their lives, but it’s not inevitable. Skin cancer is not only the most common cancer, it’s also the most preventable. Most of the time, too much sun exposure is toContinue Reading
SATURDAY, July 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The human body is no match for extreme heat, and scorching temperatures seem to be the rule rather than the exception these days. “It’s hard to think of an organ that is not affected by the heat,” said Craig Crandall, professor of internalContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Seventeen women in nine states have fallen ill after getting fake Botox shots, with 13 of them landing in the hospital and one requiring a ventilator, a new report warns. In the report, published Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control andContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A new report finds research is sorely lacking on how chronic illnesses affect women, and it urged government agencies to do more to investigate how these diseases strike women differently. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine analysis, commissioned by the OfficeContinue Reading