TUESDAY, July 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An experimental “air mask” could help ward off infectious diseases while people are on the job, researchers report. The mask uses an air curtain blowing down from the brim of a hard hat to prevent airborne viruses from reaching a worker’s eyes, noseContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Osteoarthritis could nearly triple a person’s risk of developing a multitude of other chronic illnesses, a new two-decade study finds. People with osteoarthritis (OA) — where cartilage breaks down, allowing bones to rub against each other — tend to develop multiple other healthContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People with an “unhealthy” gut microbiome appear to be more likely to die following an organ transplant, a new study warns. These gut microbe patterns are specifically associated with deaths from cancer and infection, regardless of the organ that’s been transplanted, researchers reportedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Prediabetes can be successfully fought through diet and exercise, a new study shows. People with prediabetes can reduce their long-term risk of death and illness if they use diet and exercise to delay the onset of diabetes for just four years, according toContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — New research offers what could become a surprising way to diagnose whether a child has autism: Simply check the makeup of their gut microbiome. In a study published July 8 in the journal Nature Microbiology, scientists analyzed more than 1,600 stool samples from childrenContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Where you live plays a vital role in how easy it is to receive care for heart problems. Nearly half of U.S. counties don’t have a practicing cardiologist, and those are places with the worst heart health, a new study says. More thanContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — If it would stave off heart disease, diabetes and colon cancer, would you swear off bacon and burgers? A new international simulation projects cutting Americans’ intake of processed meat alone by 30% could head off more than 350,000 cases of diabetes in theContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Women who survive cardiac arrest are more likely to suffer anxiety or depression than male survivors, a new study warns. Data regarding the five-year health consequences of a cardiac arrest revealed “most significantly a 50% rise in antidepressant prescription in the first yearContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — One hospital’s push to transition patients who are nearing the end of life from the emergency room to hospice care appears to be working. After the program went into effect, 54% of ER patients at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston transitioned toContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — U.S. health officials have determined that untreated water used by a Florida cucumber grower is one likely source of salmonella poisoning that sickened nearly 450 people this spring. Still, that grower didn’t supply all the cucumbers that were linked to salmonella contamination, the U.S. FoodContinue Reading