FRIDAY, March 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Millions of Americans whose livers develop scar tissue due to a common disease now have the first approved drug, Rezdiffra, to treat the condition, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday. The condition is called non-cirrhotic non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). NASH with liverContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Scientists have long noticed that folks who eat healthy have healthier brains as they age, including lowered odds for dementia. Now, researchers believe they know why: Regimens like the heart-healthy Mediterranean or DASH diets appear to slow biological aging, helping to protect theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Astronauts who have never had headaches may develop migraines and other tension-type headaches for the first time when they go into space. A side effect of zero gravity, these headaches start with motion sickness as astronauts adapt to long-haul space flight, according toContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A parasite that can kill dogs has been found in a portion of the Colorado River that runs through Southern California. Heterobilharzia americana is a flatworm usually referred as liver fluke. It has never been reported this far west, according to scientists atContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Attention, America: ignore the “experts” on TikTok and put your shoes on. Barefootin’ is risky business, according to Dr. Sari Priesand, a foot specialist at Michigan Medicine-University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. “Keep the shoes on,” she urged in a university news release.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, March 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Specialized brain scans may accurately predict whether a psychotic patient will go on to develop treatment-resistant schizophrenia, Dutch researchers report. The scan — called a neuromelanin-sensitive MRI, or NM-MRI for short — zeroes in on a brain pigment called neuromelanin. This pigment canContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Doctors looking to help their patients head off dementia may want to ask for their address. An international team of researchers has linked accelerated brain aging and a higher risk of thinking declines to living in a poorer neighborhood. “If you want toContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A salmon-and-mushroom sushi roll proved deadly for two restaurant patrons in Montana last year, and experts are sounding the alarm on the dangers of undercooked morel mushrooms. A total of 51 patrons at an unnamed restaurant in Bozeman got very ill last April,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, March 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Playing fetch or grooming Fido isn’t just good for your precious pooch — it also benefits your brain. Such interactions appear to strengthen brain waves associated with rest and relaxation, South Korean researchers report in the March 13 issue of the journal PLOSContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Delivering dual-targeted, immune-focused CAR T cancer therapy via a patient’s spinal fluid quickly shrank deadly brain tumors, researchers report. CAR T therapy harnesses the power of the patient’s immune system T-cells, which are reprogrammed to seek and destroy a specific protein found onContinue Reading