TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The mind is alert to relaxing words spoken by others when you’re asleep, so much so that your heart beat slows down, new research shows. Hearing words like “relax” and “easy” spoken while asleep appeared to help put study participants into a deeperContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Of course grief can ravage your mind, but science shows it can also weaken your body, leaving you open to illness. “As humans, we are strongly motivated to seek out social bonds that are warm, dependable, friendly and supportive,” explained George Slavich. HeContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — U.S. poison center calls related to psilocybin “magic mushrooms” among youth skyrocketed after U.S. cities and states began decriminalizing the hallucinogen, a new study shows. Psilocybin-related calls among teens ages 13 to 19 more than tripled between 2018 and 2022, rising from 152Continue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Comedian Amy Schumer has disclosed that she has been diagnosed with Cushing’s syndrome, a condition that arises when there is too much cortisol in the body. In an interview published Friday in the News Not Noise newsletter, Schumer revealed she has exogenous Cushing syndrome, broughtContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The asthma medication Xolair has proved its prowess against food allergies, with new research showing the medication substantially lowers the chances of severe reactions in patients. Data published Sunday in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented simultaneously at the American Academy of Allergy,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Women might need a lot fewer daily steps to lower their risk of heart failure than they think, a new study suggests. The usual recommendation is that people get 10,000 steps a day, but women ages 63 and older actually gain solid heartContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Many younger children could be permanently damaging their hearing by blasting loud music on their earbuds and headphones, a new report finds. Two in three parents say that their child between the ages of 5 and 12 regularly pop listening devices in theirContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Pulse oximeters, devices that measure your blood’s oxygen levels, are known to work less accurately in Black patients. Now, new research suggests faulty readings might also be worsening the care of Black people who battle heart failure. The findings could signal a neededContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In a finding that suggests sooner is better than later, a new trial shows that giving advanced treatment early to Crohn’s patients can dramatically improve their gut health. About 80% of those who got therapy with an immune-suppressing drug called infliximab shortly afterContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Polycythemia vera is a rare form of blood cancer with few good treatment options, but that may soon change based on the results of a new clinical trial. An injected experimental drug called rusfertide appears effective in reducing the excess production of redContinue Reading