THURSDAY, Feb. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A person’s odds for a dementia diagnosis nearly triple in the first year after a stroke, new research shows. This post-stroke spike in dementia risk does subside with time, but it never returns to pre-stroke levels, the same report found. “Our findings reinforceContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A new study of aging U.S. veterans finds that one in every 10 who have been diagnosed with dementia might actually have brain impairments caused by liver cirrhosis. It’s a condition called hepatic encephalopathy, and it’s often treatable, explained a team led byContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Radon, an invisible, naturally occurring radioactive gas, appears to raise a person’s risk of stroke, a new study suggests. Already known as the second leading cause of lung cancer, these new findings suggest exposure to radon can increase risk of stroke by asContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Coupons for e-cigarettes appear to be a powerful way to get people hooked on vaping, a new study shows. People who receive coupons for e-cigarettes are 50% more likely to begin vaping, and less likely to quit once they’ve started, according to findingsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A new and worrisome antibiotic-resistant form of E. coli has been identified at a children’s hospital in China. Already, so-called ST410 strains of the E. coli bacterium — resistant to last-resort antibiotics called carbapenems — have become the most common drug-resistant strains seenContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Black American women have much higher rates of high blood pressure than white women, and it’s especially deadly if hypertension sets in before the age of 35, new research shows. Black women diagnosed with high blood pressure before the age of 35 hadContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A walk in the woods appears to sharpen the mind better than an urban asphalt amble, a new brain scan study finds. People strolling through an arboretum at the University of Utah performed better on brain function tests than those who walked aroundContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Biogen, maker of the Alzheimer’s medicine Aduhelm, announced Wednesday that it would “discontinue the development and commercialization” of the controversial drug. Biogen will return the rights to Aduhelm to Neurimmune, the private firm that invented it, the company said in a statement. It’sContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Even small increases in a man’s cardio fitness can significantly reduce his risk of developing prostate cancer, researchers report. An annual increase in aerobic fitness of 3% or more is linked to a 35% lower risk of prostate cancer, according to a reportContinue Reading
