WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new spinal cord implant may help people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) regain some muscle function, giving them stronger movement and improved walking ability, researchers report. In a small, month-long pilot study, three adults with SMA — a genetic disease that weakensContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Yikes! The way parents use their phones around their kids may influence how much inappropriate content kids consume. Researchers reported Feb. 4 in the journal BMC Pediatrics that the odds of kids watching R-rated movies or playing mature-rated video games rose with higherContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Hopes that GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy could help slow Parkinson’s disease have taken an hit. A new study found that a drug in the same class called exenatide, marketed as Byetta, had no effect on slowing the disease or easingContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — “Yo-yo” dieting — repeatedly losing and gaining weight — can significantly increase risk of kidney disease among people with type 1 diabetes, a new study warns. Diabetics with greater weight fluctuations experienced a 40% decline in their kidneys’ ability to filter toxins fromContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Schizophrenia cases associated with problematic weed use have skyrocketed in the wake of Canada’s legalization of marijuana, a new study says. The proportion of schizophrenia cases associated with cannabis use disorder nearly tripled, rising from 4% pre-legalization to 10%, according to findings publishedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Never mind the grumbles and groans that accompany a clock alarm, along with a lunge for the snooze bar and murmurs of “five more minutes.” People generally wake in their best frame of mind, enjoying peak mental health and wellbeing in the morning,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The cholesterol that’s good for your heart health might be bad for your eye health, and vice versa, a new study says. “Good” HDL cholesterol appears to increase risk of glaucoma in people older than 55, researchers reported Feb. 4 in the BritishContinue Reading
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Even a mild infection with COVID-19 can promote clogged arteries, increasing the risk of heart attack in some people, a new study says. Infection with the COVID virus is associated with rapid growth of plaque in arteries that supply blood to the heartContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever clinical trials testing pig kidney transplants in people with kidney failure, marking a major step forward in cross-species transplantation. Two biotechnology companies, United Therapeutics Corporation and eGenesis, have been cleared to beginContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — They’re small, colorful and marketed as safe sensory toys but water beads have sent thousands of kids to the emergency room — and now, experts and parents want their sale to be banned. Water beads can expand up to 100 times their sizeContinue Reading