FRIDAY, March 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Virtual reality (VR) might be able to provide cancer patients significant pain relief, a new study says. A small group of cancer patients reported a decrease in their pain after using VR headsets that allowed them to explore realistic underwater scenes, according toContinue Reading
Even without these two expanding clusters, the total number of cases in the U.S. has exceeded the case count for the entire year of 2024Continue Reading
THURSDAY, March 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will no longer fund new research on how climate change affects people’s health, according to records reviewed by ProPublica. The new directive was shared internally with staff last week. It follows other action to stop NIH supportContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is facing major changes, with five senior leaders stepping down Tuesday. These exits follow three other recent departures, meaning that as many as one-third of the agency’s top leaders have now left. The departuresContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A Chinese woman is the third person in the world living with a gene-edited pig kidney, and nearly three weeks after surgery, doctors say she’s doing well. The woman, reportedly 69 years old, had kidney failure for eight years before receiving the pigContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Heart disease might contribute to the sort of brain shrinkage seen in dementia, a new study says. People with early signs of heart problems are more likely to have brain changes associated with dementia, researchers reported on March 26 in the journal Neurology.Continue Reading
THURSDAY, March 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The nose might know whether a person is showing early signs of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, a new study says. Older adults who’ve developed mild cognitive impairment — a precursor to dementia and Alzheimer’s — score lower on a peel-and-sniff test than peopleContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — HIV could explode worldwide in the wake of U.S. cuts to foreign aid, resulting in millions of AIDS deaths and soaring rates of infection, a new analysis says. President Donald Trump has floated the notion of ending the President’s Emergency Fund for AIDSContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A mom’s health and lifestyle choices can affect her kids’ risk of obesity as adults, a new study says. Specifically, a child is 3 to 4 times more likely to become an obese adult if their mom was obese, researchers reported March 26Continue Reading
THURSDAY, March 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The higher you fly, the harder you fall, the old saying goes. There might be something to that when it comes to the aftermath of a stroke, a new study suggests. People with higher education face a steeper decline in their ability toContinue Reading