WEDNESDAY, April 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A health care program focused on suicide prevention has helped lower suicides and attempts, a new study shows. The program, called the “Zero Suicide Model,” relies on screening, safety planning and mental health support to help people at risk, The Associated Press reported.Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Brain diseases like stroke, dementia and depression share common risk factors, and changing any can lower a person’s risk of all three conditions, a new study says. Addressing factors as varied as blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, physical activity, sleep, stress, alcohol consumptionContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Food additive mixtures commonly found in diet drinks, soups, dairy desserts and sauces may slightly increase a person’s risk of type 2 diabetes, a new study says. A mixture of additives commonly found in artificially sweetened beverages increased risk of type 2 diabetesContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An experimental drug can help patients with advanced multiple sclerosis (MS) delay the progressive disability that comes with their disorder, a new clinical trial suggests. The drug, tolebrutinib, delayed disability progression by 31% in people with a type of MS called non-relapsing secondaryContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — America’s emergency rooms are near the breaking point, causing long wait times and boarding of patients awaiting care, a new study says. Essentially, ERs are being asked to serve as health care hubs that offer services far beyond emergency care, according to aContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — People with heart implants could be in trouble if they’re hit with a powerful handheld taser, a new study says. A heavy electrical charge delivered by a taser could cause a pacemaker or implanted defibrillator to malfunction, researchers report in the journal HeartContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Folks with low back pain can use their minds to effectively cope with their suffering, a new clinical trial says. Mindfulness meditation and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) both significantly reduced pain among people with chronic back pain, according to findings published Monday in JAMAContinue Reading
New appointments also made to lead the NIH and as Commissioner of Food and Drugs at the FDAContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Federal cuts to funding could “decimate” medical research in the United States, delaying cures and costing countless lives, according to a leader in cancer research. There’s been an overall freeze in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) since the start ofContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Severe and possibly deadly strep infections are on the rise in the U.S., a study published Monday in Journal of the American Medical Association said. The rate of invasive group A strep infections more than doubled from 2013 to 2022, jumping from aboutContinue Reading