TUESDAY, Oct. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Fighting cancer can leave patients tired to their bones and researchers now think they might know why. Inflammation was linked to fatigue among nearly 200 women with early-stage breast cancer during and after treatment with radiation or chemotherapy, researchers reported Oct. 6 inContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — People with aching knees might receive relief from a course of low-dose radiation therapy, a new study suggests. People with mild to moderate wear-and-tear knee arthritis felt less pain and had better mobility after radiation treatment, researchers reported Sunday at a meeting ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An invisible storm might rage for years inside the bodies of people at risk for rheumatoid arthritis, prior to any joint pain occurring, a new study says. These folks experience dramatic immune system changes long before they feel symptoms, researchers reported in theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — People with spinal cord injuries sometimes suffer from blood pressure problems, as their brain loses the ability to manage the body’s blood pressure. This leaves them vulnerable to blood pressure drops that cause fainting or spikes that put them at risk of aContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Rheumatoid arthritis might be caused in part by a prematurely aging immune system, a new study says. Researchers found that people with joint pain and arthritis exhibited signs of accelerated immune aging, according to findings published recently in the journal eBioMedicine. This suggestsContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A common rheumatoid arthritis drug appears to also lower blood pressure, potentially reducing patients’ risk of heart disease, a new study says. Methotrexate significantly lowered blood pressure compared to another arthritis drug called sulfasalazine, researchers reported recently in the Annals of Medicine. “WeContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Breakfast is said to be the most important meal of the day, and a new study says that’s absolutely true as far as bone health is concerned. Folks who skip breakfast have a greater risk of broken bones from osteoporosis, researchers reported Aug.Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Fatty foods might contribute to asthma in children, a new study says. Fats found in certain foods are linked to neutrophilic asthma, a non-allergic type of asthma triggered by microbial and bacterial proteins, researchers reported Aug. 27 in the journal Science Translational Medicine.Continue Reading
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FRIDAY, Aug. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Wear-and-tear knee arthritis might be made less painful by a surgical procedure that limits blood flow to the joint, a new pilot study says. As a person’s knee breaks down, the pain is made worse by the growth of small blood vessels thatContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Breathing problems are common among people with a spinal cord injury, frequently contributing to illness and death. But researchers think they’ve sussed out a way to potentially improve these patients’ ability to breathe, a new study says. A group of nerve cells inContinue Reading