THURSDAY, April 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Weeks after ordering staff back to the office, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now letting some employees work from home again. The move follows major staff cuts and resignations that threaten the agency’s ability to approve new medicines among otherContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — There are all sorts of co-ops – credit unions, employee-owned businesses, utility providers, farmers’ cooperatives. But a new type of co-op might be the key to caring for aging Americans amid a shortage of paid caregivers, a new study suggests. Home care cooperativesContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Life is busy, and some folks simply don’t have time until the weekend to work out. Turns out, that’s just fine for their health, a new study suggests. “Weekend warriors” who cram their week’s exercise into one or two days appear to gainContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Dancing is known to lift the spirit, and a new study shows that Alzheimer’s disease patients respond to the rhythmic moves as well. Dance classes eased agitation in a small group of people with Alzheimer’s disease and other related dementias, researchers reported inContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — It’s a cook’s maxim that everything’s better with butter. Except your health, a new study suggests. People who eat loads of butter have a higher risk of premature death, while those who use mostly plant-based oils like canola or olive oil have aContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Many patients with incurable cancer aren’t getting care that could ease their suffering at the end of life, a new study suggests. Close to half of patients with advanced cancer received aggressive cancer treatment within six months of their death, researchers found —Continue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A parent’s mental health appears to influence their kids’ chances of developing anxiety, ADHD and other behavioral disorders, a new study says. Children were more than four times as likely to develop severe ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) if their caregiver had poor or fairContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) – A growing numbers of family members now provide care for older adults who live at home or in residential care settings, a new study shows. Their ranks increased 32%, from 18.2 million to 24.1 million, between 2011 and 2022, according to new research inContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new federal report warns that drinking alcohol could raise your risk of dying early. The draft of the report released Tuesday by the Department of Health and Human Services states that “in the United States, males and females have a 1 inContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A pain-relieving medication might be safer for seniors than first thought. A new study published Jan. 7 in the Annals of Internal Medicine says Gabapentin is widely used to help treat chronic pain and nerve pain, particularly as an alternative to opioid painkillers.Continue Reading