TUESDAY, Aug. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A person’s unrelated lookalike, commonly known as a doppelganger, may actually share genes that affect not only how they appear, but also their behavior. In a new study, scientists did DNA analysis on 32 sets of virtual twins — people with strong facialContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Humans and dogs undoubtedly share a powerful bond, but can dogs cry when overcome with emotion? According to a recent study, possibly the first to try to answer that question, canine’s eyes do indeed well up with tears, most often when they areContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Just like their humans, dogs are more often diagnosed with diabetes in certain places and times of year, new research reveals. Diagnoses of type 1 diabetes in humans rise during the winter months and in northern latitudes of the United States. This newContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — PFAS compounds are known as “forever chemicals” because they degrade slowly in the environment and accumulate in the body, potentially harming human and animal health. Bacteria can’t eat them. Fire can’t incinerate them. Water can’t dilute them. Instead, these per- and polyfluoroalkyl substancesContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Methamphetamine is driving an epidemic of drug overdoses in rural America, a new study concludes. Researchers attribute the surge to meth laced with fentanyl or combined with an opioid that contains fentanyl. “Methamphetamine is increasingly contaminated or adulterated with fentanyl, which is 50Continue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Adding yet another wrinkle to the monkeypox outbreak, a new case study suggests that people can pass the virus on to their pet dogs. Therefore, people who are infected with the virus should avoid close contact with their pets, the U.S. Centers forContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Spinal injections of a common anesthetic may help clear the inflammatory skin condition psoriasis, a small pilot study suggests. The study involved four patients with severe psoriasis, and researchers are describing it as a “proof-of-concept” — specifically, the idea that targeting certain sensoryContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — When dogs’ hearing fades, their mental skills follow, new research reveals. For the study, the researchers examined the link between hearing loss in aging dogs and dementia. The findings shed light on ways sensory loss affects canine cognition (thinking skills) and could leadContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Teachers play a critical role in the early detection and reporting of child abuse, according to a new study that found school closures during the height of the pandemic may have meant that up to 8,000 reports of endangered children were missed. “ChildContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Cigarettes are still responsible for far too many cancer deaths every year in the United States, a new study finds. In 2019, nearly 123,000 U.S. cancer deaths were from cigarette smoking (30% of all U.S. cancer deaths), leading to nearly $21 billion inContinue Reading