THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) — You may think that cats crave the plants catnip and silver vine because it makes them feel euphoric, and that’s true. Yet new research indicates felines also use the plants for another key reason: to keep mosquitoes at bay. Silver vine, a catnipContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Cats have a long history of boosting people’s moods and brightening their days. And that’s probably true for kids on the autism spectrum as well, new research shows. The small study suggests that adopting a shelter cat may help reduce separation anxiety andContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Noninvasive electrical stimulation of the brain, fine-tuned to specific “circuitry” gone awry, might help ease obsessive-compulsive behaviors, an early study hints. Researchers found that the brain stimulation, delivered over five days, reduced obsessive-compulsive tendencies for three months, though in people who did notContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Kids who see their parents bicker during a separation or divorce are more likely to develop a fear of abandonment, new research warns. And even if a youngster feels close to one or both parents, that fear can still undermine his or herContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A study that examined how people walked through doorways provides new insight into anorexia’s effect on a person’s body image. It’s long been known that people with anorexia overestimate their body size, but this study examined unconscious body awareness — formally called “bodyContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — An inhaled medication might make every day physical activity a bit easier for patients with serious scarring of the lungs, a new clinical trial finds. The study, published online Jan. 13 in the New England Journal of Medicine, involved patients with high bloodContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Most folks infected with COVID-19 will only have mild or moderate illness — but that means they’ll still be stuck at home and feeling really lousy. What’s the best way to cope? In many ways, you want to behave as you would ifContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — There’s an expanded nationwide recall of Sportmix pet food products underway, after links were found between a mold-borne toxin in the food and the deaths of 70 dogs, with 80 other dogs being sickened, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Monday. TheContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — New research on illness in English bulldogs has discovered a previously unknown genetic health condition — and could save the lives of some beloved family pets. Researchers were attempting to better understand B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (BCLL), a common cancer, when they uncoveredContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Blood plasma from people recovering from COVID-19 could help prevent severe illness in older patients newly infected with the virus, a small new Argentinian study finds. The findings give new hope to the notion that so-called “convalescent plasma” might have a role toContinue Reading