FRIDAY, April 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Migraines, blood clots in veins, kidney or liver disease, and cancer aren’t typically considered conditions that put a person at increased danger for stroke. But these less-common risk factors can more than double the odds of having a stroke in folks younger thanContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Lucy Mulloor woke one morning to find she couldn’t call out to her two daughters, who were bustling about the kitchen. She also couldn’t move the right side of her body, and only attracted her girls’ attention by falling to the floor afterContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A “smart shirt” equipped with an electrocardiogram (ECG) can help identify folks who are at higher risk of heart disease, a new study says. The shirt monitors people’s heart rate recovery after exercise, tracking the time it takes for their heart to returnContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An older person’s hearing might be a harbinger of heart health, a new study says. People who experience hearing loss are more likely to develop heart failure, researchers reported April 8 in the journal Heart. What’s more, heart failure risk increases as hearingContinue 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) — 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
MONDAY, April 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More people die from heart problems during heatwaves where high temperatures stretch through both the day and night, a new study says. Heatwaves that offer no relief at night — known as compound heatwaves — are much more deadly than soaring daytime temperaturesContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Strokes caused by an artery tear are landing five times as many Americans in the hospital these days, a new study says. Cervical artery dissection involves a small tear in the inner lining of an artery in the neck that supplies blood toContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Lower levels of “bad” LDL cholesterol could mean a lower risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, a new study says. People with low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels lower than 70 mg/dl had a 26% lower risk of dementia and 28% lower risk ofContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For nearly two decades, a stroke had left a woman unable to speak — until now. Thanks to a new brain implant, her thoughts are being turned into real-time speech, giving her a voice again for the first time in 18 years. TheContinue Reading