MONDAY, March 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Discriminatory housing practices from nearly a century ago continue to influence a person’s risk of suffering a stroke, claims a new study that reveals the legacy of structural racism in the United States. Researchers found a 1.5% higher rate of stroke within censusContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — If your teenagers have been struggling to cope during the coronavirus pandemic, a new survey suggests they are far from alone. Researchers found that 46% of 977 parents of teens said their child has shown signs of a new or worsening mental healthContinue Reading
SATURDAY, March 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — About 7 out of 10 Alzheimer’s patients wound up free of the brain plaques that are a hallmark of the disease after treatment with a potentially breakthrough experimental drug, clinical trial results show. The drug, donanemab, also significantly slowed the patients’ brain decline,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, March 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Raising chickens in your backyard — a popular trend during the COVID-19 pandemic — holds risks that can come home to roost in an unwelcome way. It’s already well known that poultry can spread the salmonella bacteria to human handlers. But chickens coopedContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Could whether your governor is a Democrat or a Republican have influenced how many coronavirus cases and deaths your state has seen during the pandemic? Yes, claim researchers who discovered a strong link between the two — by late last summer, the oddsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — If you’re drinking more, sleeping less, seeing downright scary numbers on your scale and fretting about the future, you’re far from alone, a new survey reveals. “We’ve been concerned throughout this pandemic about the level of prolonged stress, exacerbated by the grief, traumaContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Many people dread the switch to daylight saving time. When you’re losing an hour of sleep, it can be hard to actually feel like springing forward. Dr. Rachel Ziegler, a sleep medicine physician from the Mayo Clinic Health System in Fairmont, Minn., offersContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Your eyes may be a window into the health of your brain, a new study indicates. Researchers found that older adults with the eye disease retinopathy were at increased risk of having a stroke, as well as possible symptoms of dementia. And onContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Exercise has long been considered a “natural antidepressant.” Now, research suggests that as lockdowns kept people from regular exercise, depression rates started to rise. The finding is based on multiple mental health surveys conducted among three successive groups of University of Pittsburgh students,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Sustaining just one head injury may up your chances of developing dementia decades later by 25%, and this risk increases with each subsequent head injury, new research suggests. “Head injury is not the only risk factor for dementia as high blood pressure andContinue Reading