THURSDAY, Nov. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Eating lots of fruits, veggies, beans and other foods with inflammation-cooling properties may lower your odds of developing dementia as you age. But, if your diet is loaded with pro-inflammatory foods, you may be up to three times more likely to experience memoryContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — While deaths from sepsis have dropped in the United States since 2000, older Americans remain particularly susceptible to the life-threatening bacterial infection, new government data shows. Sepsis strikes roughly 2 million people each year and is the cause of one in three hospitalContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Is there an ideal time to go to bed every night if you want to dodge heart disease? Apparently there is, claims a new study that found hitting the sack between 10 and 11 p.m. may be the ideal time to cut theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Older folks who eat fish a couple of times a week may be doing their brains a favor. New research suggests that fish, even in moderate amounts, helps stave off vascular disease that may ultimately lead to dementia. “Previous studies, including work fromContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A growing number of American adults say they have a physical or mental disability, a new study finds. Of more than 400,000 adults who responded to a 2019 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey, 27% reported a disability. That’s a 1%Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A measure designed to lower prescription drug costs for seniors has been added to President Joe Biden’s social safety net and climate change bill that Democratic leaders hope to bring to a House vote this week. For the first time, the measure wouldContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — It’s a life-and-death prediction: How likely is early-stage breast cancer to spread throughout the rest of a patient’s body? A new analysis that tried to make that call easier for doctors to predict found that a younger age at diagnosis was a strongContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Nearly one-third of older U.S. adults visit at least five different doctors each year — reflecting the growing role of specialists in Americans’ health care, a new study finds. Over the past 20 years, Americans on Medicare have been increasingly seeing specialists, researchersContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — ADHD medications are increasingly being prescribed to older adults, and they may cause a short-term spike in the risk of heart attack, stroke and arrhythmias, a large new study suggests. Stimulant medications, such as Ritalin, Concerta and Adderall, are commonly used to treatContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Might breastfeeding affect a new mother’s future brain health? That’s the intriguing question posed by a new study that flips the narrative from the often-touted benefits for baby to what impact breastfeeding might hold for Mom years later. Researchers from UCLA Health foundContinue Reading