MONDAY, Dec. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Dancing appears to lift the spirits of people with Parkinson’s disease. Depression eased in Parkinson’s patients who took months of dance classes, a new study published recently in the Journal of Medical Internet Research shows. Not only did their depression symptoms ease, butContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The sicker a senior becomes, the more likely they’re going to develop kidney problems on top of their other health challenges. A new study published Dec. 17 in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS), shows that as a person’s number of chronicContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — President-elect Donald Trump is calling for an end to daylight saving time, a practice he described as inconvenient and costly. “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t!” Trump wroteContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Beans, peas and lentils take center stage in newly proposed changes to dietary guidelines for Americans. In a report released this week by an advisory committee to the Agriculture Department, experts suggest that the protein-packed legumes are the perfect substitute for red orContinue Reading
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THURSDAY, Dec. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A blood draw is a typical part of a person’s regular check-up. But that blood sample might hold a lot more useful information about a person’s health than doctors are currently getting. A new study shows that a routine part of a bloodContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More breast cancers are being detected later in women, giving the tumors a chance to spread and become life-threatening, a new study finds. This increase in late-stage breast cancer affects women at all ages and ethnicities, according to results published Dec. 10 inContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Bed sores can be more than debilitating and painful. Now a new study shows they can also dramatically impact a person’s recovery from a spinal cord injury. “Our study found that patients with pressure ulcers [bed sores] regained significantly less motor function throughContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Most Americans understand how deeply the dangerous opioid fentanyl has permeated the illicit drug market. Now, it’s even infiltrated the bodies of Gulf of Mexico dolphins. Researchers at Texas A&M University report that they’ve detected traces of fentanyl in the blubber of 30Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Most children and teenagers can shake long COVID within a couple of a years, a new, reassuring study finds. About 70% of children and teens diagnosed with long COVID recover from the disorder within 24 months of their initial infection, researchers reported Dec.Continue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Even when e-cigarettes are nicotine-free, they have an immediate effect on blood vessels, a new imaging study shows. “E-cigarettes have long been marketed as a safer alternative to regular tobacco smoking,” said Dr. Marianne Nabbout, a resident at University of Arkansas for MedicalContinue Reading