FRIDAY, May 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Mindfulness meditation can help rewire the brain to reduce opioid cravings in people addicted to narcotics, a new study says. People assigned to mindfulness training had 50% less opioid cravings than others who received supportive group therapy, researchers reported April 30 in JAMAContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The cutting-edge weight-loss drug Ozempic/Wegovy can stop and even reverse fatty liver disease, a new clinical trial has found. Nearly twice as many people taking semaglutide stopped their fatty liver disease without further scarring of the organ — 63%, compared with 34% ofContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made headlines with dire warnings that declining birth rates are an “existential crisis” for humanity. The threat might be even more dire than Musk (the father of at least 14) says, a new study argues. TheContinue Reading
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WEDNESDAY, April 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Milwaukee will temporarily close two more elementary schools as it works to tackle a lead crisis in its public school buildings. The school district announced Monday that Westside Academy and Brown Street School will close for repairs. Two other schools — Starms EarlyContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More than 170,000 bottles of Martinelli’s apple juice are being recalled due to possible contamination with a mold-related toxin, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said. “Routine testing indicated that one lot of 10-ounce Martinelli’s Apple Juice glass bottles (in 4-packs only)Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Most Americans want to know if they’re destined to lose their brain power to Alzheimer’s disease, according to an annual report produced by the Alzheimer’s Association. About 4 out of 5 Americans surveyed (79%) want to know if they have Alzheimer’s before developingContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Nearly two-thirds of cardiac arrest cases could be prevented by managing lifestyle, environmental and personal health risks, a new study says. Researchers found that addressing 56 everyday risk factors for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) could prevent up to 63% of cases, researchers reportedContinue Reading
SATURDAY, April 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — From beetles to moths, leafhoppers and butterflies, the world’s insects are vanishing at a breakneck pace. Since 2017, when European researchers reported that insect populations had declined 75% in fewer than 30 years, scientists have churned out study after study trying to parseContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Bad habits like smoking, heavy drinking and skipping exercise can start to impact a person’s health as early as their mid-30s, a new study says. In fact, those three specific vices mean poorer physical and mental health starting at age 36, researchers reportContinue Reading