WEDNESDAY, July 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Having bad dreams after eating ice cream or cheese? Your stomach may be trying to tell you something. New research shows that people with worse symptoms of lactose intolerance tended to report more frequent nightmares, NBC News reported. The research, published July 1Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Tattoos have become a form of self-expression, a means of telling the world something about yourself. Unfortunately, observers mostly misread these inky cues and misjudge the personalities of tattoo bearers, a new study says. Study participants tended to agree among themselves on whatContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Want to think outside the box? Avoid the internet, a new study says. Googling for new ideas can inhibit a group’s creativity during brainstorming sessions, researchers reported June 30 in the journal Memory & Cognition. Internet searches appeared to stymie the production ofContinue Reading
Decreases seen in mortality for acute MI, ischemic heart disease, while increases seen for mortality from other heart disease subtypesContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Trump administration may cut off federal funding to hospitals that provide gender-related treatments to children and teens. Nine major children’s hospitals recently received letters from federal officials seeking information about procedures such as hormone therapy, puberty blockers and sex-reassignment surgeries, The WallContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — “Get a grip” might be a truer saying for holding onto sanity than previously thought, a new study says. A loss of grip strength might be an early sign of psychosis, researchers report in the American Journal of Psychiatry. People recently diagnosed withContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Do you enjoy “eureka” moments, when sudden insight or inspiration strikes seemingly from nowhere? Then you definitely need to sleep on it, a new study says. People are more likely to have sudden “eureka” moments on nagging problems if they can reach aContinue Reading
SUNDAY, June 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The swamps of Georgia and South Carolina harbor something more dangerous than the alligators for which they’re best known. Researchers studying the ancient reptiles found high levels of mercury, a potent neurotoxin. Their discovery — reported in the June issue of the journalContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Common human typing errors can trip up artificial intelligence (AI) programs designed to aid health care workers by reviewing health records, a new MIT study says. Typos and extra white spaces can interfere with AI’s ability to properly analyze patient records, researchers reportedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Keeping tabs on COVID-19 outbreaks is as easy as tracking a city’s wastewater, a new study says. Levels of the COVID virus, SARS-CoV-2, found in wastewater samples accurately predicted by a week the rise and fall of case counts in a community, researchersContinue Reading