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22 Oct
Eating low-carb may help patients with mild type 2 diabetes recover function in their beta cells, which produce and release insulin, researchers say.
21 Oct
A new poll from C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital finds a growing number of teens are using protein bars, shakes and powders for everything from muscle growth to weight loss.
18 Oct
Researchers detect 10 PFAS chemicals in tap and bottled water samples collected from 15 countries.
Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter October 22, 2024
Treehouse Foods Inc. has recalled dozens of frozen waffle products because of potential listeria contamination.
The recalled products were distributed throughout the United States and Canada and packed in various formats, the company said in its recall notice, which includes photos of the various waffle products.
They include waffles... Full Page
Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter October 22, 2024
TUESDAY, Oct. 22, 2024 (HealthDayNews) -- Four farm workers who helped cull poultry on an commercial egg farm in Washington are presumed to have been infected with bird flu, making that state the sixth in the country to report human H5N1 infections this year.
"These are the first presumed human cases of H5 virus under investigation in Wash... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter October 22, 2024
Baby Boom seniors are divorcing at rates triple that of a few decades ago, a new study has found.
“Gray divorce” among folks 65 and older increased to 15% in 2022 from 5% in 1990, according to research from the National Center for Family and Marriage Research at Bowling Green State University.
Increased life expectancy an... Full Page
Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter October 22, 2024
Heart bypass operations have gotten safer, but not everyone is benefiting equally: New data shows that Black patients face a 22% higher odds of dying in the hospital after their surgeries.
“We found Black patients who have coronary artery bypass surgery experience higher rates of severe postoperative complications, including death an... Full Page
Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter October 22, 2024
Cataract surgery could restore good vision to older people and by doing so cut their odds for potentially life-threatening falls, a new study finds.
Folks who got the surgery had significantly lower odds for bone fractures and brain hemorrhages linked to falling compared to people with cataracts who didn't get the operation, researchers re... Full Page
Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter October 22, 2024
Experiments in sheep are hinting that doses of caffeine given to women in pregnancy, as well as their newborns after birth, could prevent cerebral palsy.
Cerebral palsy is a disabling condition often caused by asphyxia -- reductions in oxygen supply -- around the time of birth. Asphyxia can cause other neurodevelopmental disorders, as well... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter October 22, 2024
Expanded access to addiction treatment and the overdose-reversal med naloxone likely prompted a 37% reduction in OD deaths linked to opioids taken with meth or other stimulant drugs, a new study suggests.
OD death rates were 8.9 deaths per 100,000 in communities with expanded access to treatment and naloxone, compared to 14.1 deaths per 10... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter October 22, 2024
At-home brain stimulation therapy can safely and effectively treat severe to moderate depression, a new clinical trial shows.
Rates of treatment response and depression remission were three times higher in people receiving the noninvasive brain stimulation, researchers said.
“The study results bring promise that an innovative t... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter October 22, 2024
Smokers find it easier to quit if they’re automatically offered support, even if they didn't ask for it, a new clinical trial finds.
Quit rates were higher among health system patients placed in an “opt-out” program, in which tobacco cessation medications and counseling are automatically prescribed upon learning they smok... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter October 22, 2024
Light therapy could be a useful treatment for the most common form of age-related macular degeneration, a new study says.
The therapy, called photobiomodulation or “red light” therapy, can reduce the risk of vision loss and slow progression of the “dry” form of macular degeneration, researchers reported recently at ... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter October 22, 2024
The skin condition eczema appears to be linked to a serious condition that can end in leg amputation, a new study finds.
People with eczema are at significantly higher risk of developing peripheral vascular disease, researchers reported recently in the journal Clinical and Experimental Dermatology.
Peripheral vascular diseas... Full Page
Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter October 21, 2024
The United States experienced a small but significant rise in infant deaths in the months following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturned Roe v. Wade, a new study shows.
The Dobbs ruling, handed down in July of 2022, led to outright bans on abortion in 14 states and tighter restrictions in eight others.
According to researcher... Full Page
Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter October 21, 2024
Health insurers would be required to cover the cost of over-the-counter birth control and emergency contraception under new rules proposed by the White House on Monday.
"Since Roe v. Wade was overturned more than two years ago, Republican elected officials have made clear they want to ban or restrict birth control, defund federal programs ... Full Page
Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter October 21, 2024
Walking pneumonia cases are surging among young children in the United States, federal health officials warn.
"Bacterial infections caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae increased in the United States since late spring and have remained high," a statement issued Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention not... Full Page
Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter October 21, 2024
MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2024 (Healthday News) -- Following the devastation of hurricanes Helene and Milton, a new health danger has emerged in Florida: A spike in cases of flesh-eating bacteria.
In a statement issued by the Florida Department of Health earlier this month, officials urged residents to avoid floodwaters where the Vibr... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter October 21, 2024
A routine blood test can identify women in labor who are at risk for preeclampsia, a high-blood pressure condition that’s a leading cause of maternal death, a new study finds.
Doctors can predict a woman’s risk of developing preeclampsia by looking at her levels of two blood proteins -- fibrinogen and albumin -- when she enters... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter October 21, 2024
The repeated fasting required for multiple surgeries in a row can slow a patient’s recovery and increase the risk of death, a new study warns.
Surgical patients are asked to not eat after midnight prior to their procedure, to reduce the risk that they’ll throw up during general anesthesia and deep sedation.
But folks havi... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter October 21, 2024
An overwhelming majority of teens and young adults are worried about how climate change will affect their future, a new survey has found.
About 85% of 16- to 25-year-olds are worried about the impact of climate change on people and the planet, according to the survey of nearly 16,000 people from all 50 states.
That includes nearly al... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter October 21, 2024
A healthy diet can help keep prostate cancer in check, a new study finds.
The better a man eats, the less likely his low-grade prostate cancer will progress to a more dangerous state, researchers reported Oct. 17 in the journal JAMA Oncology.
For every increase of 12.5 points in a zero-to-100 healthy eating scale, men were ... Full Page
Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter October 21, 2024
Studies in mice have shown that the fungal toxin zearalenone can mimic estrogen, and it might hamper reproduction.
It's not yet clear if the "mycoestrogen" compound can do the same in women. However, a new study finds that nearly all pregnant women ingest zearalenone as part of their daily diets.
Researchers at Rutgers University and... Full Page