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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.
17 Oct
A new study finds standing without actual movement or exercise has no real cardiovascular benefits over sitting.
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
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
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter October 21, 2024
Teenagers are increasingly turning to protein-packed bars, shakes and powders to help them add muscle to their frames, a new study shows.
Two in five parents say their teen consumed protein supplements in the past year, according to the University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Heal... Full Page
Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter October 21, 2024
After Black patients undergo a surgery, they are much more likely than their white peers to receive only an opioid for post-op pain relief, rather than a more nuanced combo of analgesics, a new study finds.
So-called "multimodal analgesia" is the recommended way to go, experts say, but Black patients are 29% less likely to receive it.
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A handheld pinprick blood test could someday deliver results in as little as an hour, a new study shows.
The portable device, which fits in the palm of a hand, uses sound waves to separate a tiny whole blood sample down into microscopic biomarkers, researchers reported Oct. 16 in the journal Science Advances.
The entire proc... Full Page
Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter October 20, 2024
Youth sports deliver all kinds of health benefits, both mental and physical, but young athletes can still get hurt.
Every year, more than 3.5 million U.S. kids are treated for sports-related injuries. The most common injuries include sprained ankles, broken bones, concussions, torn or stretched ligaments and b... Full Page
Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter October 19, 2024
Did you know that sodium is the bad guy in salt, raising your risks for high blood pressure and other heart ills?
Luckily for Americans, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is working to make it easier for you and your family to eat food with less sodium.
Because more than 70% of the sodium you eat comes from proces... Full Page
Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter October 18, 2024
Ruined credit scores and big risks for bankruptcy: All part of the long-term financial fallout from the words "You have cancer," according to two new studies.
“These are the first studies to provide numerical evidence of financial toxicity among cancer survivors,” said study lead author Dr. Benjamin James. He's chief of general... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter October 18, 2024
Pop tunes, smooth jams and banging beats can help people more easily recover from surgery with fewer painkillers, a new review finds.
Listening to music reduces the anxiety, pain and heart rate of patients waking up from surgery, researchers found.
As a result, surgical patients provided music tended to need less than half the amount... Full Page
Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter October 18, 2024
Intrauterine devices (IUDs) may raise the chances of a breast cancer diagnosis for women who use the hormonal birth control method, but that risk remains low, new research finds.
In the study of 150,000 Danish women, published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers discovered there was a 40%... Full Page
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