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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.
A new report shows the number of women getting abortions in the United States has actually increased since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Since March 2023, the #WeCount report found a small, consistent increase in abortion rates. In the first six months of 2024, the monthly national abortion count averaged nearly 98,000 abo...
An E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald's Quarter Pounders has sickened 49 people in 10 states, killing one and landing 10 more in the hospital.
Most of the illnesses have been reported in Colorado and Nebraska, and one child developed a serious complication known as hemolytic uremic syndrome, according to the U.S. Centers of Disease Control ...
Most Americans say they’re stressed out over the future of the United States and the presidential election, a new poll shows.
The Stress in America poll, conducted by the American Psychological Association (APA), found that 77% of adults are stressed about the future of the nation, and 69% are worried about the upcoming elec...
Stress is flooding the nation as the 2024 U.S. presidential election nears its climax.
This stress is only natural, but it can be managed, said Eric Storch, vice chair of psychiatry and behavioral sciences with Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
“There is uncertainty with change,” Storch said in a Baylor news release....
Long-term exposure to even low levels of arsenic in drinking water can raise a person’s risk of heart disease, a new study warns.
Even folks exposed to arsenic levels below the federal limit of 10 micrograms per liter (ug/L) had an increased risk of heart disease, researchers reported Oct. 23 in the journal Environmental Health P...
Type 2 diabetes is caused in part by the failure of pancreatic beta cells to respond as they should to blood sugar.
Now, new research suggests that switching to a low-carbohydrate diet might correct that beta cell dysfunction, boosting patients' health.
"People with type 2 diabetes on a low-carbohydrate diet can recover their beta ce...
Maybe you've seen a cartoon character shake their head back and forth following a sharp blow -- clearing away whatever stars or birds are circling their noggins.
Turns out, that same move might help coaches and physical trainers identify a concussion that’s occurred on the field.
About 72% of athletes -- and 92% of football pla...
Babies who breathe in polluted air tend to have higher rates of peanut allergy as they grow up, but the same wasn't true for immune-based conditions like egg allergy or eczema, Australian researchers report.
Why the connection to peanut allergy in particular?
That's not yet clear, said study lead author Dr. Diego Lopez, of the Unive...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...