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21 Jan
Just Like Belly Fat, Muscle Fat May Increase the Risk of Serious Heart Disease
A new study finds people with pockets of fat inside their muscles are at increased risk of hospitalization of death from heart attack.
20 Jan
Having COVID-19 May Raise Your Risk for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
A new study finds people infected with COVID-19 are at increased risk of developing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, a disorder that causes extreme exhaustion, memory and thinking problems.
17 Jan
Eating Red Meat, Especially Processed Red Meat, May Increase Your Risk of Dementia
A new study finds filling your plate with things like burgers and bacon may increase your risk for cognitive decline and dementia.
Federal Judge Revives Legal Effort To Limit Access to Abortion Pill
Efforts to limit access to the abortion drug mifepristone have gotten boost from a federal judge who took the bench during President Donald Trump's first term.
U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled that Missouri, Kansas and Idaho can move ahead with a lawsuit seeking to revamp prescribing and use of the drug. Kaczmaryk, of the Northe...
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- January 22, 2025
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High-Fiber Diets Linked to Gut Health & Fewer Harmful Bacteria
Could eating more fiber be the key to a healthier gut? Research suggests the answer is yes.
The findings, published recently in the journal Nature Microbiology, analyzed gut microbiomes from more than 12,000 people in 45 countries. It found that individuals with higher levels of beneficial gut bacterium called Faecalibacterium...
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- January 22, 2025
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Trump-Era HHS Website Makes Term ‘Abortion’ Harder To Find
Abortion information is disappearing from federal government websites, signaling potential changes in abortion under the second Trump administration.
ReproductiveRights.gov, a site launched under the Biden administration to provide resources on abortion and contraception, now redirects to an error page.
The site previously incl...
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- January 22, 2025
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Trump Ends Push To Slash Prescription Drug Costs
With a sweep of the pen, President Donald Trump has ended a Biden administration effort to lower the cost of prescription drugs for people on Medicare and Medicaid.
Trump's order, signed shortly after his inauguration on Monday, targets policies his administrations calls "deeply unpopular" and "radical," NBC News reported.
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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- January 22, 2025
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Medicare to Negotiate Prices for 15 More Drugs, Including Ozempic
Medicare will soon negotiate prices for 15 more drugs as part of an effort to reduce costs for seniors and people with disabilities, federal health officials announced in a news release.
The negotiations, made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act, will cover widely used medications for conditions such as Type 2 diabetes, cancer and asth...
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- January 22, 2025
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“Chameleon” Immune Cells Linked To Severe Asthma
A set of chameleon-like immune cells could be contributing to severe asthma in some patients.
Intermediate group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) appear to be able to get around cutting-edge asthma treatments by transforming into another type of immune cell.
Targeted biologic drugs have revolutionized the treatment of...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- January 22, 2025
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Overactive Bladder Diagnoses Tripled, but Treatment Is Still Rare
A sudden need to urinate is more common than previously known, but treatment is less common.
Diagnoses for overactive bladder more than tripled between 2013 and 2017, after the American Urological Association (AUA) released guidelines for the condition in 2012, researchers found.
However, diagnosis isn’t always leading to treat...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- January 22, 2025
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Sports Boost Academic Performance in Teens
Want your kid to do well in school?
Get them involved in an organized sport, a new study urges.
Boys and girls are both more likely to earn a high school diploma if they take part in team sports like soccer or artistic sports like dance or gymnastics, researchers reported in a study published recently in the journal Children...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- January 22, 2025
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Rural America Faces Growing Shortage of Eye Surgeons
Rural areas are facing an increasing shortage of eye surgeons who can treat conditions like cataracts, glaucoma and detached retinas, a new study says.
More than 17% of patients who need an ophthalmic surgeon live in rural America, but fewer than 6% of eye surgeons now work in a rural area, researchers recently reported in JAMA Ophthal...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- January 22, 2025
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Most Families Exclude Foods Linked to Allergies
Most parents of a child with a food allergy opt to cut the offending food completely out of their homes.
However, that strategy is tied to an emotional toll, researchers said.
Parents who exclude food from their home because of their child’s allergy have a worse quality of life on average, due to worry and anxiety, researchers ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- January 21, 2025
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Job Protections Improve Mental Health Among LGBTQ+ Workers
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 (HealthDay New) -- A landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision barring job discrimination significantly eased the minds of LGBTQ+ workers, a new study says.
The court extended employment protections to nearly 3.6 million LGBTQ+ people in 12 states with its 2020 Bostock v Clayton County decision.
As a result...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- January 21, 2025
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COVID-19 Doesn't Worsen Multiple Sclerosis, Study Says
People with multiple sclerosis (MS) have been concerned that a COVID-19 infection could cause the symptoms of their nerve disease to become even worse.
But a new study should offer some solace -- COVID doesn’t appear to worsen MS, researchers reported Dec. 23, 2024 in the journal Neurology.
“Infections may be ass...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- January 21, 2025
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Moderna Receives $590M From HHS To Develop Bird Flu Vaccine
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is awarding the pharmaceutical company Moderna $590 million to continue developing a vaccine to protect against bird flu.
This funding, announced Friday by Moderna, builds on the $176 million it received from HHS last year to support earlier stages of vaccine research.
Moderna&rs...
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- January 21, 2025
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Seniors Miss Out on Services With Medicare Advantage
Medicare Advantage isn’t that great an advantage for seniors compared with traditional Medicare, researchers say.
The privatized form of Medicare offers more supplemental benefits than traditional Medicare, including dental, vision and hearing benefits.
But many seniors aren’t using those additional benefits, and their ou...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- January 21, 2025
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Bird Flu Found in Georgia Commercial Poultry for First Time
For the first time, bird flu has been detected in a commercial poultry flock in Georgia.
The case — confirmed in Elbert County by the Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service — involves the H5N1 strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (...
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- January 21, 2025
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Popular GLP-1 Drugs Are Shaping Health Beyond Weight Loss & Diabetes
Popular GLP-1 medications for weight loss and diabetes may have unexpected benefits for reducing risks for conditions such as substance abuse, psychosis, infections and even dementia.
But these drugs also come with risks that shouldn't be overlooked, researchers warn in a study published Jan. 20 in the journal Nature Medicine.
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- January 21, 2025
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Stressed-Out Surgeon? That's Good News for Patients!
Check out your surgeon as you’re wheeled into the operating room. Do they seem tense, on edge, or stressed out?
If so, that could be good news for you, a new study says.
The patients of stressed surgeons tend to suffer fewer major complications from surgery, according to findings of new study published in JAMA Surgery....
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- January 21, 2025
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ADHD Diagnoses On The Rise Among Adults
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses have increased among adults in recent years, while remaining stable among teenagers.
ADHD diagnoses among adults increased by 15% between 2020 and 2023, after declining by nearly 11% from 2016 to 2020, researchers reported in a new study published in the journal Psychiatric Rese...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- January 21, 2025
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Black Patients Less Likely To Get Weight Loss Surgery
Black people with obesity are less likely to get weight-loss surgery than others.
Black people are just as likely to discuss the procedure with their doctor -- nearly 10%, compared with 9% of patients of other races, researchers said.
But only about 8% of those Black patients go on and actually get the surgery, compared with nearly 1...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- January 21, 2025
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Most Dementia Patients Unaware of Diagnosis
Many elderly people and their caregivers don’t know a doctor has diagnosed them with dementia.
More than three-quarters of patients with dementia were not aware of their diagnosis, according to results recently published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
It’s not because the people didn’t have ac...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- January 21, 2025
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