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22 Jan
Muscle Strength Linked to Improved Survival Among Cancer Patients
In a new study, cancer patients with high muscle strength and cardiorespiratory fitness were significantly less likely to die from any cause.
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.
Pregnancy Increases Mental Health Risk in MS Patients
Pregnancy increases the risk of mental illness among women with multiple sclerosis (MS).
Pregnant MS patients have a higher risk of mental illness both during gestation and in the first years after they give birth, researchers reported in a new study published Jan. 22 in the journal Neurology.
Overall, women with MS have a 2...
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Controlling Infections Might Lower Dementia Risk
Preventing or treating infections could be a key means of warding off dementia, a new evidence review says.
Vaccines, antibiotics, antiviral medications and anti-inflammatory drugs are all associated with a reduced risk of dementia, researchers reported in a study published Jan. 21 in the journal Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Transla...
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- January 23, 2025
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Fitter Folks Have Better Odds Against Cancer
Pumping iron and hitting the treadmill can improve your odds against cancer, a new evidence review says.
People with more muscle strength and better cardio fitness are less likely to die from cancer, researchers reported recently in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
This survival benefit extends even to people with adv...
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- January 23, 2025
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Fatty Muscles Increase Heart Disease Risk
A well-marbled steak is highly prized for grilling, but those sort of fat deposits in human muscles can be deadly, a new study says.
People with pockets of fat hidden within their muscles have a higher risk of dying from heart-related health problems, researchers reported in a study published Jan. 20 in the European Heart Journal....
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- January 23, 2025
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Nutrition Labels Only Slightly Effective in Cutting Calories
It's easy these days to see how many calories a cheeseburger will set you back, or how many added sugars are in a jar of pasta sauce.
But nutrition labels haven't been as helpful at helping people cut calories as might have been hoped, according to a new evidence review published Jan. 17 in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
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- January 23, 2025
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Higher Stroke Risk Among Children of Divorce
A broken home seems to set a ticking time bomb in the brains of some children of divorce.
Seniors have a 61% higher risk of stroke if their parents divorced when they were children or teenagers, researchers reported in a study published Jan. 22 in the journal PLOS One.
The level of added risk is on par with that posed by two...
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- January 23, 2025
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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...
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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- 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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