THURSDAY, Sept. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) – The end of the COVID-19 pandemic is in sight, the leader of the World Health Organization declared Wednesday, with deaths at their lowest level worldwide since the new coronavirus first began to spread in March 2020. However, the death rate is relatively flat and not yet at their… read on > read on >
Professional fighters take a lot of knocks to the head, but a new study suggests they may find themselves thinking more clearly again after they retire. Many studies have pointed to the perils of repeated blows to the head in sports like boxing and football. Repetitive head impacts, as researchers call them, can damage the… read on > read on >
People with autoimmune disorders like lupus, rheumatoid arthritis or psoriasis who suffer a heart attack are more likely to die or develop severe heart-related complications in the aftermath, a new study shows. A heart attack creates more serious health consequences in those patients than in those who aren’t battling an autoimmune disorder, according to an… read on > read on >
It’s well-known that hot flashes, sleep disturbances and symptoms of depression are common issues during menopause. Yet not every woman experiences these symptoms at the same level of severity. A new study suggests that psychosocial stressors in childhood or early adulthood can exacerbate menopause symptoms almost two decades later. Such stressors include physical or sexual… read on > read on >
THURSDAY, Sept. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Smoking around your child is unhealthy, but it could also harm your future grandchildren, a new study finds. Children are more likely to develop asthma if their father was exposed to secondhand smoke as a child, according to researchers from the University of Melbourne in Australia. The children’s… read on > read on >
Air pollution may cause irregular heart rhythms in otherwise healthy teens within two hours of exposure, a new study shows. Irregular heart rhythms, or arrhythmias, occur when the heart’s electrical impulses don’t work properly. Symptoms may include heart flutters, chest pain, fainting or dizziness. Some arrhythmias increase a teen’s chances of sudden cardiac death or… read on > read on >
Chad Gradney underwent quadruple bypass open-heart surgery at age 27, and afterward spent eight fruitless years battling extremely high cholesterol levels. Then in 2012 he found himself back in an emergency room, again suffering from chest pain. “That’s when I found out three of the four bypasses basically had failed again,” recalls Gradney, now 44… read on > read on >
A daily multivitamin might help keep your brain free from any decline in thinking skills, a new study suggests. In a trial of more than 21,000 men and women, the study authors reported that cocoa had no benefit on thinking skills but taking a multivitamin every day did improve cognition among the 2,000 participants. All… read on > read on >
If only you could pop vitamin D and fish oil supplements to fight the frailty that often comes with aging, but new research delivers a disappointing message: Don’t count on it. In reaching that conclusion, the team used data from the VITAL study (Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial), which included information from over 25,000 U.S.… read on > read on >
Cancers among younger adults are a growing global problem and are likely related to factors like poor diet, obesity and inactivity, a new research review finds. Since the 1990s, researchers say, rates of various cancers have been rising in many countries among people under 50. And while the reasons are not fully clear, it’s likely… read on > read on >
