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5,000 Steps a Day May Help Protect the Brain From Alzheimer’s, Study Finds
Getting in more daily steps may help slow early brain changes linked to Alzheimer’s disease, a new long-term study suggests. Researchers followed nearly 300 older adults for up to 14 years and found that people who already showed high levels of beta-amyloid (an early sign of Alzheimer’s) lost memory and thinking skills more slowly if… read on > read on >
Top FDA Drug Chief Resigns While Under Investigation
The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) drug division has resigned while under internal investigation, saying he was pushed out after raising concerns about how the agency planned to fast-track some new drugs. Dr. George Tidmarsh, who joined the FDA in July, stepped down Sunday, The New York Times reported. His resignation… read on > read on >
Recalled Pasta Meals Now Linked to 6 Deaths Across the U.S.
A growing Listeria outbreak linked to recalled pasta meals has now sickened 27 people and caused six deaths across 18 states, according to new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Two new deaths were reported in Hawaii and Oregon, the agency said. Earlier deaths occurred in Illinois, Michigan, Texas and… read on > read on >
Meat Allergy Caused By Tick Bites Becoming More Common In US, Experts Say
A once-rare meat allergy caused by tick bites is dramatically increasing across the United States, researchers said. There’s been a 100-fold increase in positive test results for the allergy, called alpha-gal syndrome, between 2013 and 2024, researchers reported last week at the American College of Gastroenterology’s annual meeting in Phoenix. “Alpha-gal syndrome is unlike any… read on > read on >
Tobacco Still Top Cancer Killer, Despite Falling Smoking Rates
Tobacco remains the leading preventable cause of cancer death in the U.S., despite a dramatic decline in smoking, a new American Cancer Society report says. More than 80% of lung cancer deaths are linked to tobacco, according to data from the inaugural release of the American Heart Association’s U.S. Tobacco Atlas. That’s even though cigarette… read on > read on >
Low-Dose Aspirin Might Benefit Adults With Type 2 Diabetes, Study Says
Low-dose aspirin is no longer universally recommended to prevent heart health emergencies, but it might help people with type 2 diabetes, a new study says. People with type 2 diabetes who took low-dose aspirin were less likely to have a heart attack or stroke, according to findings that will be presented Nov. 9 at the… read on > read on >
Kids Need CPR More Promptly Than Adults Following Cardiac Arrest
Thousands of U.S. kids each year collapse from cardiac arrest and need CPR to save their lives. But CPR must start for them in half the time required for adults, according to results that will be presented at the American Heart Association annual meeting in New Orleans on Nov. 9. The time window to initiate… read on > read on >
Blood Pressure Medication Recalled Over Cancer Risk
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled over half a million bottles of a widely prescribed blood pressure medication, prazosin hydrochloride, because of concerns about a potentially cancer-causing chemical. New Jersey-based Teva Pharmaceuticals and drug distributor Amerisource Health Services initiated the voluntary recall for more than 580,000 bottles of the capsule drug, CBS… read on > read on >
New Study Links COVID in Pregnancy to Autism Risk in Children
Kids born to women who were infected with COVID-19 during pregnancy were more likely to be diagnosed with autism or other developmental delays by age 3, a new study found. The research, published last week in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, looked at more than 18,100 births in Massachusetts from early 2020 through mid-2021, before… read on > read on >