More disability payments led to fewer hospitalizations for Vietnam veterans with diabetes, according to a new report. The research looked at 14,000 Vietnam vets who benefited from a 2001 policy change that increased disability payments. The change came after the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs added diabetes to a list of conditions presumed to stem… read on > read on >
Spicy food challenges are all the rage these days, but can munching red hot peppers and sizzling hot sauces harm you? One nutrition expert from University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center in Ohio suggests that while it may burn your tongue at the dinner table and trigger some gastrointestinal distress as it travels through your body,… read on > read on >
The concept of “hangry” helps sell candy bars, and it’s a convenient excuse to snap at someone when you’re in a foul mood. But is hangry — being angry when you’re hungry — a real thing? Do people really become more irritable when they want food? “My wife sometimes used to tell me, ‘you’re being… read on > read on >
THURSDAY, July 7, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Documented cocaine and marijuana use among young adults who had strokes rose substantially in recent decades, especially among white men and women, new research suggests. Overall, however, documented substance use among stroke patients was highest among young Black men. The authors of the study, published Thursday… read on > read on >
Could ADHD drugs also treat degenerative brain disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease? British researchers say there is good evidence that some medications used for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) — known as noradrenergic drugs — might also help treat key aspects of Alzheimer’s. “Repurposing of established noradrenergic drugs is most likely to offer effective treatment in Alzheimer’s… read on > read on >
Getting a blood cancer diagnosis is devastating for young people, but it is also far more deadly if the patient is Black, new research shows. The new study, which looked at outcomes for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), highlights an urgent need to understand racial and ethnic differences, as well as the inequities in… read on > read on >
Breast cancer survivors who would like to have a baby can take some reassurance from a new study that finds motherhood doesn’t lower their future survival chances. Moreover, survival rates were no worse in younger women, those who had not been pregnant before or those with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, according to researchers from the… read on > read on >
An array of problems, including overcrowding, led to a surge of COVID-19 cases in California prisons in 2020-2021, a new report details. Preventing outbreaks in the future will require a comprehensive list of fixes, from reducing overcrowding in the state’s 34 adult prisons to improving old buildings. Vaccination drives and methods for rapid detection are… read on > read on >
The U.S. COVID-19 vaccination program slashed the coronavirus’ expected death rate by as much as 58%, saving hundreds of thousands of lives during the first two waves of the pandemic, a new study says. Computer models estimate that vaccines prevented 235,000 COVID deaths in the United States between December 2020 and September 2021, blunting the… read on > read on >
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — DeAnn Bartram was 16 when her father felt like he had a virus he couldn’t shake. Doctors said he had cardiomyopathy, a condition where the heart muscle can thicken, interfering with normal blood flow. Make a will, they said. Then they recommended he get a heart… read on > read on >
