Alan Holman didn’t stop exercising when told he had cancer, and he’s glad of it, now that U.K. researchers say moderate exercise may improve chemotherapy outcomes in esophageal cancer patients. Holman, 70, was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in December 2016, shortly after retiring from his job as a facilities manager at a shopping mall in… read on > read on >
Worried about losing your mental faculties as you age? Get out there and exercise, new research suggests. Physical activity helps keep the aging brain sharp, according to the latest of many studies showing a link between exercise and brain health. This study included 90 adults, ages 50-74, who wore devices to measure their levels of… read on > read on >
Images of fat-laden, diseased hearts and blackened, rotting feet might be the last thing you expect to see on the label of a can of soda that your child desperately wants, but would such drastic health warnings about the long-term dangers of sugar stop you from buying it? Yes, suggests new research that finds parents… read on > read on >
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 2, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Black people who spent their early adult years in racially segregated neighborhoods were twice as likely to develop coronary artery calcium – a predictor of heart disease – as those who lived in less segregated neighborhoods, new research shows. The heart health benefits of living in… read on > read on >
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 2, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — School closures. Family strains. Isolated and quarantined friends. Even when young people haven’t directly experienced COVID-19, the pandemic has strained their mental health. Often severely. Even before the recent wave of omicron-related cases, a coalition that included the American Academy of Pediatrics declared a national emergency… read on > read on >
With America’s best skiers, skaters and snowboarders now heading to the Winter Olympics, a team of mental health professionals will be in Beijing to help them perform under the double strain of intense competition and a pandemic. One of those professionals is Dr. David Baron, provost of Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, Calif.… read on > read on >
Suicides by drug overdose have increased among teens, young adults and seniors, even as they declined for the overall population, U.S. federal researchers say. Drug-related suicides declined for Americans in general during the latter part of the 2010s, researchers from the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) found. But rates of suicide by overdose… read on > read on >
Four in 10 Americans say they’ve had at least one heart-related issue during the COVID-19 pandemic, and about one in four who have tested positive say COVID has affected their heart health, according to a new online poll. Shortness of breath (18%), dizziness (15%), higher blood pressure (15%) and chest pain (13%) were the top… read on > read on >
A return to non-contact physical activity three days after a concussion is safe and possibly even beneficial for kids, a Canadian clinical trial finds. “Gone are the days of resting in a dark room,” said study co-author Andrée-Anne Ledoux, a scientist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute in Ottawa, Canada. The new… read on > read on >
The placenta was designed by nature to keep baby both nourished and safe. Now, research reveals how it protects the developing fetus from a new foe: The virus that causes COVID-19. “The placenta is one of the few ‘success stories’ of the pandemic,” said study co-author Dr. Elizabeth Taglauer, an assistant professor of pediatrics at… read on > read on >
