Latest Diet & Weight Management News By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Oct. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) Obesity is tied to premature death, but researchers have found that weight-loss surgery can add a few years to your life. In a study involving more than 4,000 obese people, those who […]
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Latest Prevention & Wellness News THURSDAY, Oct. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Warning letters have been sent to five companies for illegally selling dietary supplements that contain cesium chloride, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday. Earlier this year, the agency warned consumers and health care professionals […]
Latest Sexual Health News WEDNESDAY, Oct. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) Greater reproductive rights for women — such as access to sex education and birth control — are associated with lower rates of low birth weight babies, a new study finds. Reproductive rights refer to a woman’s right to […]
By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Oct. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) The purported link between e-cigarettes and lung damage might be more complicated than first thought, a new study reports. Teen e-cigarette users are not more likely to have wheezing episodes than nonusers, researchers found — but only after taking into […]
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) A procedure to restore normal heart rhythm is more effective than medications in reducing dementia risk in people with the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation (AF), researchers report. Previous studies have shown that AF is associated with an increased risk of dementia. This one […]
THURSDAY, Oct. 15, 2020 There’s more evidence that blood type may affect a person’s risk for COVID-19 and severe illness from the disease. The findings are reported in a pair of studies published Oct. 14 in the journal Blood Advances. In one, researchers compared more than 473,000 people in Denmark […]
Latest Infectious Disease News THURSDAY, Oct. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A new drug to treat Ebola was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday. Inmazeb (atoltivimab, maftivimab, and odesivimab-ebgn) is a mixture of three monoclonal antibodies, and the first FDA-approved treatment for Ebola virus […]
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 14, 2020 (American Heart Association News) It’s flu season. In the middle of a coronavirus pandemic. Is this any time to be thinking about your risk of stroke? Yes, researchers say. Having either influenza or the coronavirus seems to increase the odds of having an ischemic stroke – […]
By Alan MozesHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Oct. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) Offering fresh insight into the deep-seated roots of dementia, new research finds that diminished blood flow to the brain is tied to buildup a protein long associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Called “tau,” high levels of the protein are “one of […]
Latest Prevention & Wellness News By Robin Foster and E.J. MundellHealthDay Reporters THURSDAY, Oct. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) The nation’s top infectious diseases expert warned Wednesday that Americans need to consider canceling family gatherings for Thanksgiving because coronavirus cases are now surging in 37 states. Dr. Anthony Fauci […]