FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Wearing a fitness tracker may help you get more steps in — even if you never give it a glance. A new study found that folks who wore a pedometer averaged 318 more steps a day than those who didn’t, even without specificContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Eating well and exercising can make for a longer life, and that holds true for former smokers, too, a new study shows. Researchers found that of nearly 160,000 former smokers, those who exercised, ate healthfully and limited their drinking were less likely toContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Combining weightlifting with aerobic exercise can significantly lower your odds dying early, especially from heart disease, new research shows. Depending how much weightlifting they did, older adults reduced their risk of premature death by between 9% and 22%, the study found. Moderate orContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you are one of the millions of people with type 2 diabetes, losing weight can help reverse the blood sugar disease even if you aren’t overweight or obese, new research reveals. Here’s the proof: 70% of people with type 2 diabetes whoContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Climate change could spell trouble for those with heart failure, a new study suggests. When the temperatures soared in France during the summer of 2019, the heat wave appears to have worsened the conditions of heart failure patients, researchers report. “The finding isContinue Reading
SATURDAY, Sept. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Even being young and athletic doesn’t protect against a vascular disorder. People experiencing arm pain may have something called thoracic outlet syndrome, a disease that often strikes patients in their 20s and 30s and has different causes from more typical vascular disease. SomeContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — While adults typically need steroid medication to treat Bell’s palsy, most children can recover without treatment, a new study finds. Bell’s palsy temporarily causes weakness and paralysis in facial muscles, making half of the face droop. The study — a randomized controlled trialContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — 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 boxingContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — There’s an easy way to reduce your risk for dementia, heart disease and cancer: Start walking. Getting in those recommended 10,000 steps a day makes a real difference, new research affirms, but even fewer will pay big dividends. No matter how many youContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Kids who walk, skateboard or ride their bikes to school when they are young are more likely to keep it up as they get older, reaping the health benefits, recent research suggests. “The walk to school is a wonderful moment in the dayContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Sitting on the couch or behind a desk could be increasing your risk of breast cancer, a new genetics-driven study suggests. People more likely to engage in physical activity based on their DNA had a 41% lower risk of invasive breast cancer, researchersContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Yes, you can get monkeypox at the gym, but there’s no need to panic, one expert says. “We have plenty of ways to protect ourselves in this setting,” said Dr. Thomas Giordano, chief of infectious diseases at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The COVID-19 pandemic stopped people in their tracks, reducing their physical activity. And daily “step counts” still haven’t reached previous numbers, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco examined worldwide trends in physical activity by measuring stepContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Long-term steroid use can reshape the structure of the brain, causing some parts to shrink and others to grow, a major new study reports. People taking steroids — even inhaled steroids — appear to have less intact white matter structure in their brainsContinue Reading