MONDAY, Sept. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Kidney stone fragments sometimes just need a little push to be flushed out of a person’s system, a new trial finds. About seven in 10 patients who got ultrasound treatment to encourage fragments to clear from their kidneys wound up free from anyContinue Reading
SATURDAY, Sept. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Beans may sometimes give you gas, but one expert says that shouldn’t stop you from finding ways to include them in your diet. Why? Because they are packed with nutrients that contribute to good health. “Beans are in a unique category because theyContinue Reading
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TUESDAY, Sept. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An overgrowth of gut microorganisms that produce methane could be a cause of severe constipation in many people, a new review finds. These gut bugs belong to a class of microbe called archaea, and when they flourish too well in a person’s gutContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Screening for cancer saves lives, but a new report shows it comes with a hefty price tag: The United States spends at least $43 billion annually on tests that check for five major cancers. Published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the newContinue Reading
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TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Almost 2.4 million Americans are thought to suffer from the pain and disability of inflammatory bowel disorder (IBD), a type of autoimmune illness that includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. You can avoid adding to that number by following a few simple stepsContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — At least 28 people have been hospitalized and two have died in a multi-state outbreak of listeria linked to deli meat, U.S. health officials warned. In an investigation notice posted Friday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the true number ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — It’s a little known health condition that can become a nightmare: Regular and sudden episodes of intense nausea and vomiting. Now, new clinical guidance urges people to take notes and speak up if they think they have the condition, known as cyclic vomitingContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Most salmonella outbreaks linked to poultry are caused by just a few strains of the diarrhea-causing bacteria, a new study finds. There are more than 2,600 different types of salmonella bacteria, but only three strains are most likely to cause illness in humans,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, July 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Being regular is good for you, a new study shows. Predictable bowel movements could be tied to your long-term health, allowing your body to absorb essential nutrients without producing harmful organ-damaging toxins, researchers found. The “Goldilocks zone” of bowel movement frequency, once orContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A new “microrobot” pill may help tame inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a new study in mice suggests. The pill significantly reduced IBD symptoms in mice and promoted the healing of damaged colon tissue without toxic side effects, researchers reported June 26 in theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The long-standing advice is that everyone should get more fiber in their diet, but a new study suggests some benefit more than others. A person’s gut microbiome appears to have some influence over the benefits a person derives from dietary fiber, researchers reportContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The bacteria colonizing your bowels play a key part in your risk for infection, new research shows. A study of more than 600 people hospitalized with infections found their microbiomes had fewer bacteria that were able to produce a beneficial fatty acid calledContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Dads appear to make a small but important contribution to a newborn baby’s gut health, a new study discovers. Many microbes found in babies throughout their first year of life originate in the father rather than the mother, researchers report June 12 inContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Sipped from porcelain cups amid the music of Mozart and periwigs of the 1700s, tea was introduced to England and began its quiet work saving thousands of lives, new research confirms. It wasn’t the leaves that kept tea drinkers out of danger: ItContinue Reading