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THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Most brain studies that rely on MRI scans don’t include enough people to provide trustworthy results, researchers say. These brain-wide association studies use MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) to see how brain structure and function connect with personality, behavior, thinking, neurological conditions and mentalContinue Reading

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FRIDAY, March 11, 2022 — Sick people seeking lifesaving care in the United States could fall victim to a hidden part of Russia’s war on Ukraine — vicious cyberattacks aimed at sowing disruption, confusion and chaos as ground forces advance. Cybersecurity experts warn that attacks launched against Ukrainian institutions haveContinue Reading

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WEDNESDAY, March 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Many older Americans have concerns about elective surgery beforehand, but most who go through with it are satisfied with the outcome, a new survey finds. Elective surgery includes many operations for conditions that are not immediately life-threatening, such as knee replacement, hernia repair,Continue Reading

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MONDAY, March 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Health and fitness apps are growing in popularity, but not among the people who might benefit most from them — seniors and people with chronic health conditions. Nearly two out of three American adults are living with a chronic health problem like heartContinue Reading

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FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Are you managing a chronic health problem, be it obesity or diabetes or heart disease or asthma? There’s likely an app for that. Health apps are becoming more and more sophisticated, offering smartphone users help in dealing with chronic ailments, said Dr. DavidContinue Reading

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THURSDAY, March 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Telemedicine was widely used by Americans with multiple sclerosis (MS) during the pandemic, and many were happy with the results, a new study finds. “The findings suggest that telehealth services were well liked during the pandemic. Because many individuals with MS have physicalContinue Reading

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TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For reasons that remain murky, new research warns that a spike in social media use during the pandemic might have worsened tic disorders in children. Tics are sudden twitches, movements or sounds that people do repeatedly because they can’t control their body. InContinue Reading

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TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Some portable tech devices equipped with powerful magnets can interfere with your heart implant’s ability to regulate dangerous irregular heart rhythms, a new study reports. Swiss researchers found that Apple AirPods Pro, the Microsoft Surface Pen and the Apple Pencil all can temporarilyContinue Reading

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TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Screening mammograms can lead to overdiagnosis of breast cancer, but a new study finds it happens less often than experts have thought. Researchers estimated that about 15% of breast cancers caught through routine mammography screening are overdiagnoses — meaning the tumors would neverContinue Reading