WEDNESDAY, Aug. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Chemicals commonly found in sunscreen, makeup and other personal care products could be putting pregnancies at risk, a new study warns. Phenols and parabens in these products increase a pregnant woman’s risk of high blood pressure by 57%, particularly at 24 to 28Continue Reading
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In an historic move, the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday banned the use of a pesticide that can harm fetuses. Known as dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA or Dacthal), the weedkiller is used on a variety of crops, including broccoli, onions, kale, Brussels sprouts andContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2024 (HeathDay News) — Researchers are gleaning important insights into miscarriages in women from an longtime four-legged friend: horses. It shouldn’t come as a surprise, since female horses have long pregnancies (11 months) and embryos of both species grow at similar rates, said a team overseen byContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A person’s lifespan appears to be linked to four specific social factors – marriage, gender, education and race. The interplay between those four factors helps explain differences in lifespan between Americans, researchers report. “There is a complex interaction between social and individual determinantsContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In her youth, Shola, an English Shepherd Dog, was a member of the Edale Mountain Rescue Team, a corps of U.K. pooches charged with helping hurt and stranded hikers. But Shola was retired as part of the Rescue Team after a rare geneticContinue Reading
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MONDAY, July 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Dogs can sniff out whether a human is stressed or relaxed, new research suggests, and that sensory feedback appears to influence canine emotions and choices. The dog doesn’t even have to know the human well to interpret odor in this way, the BritishContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Pudgy with a purpose: Fat cats could help humans better understand the way gut bacteria influences conditions like obesity and type 2 diabetes, a new study claims. Food-related changes in obese cats’ gut microbiome have striking similarities to the way diet affects theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Many couples may be painfully familiar with the scenario: One partner snores loudly all night long, so the other partner seeks better sleep in another bed. Now, a new survey from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) shows just how common theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Nearly half of cancer deaths and 4 of 10 cases of cancer are linked to a person’s lifestyle, a new study says. Cigarette smoking remains the biggest cancer risk, contributing to 30% of cancer deaths and 20% of cancer cases, results show. ButContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — If you and your partner fall silent when vexing money issues arise, new research suggests you are not alone. A team from Cornell University found that the more stressed people were about their finances, the less likely they were to discuss those concernsContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People largely date and marry people in their own “league,” as far as beauty is concerned, a new review finds. Men and women are fairly accurate at rating their own physical attractiveness, and they tend to choose mates who have similar views ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A common plastics chemical might increase a person’s risk of diabetes, a new study warns. People fed small doses of Bisphonol A (BPA) developed significantly worse insulin sensitivity within a four-day period, researchers found. “We were surprised to see that reducing BPA exposure,Continue Reading
MONDAY, June 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Lizards called bearded dragons may not breathe fire, but they can be a source of one nasty infection: Salmonella. So warned the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a health advisory on Friday, noting there have been reports of 15 salmonellaContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The first two cases of a diphtheria-like illness being transmitted in the United States between people and their pets have been reported in Utah and Colorado. The respiratory illnesses occurred in 2022 and 2023 and involved the Corynebacterium ulceran bacterium, which is closelyContinue Reading