FRIDAY, Nov. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Four years of hormone replacement therapy to help women deal with menopausal symptoms causes no harm to the brain, even over the long term, new research shows. “In the present study, approximately 10 years after 48 months of early menopausal therapy… the cognitiveContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Three out of four times, your Facebook friends don’t read past the headline when they share a link to political content. Experts say that’s somewhat surprising — and downright scary. People who share without clicking may be unwittingly aiding hostile adversaries aiming toContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Think of it as collateral damage: Millions of Americans say they have been harmed by a loved one’s drug or alcohol use. One in 3 adults who responded to a new nationwide survey said they had suffered “secondhand harm” from another person’s drinking.Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People whose genes put them at high risk for dementia may be able to fight Mother Nature and win, new research out of Sweden suggests. The weapon: Working out on a regular basis to improve cardiorespiratory fitness, also known as CRF. CRF isContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Having achy, painful joints isn’t just a physical woe: Coupled with depression, it could also degrade an older person’s brain function over time. That’s the conclusion of a study of almost 5,000 older Britons tracked for 12 years. People who had both chronicContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Rates of postpartum depression have more than doubled in little over a decade among American women, a new analysis shows. While about 1 in every 10 new moms (9.4%) suffered postpartum depression in 2010, that number rose to almost 1 in every 5Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A type 2 diabetes diagnosis before age 50 comes with a health risk that patients might not expect. Especially if they are obese, these folks are more likely to develop dementia later, new research warns. “Our study suggests that there may be a cognitiveContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Parents can’t monitor everything their kids watch online, but a set of new guidelines may help young people manage their own viewing habits. “Research consistently shows that video content, and the platforms that host it, have the potential to help or harm teens,”Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There’s yet another downside to global warming: Higher health care expenditures for medical scans on hot days. So report Canadian researchers who discovered that periods of heat and air pollution bumped up demand for X-rays and CT scans by about 5%. Over time,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As climate changes sends summer temperatures higher worldwide, new research finds most urban residents don’t have a key source of cooling shade: trees. A study of eight cities around the globe found that only two — Seattle and Singapore — reached even theContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People using blood thinners to control their heart rhythm shouldn’t expect the medications to head off thinking declines as well, new research suggests. The study, presented Saturday at a meeting of the American Heart Association in Chicago, is the first large trial toContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Folks who stress-eat fatty foods like cookies, chips and ice cream might be able to protect their health with a nice cup of cocoa or green tea, a new study says. Drinking cocoa that’s high in healthy flavanols along with a fatty mealContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2924 (HealthDay News) — A dose of green may be just what school kids with anxiety, depression and other mental health issues need, new research shows. Canadian investigators found that a school program that let 10- to 12-year-olds spend a little time each week in nature paidContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — College students who use dating apps are more likely to engage in risky sex, endangering their health, a new study shows. Those using a dating app were 2.2 times to have had more than one sexual partner over the past year, and 1.4Continue Reading