TUESDAY, July 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The health of American kids has worsened over the past 17 years, with more now struggling with obesity, mental health problems and chronic illness, a new study shows. Researchers used electronic health records, surveys and international data to look at nearly 170 healthContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — What does it take to be considered “cool”? A new international study may have the answer — and it turns out cool people tend to act the same way no matter where they live. Researchers from universities in Chile, the United States andContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Having bad dreams after eating ice cream or cheese? Your stomach may be trying to tell you something. New research shows that people with worse symptoms of lactose intolerance tended to report more frequent nightmares, NBC News reported. The research, published July 1Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Tattoos have become a form of self-expression, a means of telling the world something about yourself. Unfortunately, observers mostly misread these inky cues and misjudge the personalities of tattoo bearers, a new study says. Study participants tended to agree among themselves on whatContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Want to think outside the box? Avoid the internet, a new study says. Googling for new ideas can inhibit a group’s creativity during brainstorming sessions, researchers reported June 30 in the journal Memory & Cognition. Internet searches appeared to stymie the production ofContinue Reading
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TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Trump administration may cut off federal funding to hospitals that provide gender-related treatments to children and teens. Nine major children’s hospitals recently received letters from federal officials seeking information about procedures such as hormone therapy, puberty blockers and sex-reassignment surgeries, The WallContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — “Get a grip” might be a truer saying for holding onto sanity than previously thought, a new study says. A loss of grip strength might be an early sign of psychosis, researchers report in the American Journal of Psychiatry. People recently diagnosed withContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Do you enjoy “eureka” moments, when sudden insight or inspiration strikes seemingly from nowhere? Then you definitely need to sleep on it, a new study says. People are more likely to have sudden “eureka” moments on nagging problems if they can reach aContinue Reading
SUNDAY, June 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The swamps of Georgia and South Carolina harbor something more dangerous than the alligators for which they’re best known. Researchers studying the ancient reptiles found high levels of mercury, a potent neurotoxin. Their discovery — reported in the June issue of the journalContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Common human typing errors can trip up artificial intelligence (AI) programs designed to aid health care workers by reviewing health records, a new MIT study says. Typos and extra white spaces can interfere with AI’s ability to properly analyze patient records, researchers reportedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Keeping tabs on COVID-19 outbreaks is as easy as tracking a city’s wastewater, a new study says. Levels of the COVID virus, SARS-CoV-2, found in wastewater samples accurately predicted by a week the rise and fall of case counts in a community, researchersContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Updated COVID-19 vaccines are keeping up with new coronavirus strains and remain effective for keeping people out of the hospital, a new study says. The study, which examined the effectiveness of the 2023-2024 COVID vaccines against the XBB and JN.1 Omicron variant waves,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, June 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Celiac disease patients currently must make themselves sicker before they’re able to seek treatment. The tests now used to diagnose celiac disease require patients to eat gluten, the protein that provokes an autoimmune reaction, then chart their response. But a new blood testContinue Reading