MONDAY, July 23, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Many older Americans with dementia don’t know they have the disease, a new study indicates. A review of data from 585 Medicare recipients with probableRead More…
MONDAY, July 23, 2018 (HealthDay News) — A woman’s fertility might help predict how likely she is to develop dementia later in life, two new studies suggest. Women who were very fertileRead More…
MONDAY, July 23, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Chemicals used to preserve, package and enhance food can harm children’s health, a leading pediatricians’ group says. A growing mound of scientific evidence has linkedRead More…
FRIDAY, July 20, 2018 (American Heart Association) — Emergency room visits for atrial fibrillation are soaring. Added to the number of people admitted to the hospital for the condition, it’s contributing toRead More…
FRIDAY, July 20, 2018 (HealthDay News) — A new study suggests that colon cancer patients who regularly drink diet sodas have a much lower risk of their tumor coming back, or ofRead More…
FRIDAY, July 20, 2018 (HealthDay News) — HDL cholesterol may be known as the “good” kind, but a new study suggests high levels of it are not always a good thing forRead More…
FRIDAY, July 20, 2018 (HealthDay News) — One low-dose aspirin a day could help women avoid ovarian cancer or boost their survival should it develop, two new studies suggest. In fact, dailyRead More…
FRIDAY, July 20, 2018 (HealthDay News) — A broken bone in older age may increase your risk of death for the next 10 years, researchers say. “A fracture is the starting pointRead More…
FRIDAY, July 20, 2018 (HealthDay News) — The increased risk of cancer in people with diabetes is higher for women than men, a new study finds. Previous research identified the link betweenRead More…
THURSDAY, July 19, 2018 (HealthDay News) — People with curable cancers who try “complementary therapy” often refuse some part of standard care. And they may die as a result, researchers say. U.S.Read More…
THURSDAY, July 19, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Using sulfonylurea drugs with or instead of metformin to control blood sugar increases type 2 diabetics’ risk of serious complications, a new study finds. MetforminRead More…
THURSDAY, July 19, 2018 (HealthDay News) — The Great Recession continues to take a grim toll: Since 2009, a growing number of Americans have died from liver disease and liver cancer. TheRead More…