T-Day Dinner, Post-Election: Experts Offer Tips to Keep Things Calm

• Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
• November 25, 2024
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Politics, especially the 2024 elections, can quickly turn the family Thanksgiving table into a battleground.

Steering clear of hot-button topics will not only help a big meal go down easier, it has health benefits as well.

Keeping the peace prevents a surge of fig...

Stroke Guidelines Updated, With Focus on Women and GLP-1s

• Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
• November 25, 2024
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Women, especially those who had high blood pressure during pregnancy or entered menopause before age 45, are among those with a greater risk for stroke.

They and other high-risk groups are the focus of new stroke prevention guidelines from the American Heart Association ...

Vaping Immediately Changes Your Blood Flow

• Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
• November 25, 2024
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Even when e-cigarettes are nicotine-free, they have an immediate effect on blood vessels, a new imaging study shows.

"E-cigarettes have long been marketed as a safer alternative to regular tobacco smoking," said Dr. Marianne Nabbout, a resident at University of Arkansas...

Yoga Helps Women Deal With the Mental Stress of Cancer

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• November 25, 2024
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A cancer diagnosis can bring overwhelming stress and depression to women, but new research suggests yoga can help ease that emotional toll.

“A wellness intervention that integrates yoga and psychological tools may strengthen the connections among the mind, body an...

For Some, 'Tis the Season for Loneliness. Experts Offer Tips to Stay Connected

• November 24, 2024
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For many, the holidays are a time when you connect with others and share time with loved ones. But for some, the holidays are a painful exercise in loneliness.

While a Northwestern Medicine study published last spring found loneliness is more prevalent in both young...

Taking a GLP-1 Medication? Here's Tips to Holiday Eating

• Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
• November 23, 2024
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So, you have managed to shed 30 pounds with the help of one of the new blockbuster GLP-1 drugs, but as the holidays near you worry about how to handle gatherings where decadent food will be served in abundance.

Luckily, one expert from Baylor College of Medicine has tips...

Bird Flu Virus in Canadian Teen Shows Mutations That Could Help It Spread Among Humans

• Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
• November 22, 2024
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In a development that health experts have warned might come, Canadian officials report that the bird flu virus isolated from a sick teen in Vancouver shows mutations that could help it spread more easily among humans.

At this point, there is no evidence that this particu...

'10 Americas:' Health Disparities Mean Life Expectancy Varies Across U.S.

• Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
• November 22, 2024
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How long Americans can expect to live varies dramatically -- and the gap continues to widen.

A new report says health inequalities have, in essence, created 10 Americas.

These mutually exclusive populations are divided along familiar fault lines, including race, et...

Could a Vitamin Be Effective Treatment for COPD?

• Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
• November 22, 2024
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A daily dose of vitamin B3 reduced inflammation in the lungs of patients with COPD, Danish researchers report. 

"This is significant, because inflammation can lead to reduced lung function in these patients," said researcher Morten Scheibye-Knudsen, of the Universit...

Short-Term Hormone Therapy for Menopause Won't Harm Women's Brains

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• November 22, 2024
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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 cognitive perf...

Woman Receives World's First Robotic Double-Lung Transplant

• Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
• November 22, 2024
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A 57-year-old woman with COPD has received the world's first fully robotic double lung transplant.

The breakthrough surgery was performed in October at NYU Langone Health in New York City by Dr. Stephanie Chang. Just a month before, Chang performed a fully robotic single...

Flavored Vapes Behind Big Surge in U.S. E-Cigarette Sales

• Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
• November 22, 2024
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FRIDAY, Nov. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — E-cigarettes flew off store shelves between 2019 and 2023, and 80% were in youth-friendly flavors like fruit, candy, mint and menthol.

In all, e-cigarette sales rose 47% over the period, according to a new report from the CD...

Reading Beyond Headline Rare For Most on Social Media, Study Finds

• Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
• November 22, 2024
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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 a...

Meds Like Ozempic Are Causing Folks to Waste More Food

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• November 22, 2024
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America's kitchen trash bins are receiving more unwanted food as appetites falter among people taking GLP-1 weight-loss meds, a new study shows.

GLP-1s like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound all work by making food less desirable, and it's showing up in more food wa...

Fibroids, Endometriosis Linked to Shorter Life Spans

• Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
• November 22, 2024
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FRIDAY, Nov. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Two conditions common during women's childbearing years may increase their odds for serious illness and premature death, a large study shows.

Drawing on data from close to 111,000 women and three decades of monitoring, resea...

E. Coli Fears Spur Recall of 167,000 Pounds of Ground Beef

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• November 21, 2024
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Over 167,000 pounds of ground beef are being recalled by a Detroit meatpacker after being linked to E. coli illnesses in restaurant goers.

The beef was shipped by Wolverine Packing Co. and used in restaurants nationwide, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and...

Nearly 160 Million Americans Harmed by Another's Drinking, Drug Use

• Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
• November 21, 2024
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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. And more than 1 in 10...

1 in 4 Americans Now Struggling to Cover Medical Costs

• Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
• November 21, 2024
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U.S. health care costs are among the world's highest, and 1 in 4 adults with health coverage struggle with high out-of-pocket costs, a new survey shows.

The survey -- by the Commonwealth Fund, a health-care focused think tank -- finds that most people have coverage offer...

Getting Fitter Can Really Help Keep Dementia at Bay

• Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
• November 21, 2024
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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 is the capacity of t...

Skin Patch Could Monitor Your Blood Pressure

• Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
• November 21, 2024
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A wearable patch the size of a postage stamp that can monitor blood pressure continuously could soon help people manage their hypertension.

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, who developed the wearable ultrasound patch report Nov. 20 in the journal <...