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A trial conducted by Columbia University’s Aging Center in New York City suggests that people who consume fewer calories may experience a slight slowdown in the aging process. The study included 200 men and women between the ages of 21 and 50. All participants were within normal weight or were slightly overweight, as measured by […]
When 33-year-old Katie Timmerman tested positive for COVID-19 in January 2022, the busy vice president of a PR firm in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, figured she’d be sick for a few days. Her only symptoms were a bad headache and a sore throat, she said. But then the headaches grew worse and were sometimes debilitating — […]
Patients who get sepsis while hospitalized are 43% more likely to return to the hospital for a stroke or any cardiac event, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. The risk rises to 51% for heart failure alone. The study included more than 2.2 million patients who spent […]
There are the obvious signs of aging — such as wrinkles and gray hair — and then there are the less visible signs, such as a weaker grip. Beyond creating difficulty in opening jars, turning doorknobs or even shaking someone’s hand, a lack of grip strength could be a warning sign of a shorter life, […]
A man in India was involved in a fight — and suffered serious injuries to his skull. An unidentified 32-year-old man was involved in a knife fight in Raipur, Chhattisgarh State, India, and nearly lost his left eye, according to news agency Jam Press. A knife was lodged in the victim’s head, reportedly — hitting […]
Removing fallopian tubes, a procedure known as opportunistic salpingectomy, may help reduce the risk of developing ovarian cancer, according to a consensus statement from the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (OCRA), a nonprofit research and advocacy group based in New York. The statement was endorsed by the Society of Gynecological Oncology. “Seventy percent of the most […]
State officials in northern Mexico on Monday reported another death caused by a mysterious meningitis outbreak, bringing the total number of victims linked to the disease to 35. To date, health authorities in Mexico’s largely rural Durango state have documented 79 meningitis cases over the past few months. Meningitis is typically associated with painful inflammation […]
Preventable bloodstream infections related to kidney failure treatment are more common in U.S. Blacks and Hispanics than in whites, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released on Monday. Use of neck veins for administration of hemodialysis was the most important risk factor, but not the only one, researchers […]
In a post-COVID-19 world, people who perceive themselves as less attractive than others are more likely to keep wearing masks when they’re highly motivated to make a good impression. That’s according to a recent study published in Frontiers in Psychology. “Our results consistently demonstrated that self-perceived unattractive individuals were more willing to wear a mask, as […]
South Africa has recorded two confirmed imported cases of cholera, the health department said on Sunday, as it called for vigilance. The cases were of sisters who had in January travelled to Malawi, where a cholera outbreak since last year has claimed more than 1,000 lives as of January, the highest on record in the […]
The first drug proven to slow Alzheimer’s is on sale, but most U.S. patients will not be able to receive the treatment for several months. Experts say some reasons behind the slow debut for Leqembi, from Japanese drugmaker Eisai, are minimal insurance coverage and many health systems requiring a setup that takes a long time. […]
Intermittent fasting (IF) has become a popular weight-loss strategy over the past decade. Yet a new study from Texas A&M University published in the journal Appetite suggests that it could raise the risk of binge-eating and other food disorders. Author Jordan Schueler, M.S., a PhD candidate in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Texas […]
