Grandparents & Grandkids: Poll Shows Them Helping Each Other

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• November 12, 2024
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Grandchildren are a true blessing for seniors, helping them avoid loneliness and keeping them on their toes, a new poll reports.

Overall, 72% of people with grandkids say they hardly ever feel isolated, compared with 62% of those without grandchildren, according to resul...

Kids Still Find It Easy to Buy Flavored Vapes Online

• Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
• November 12, 2024
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If you think that federal restrictions on the sale of tobacco products make it nearly impossible for your teen to buy vapes online, new research suggests you're mistaken.

In 2020, the Preventing Online Sales of E-Cigarettes to Children Act banned e-cigarettes a...

U.S. Alcohol Intake Rose During Pandemic, and for Years After

• Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
• November 12, 2024
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Even as the pressures of the pandemic began to ebb, Americans' growing dependence on alcohol did not, a troubling new study shows.

Two years into the globe-altering health crisis, the percentage of Americans who consumed alcohol -- which had already spiked between 2018 ...

Beta Blockers Unnecessary for Folks Without Heart Failure; May Be Linked to Depression

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• November 12, 2024
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Beta blockers are go-to meds for many people who've survived a heart attack.

However, new Swedish research has found that they might not be needed for heart attack survivors whose hearts have retained a normal pumping ability. 

Using them in this group might e...

Bird Flu Is Decimating Elephant Seal Colonies

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• November 12, 2024
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The H5N1 strain of avian flu is now passing easily among South America's elephant seals and drastically cutting herd populations, a new report finds.

"It is likely that more than half of the reproductive population died due to the virus. It will take decades before the n...

Genomic Test Might Quickly Diagnose Any Type of Infection

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• November 12, 2024
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A cutting-edge genetic test can rapidly detect and identify almost any kind of disease-causing microorganism in the human body, whether it’s a virus, bacteria, fungus or parasite, researchers say.

Doctors have been using the genetic test for more than a decade to i...

Could Asthma Harm a Child's Memory Skills?

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• November 11, 2024
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Asthma is associated with memory problems in children, a new study has found.

Further, the early onset of asthma might worsen potential memory deficits in kids, researchers found.

This is the first study to make such a connection, researchers said.

“Thi...

Report Finds Big Disparities in Americans' Well-Being by Region

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• November 11, 2024
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Americans’ well-being varies widely between different regions of the nation, a new study reports.

People in the southern U.S., Appalachia and the Rust Belt states score lowest on the Human Development Index (HDI), a composite measure that includes a population&rsqu...

Weight Loss Meds Help Stroke Survivors Prevent Stroke Recurrence, Death

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• November 11, 2024
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The weight-loss drug Ozempic can help reduce stroke patients’ risk of a heart attack or death, a new study says.

GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Ozempic or SGLT2 diabetes medications like Jardiance or Farxiga both helped protect the health of people following a stroke...

Diabetes & Kidney Trouble Can Bring Heart Disease Decades Earlier

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• November 11, 2024
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People with both type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease face a heart health double-whammy, a new study says.

Men with both diabetes and kidney disease will develop heart health problems 28 years earlier than those without either condition, researchers reported today ...

Hourglass-Shaped Stent Might Ease Tough-to-Treat Angina

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• November 11, 2024
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Recurring angina chest pain in people with a certain type of heart disease can be tough to treat, but a new hourglass-shaped stent could be a real advance, researchers report.

People with what's known as microvascular disease -- impeded blood flow in tiny blood vessels w...

Bystanders More Readily Perform CPR If 911 Operator Instructs

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• November 11, 2024
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You encounter someone collapsed on the sidewalk and quickly dial 911. 

Whether or not the operator instructs you on how to deliver cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) could mean life or death, especially if the victim is female, new research shows.

In a study ...

How ADHD May Influence a Child's Weight

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• November 11, 2024
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder can influence a child’s weight in ways that will shape their long-term health, a new study says.

Kids with ADHD tend to have lower birth weight, which increases their risk of developmental delays and health problems, researc...

Have an Implanted Defibrillator? Triple-Digit Heatwaves Could Pose Danger

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• November 11, 2024
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Thousands of Americans with heart trouble have small implanted defibrillators, to help regulate their heartbeat and keep cardiac events at bay. 

But new research finds that on extremely hot days, people with the devices face nearly triple the odds for a dangerous ar...

Obesity-Linked Heart Deaths Nearly Tripled in U.S. Over Past Two Decades

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• November 11, 2024
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Lives lost to obesity-related heart disease have nearly tripled over the past twenty years, a new study reports.

Heart disease deaths linked to obesity increased 2.8-fold between 1999 and 2020, according to findings presented today at the American Heart Association&rsquo...

Unexplained Weight Loss and What It Can Mean for Your Health

• Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
• November 9, 2024
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It may seem counter-intuitive, but losing weight without even trying may not be a good thing.

"It's not typical to have a noticeable drop in weight without changing how much you're eating, being more physically active or trying to lose weight," said dietitian Christine G...

Women Can Incur 'Catastrophic' Bills for Out-of-State Abortions, Study Finds

• November 8, 2024
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One piece left out of the abortion debate is the high transportation and medical bills facing women forced to leave their state to obtain the procedure.

A new study is the first to give hard numbers on those concerns.

It finds that, even before the fall of Roe...