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Men Worse Off Than Women For 20 Top Health Problems Worldwide
MONDAY, May 5, 2025 — Men are much more likely than women to die early from the world’s 20 leading health problems, a new global study shows. Sickness and death was higher in men than women in 2021 fo...
New Molecular Test Could Double Leukemia Survival Rates
MONDAY, May 5, 2025 — Testing positive for leukemia actually saved the life of 51-year-old Jan Leahy, a business process owner from Wimbledon, England. Leahy benefitted from a clinical trial e...
Signatures of Disrupted Affective Sound Processing Identified in Tinnitus
MONDAY, May 5, 2025 – For persons with sound sensitivity and tinnitus, accurate predictors of sensory disorder severity can be identified in pupil dilations and facial movements elicited by...
Too Much Cinnamon May Interfere With Some Medications, Study Shows
MONDAY, May 5, 2025 — Consuming too much cinnamon might affect how your body absorbs some medications, new research shows. The study — published in the June issue of the journal Food Chemistry: Mol...
Man Bitten by Snakes 200 Times May Help Create New Antivenom
MONDAY, May 5, 2025 — Tim Friede has survived hundreds of snakebites — on purpose. For nearly two decades, he let some of the world’s most dangerous snakes sink their fangs into his arms, all for scie...
HHS, NIH Unveil Vaccine Initiative to Protect Against Future Pandemics
FRIDAY, May 2, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health announced a new initiative called "Generation Gold Standard" to develop next-generation,...
What You Should Know About ALS, Also Known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease
SATURDAY, May 3, 2025 — Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) – known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease based on the iconic 1930s New York Yankee baseball player – is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that ...
Body Mass Index (BMI): What It Tells You — And What It Doesn’t
SUNDAY, May 4, 2025 — Body Mass Index, or BMI, is a number that reflects the relationship between your height and weight. It's widely used in healthcare and public health to categorize body size and e...
Scooter Riders Were High Or Drunk In A Quarter Of Wrecks
FRIDAY, May 2, 2025 – Don’t drink and drive is a message the public has largely accepted. Now how about don’t drink and scoot? A quarter of people injured in electric scooter accidents were drunk or ...
More Than 1.8 Million Ninja Pressure Cookers Recalled for Burn Risk
FRIDAY, May 2, 2025 — More than 1.8 million Ninja Foodi pressure cookers are being recalled due to a risk of burns, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The recall affects ...
Exposure to Smoke Pollution Ups Risk for Hospitalization for Respiratory Disease
FRIDAY, May 2, 2025 – For older adults in the Western United States, exposure to high levels of smoke pollution is associated with an increase in hospitalizations for respiratory diseases, according...
RFK Jr. to Change Vaccine Testing Rules
FRIDAY, May 2, 2025 — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to change how vaccines are tested in the U.S., a decision that could impact how quickly and widely vaccines a...
Advanced Biological Age Linked to Increased Risk for Incident Dementia
FRIDAY, May 2, 2025 – Advanced biological age (BA) may be a risk factor for incident dementia, according to a study published online April 30 in Neurology. Yacong Bo, Ph.D., from The Third...
High Blood Pressure, Diabetes More Fatal For Men
FRIDAY, May 2, 2025 – Men are more likely than women to die from high blood pressure, diabetes and HIV/AIDS, after shrugging off medical care for the conditions, a new study says. These differences...
Biological Aging Increases Dementia Risk
THURSDAY, May 1, 2025 – People whose bodies are aging faster could be more likely to develop dementia than those with normal or slower aging, a new study says. Folks with advanced biological age are...