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Could the Birth Control Pill Reduce Ovarian Cancer Risk?
A new study finds women who have used the Pill are 26% less likely to develop ovarian cancer, and the benefit is even greater in women who took the Pill while in their mid-forties.
Moms of Twins Face an Increased Risk of Heart Disease, New Study Finds
Mothers of twins are more likely to be hospitalized with heart disease within a year of giving birth, but researchers say the risk appears short-term.
Cold Water Plunges May Help Ice Out Stress and Improve Sleep
A new study suggests ice baths and cold showers after exercise may help reduce stress, improve sleep and slightly boost quality of life, but the benefits appear short-lived -- and more high-quality research is needed.
Spinal Zap Implant Helps Muscle Disease Patients Regain Strength
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- February 5, 2025
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A new spinal cord implant may help people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) regain some muscle function, giving them stronger movement and improved walking ability, researchers report.
In a small, month-long pilot study, three adults with SMA -- a genetic disease that w...
Kids Consume More Mature Media When Parents Overuse Screens
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- February 5, 2025
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Yikes! The way parents use their phones around their kids may influence how much inappropriate content kids consume.
Researchers reported Feb. 4 in the journal BMC Pediatrics that the odds of kids watching R-rated movies or playing mature-rated video games rose ...
Ozempic-Type Drug Fails To Slow Parkinson’s, Study Finds
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- February 5, 2025
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Hopes that GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy could help slow Parkinson's disease have taken an hit.
A new study found that a drug in the same class called exenatide, marketed as Byetta, had no effect on slowing the disease or easing its symtoms.
The trial, pub...
Diabetic 'Yo-yo' Dieting Can Harm Kidneys
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 5, 2025
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“Yo-yo” dieting -- repeatedly losing and gaining weight -- can significantly increase risk of kidney disease among people with type 1 diabetes, a new study warns.
Diabetics with greater weight fluctuations experienced a 40% decline in their kidneys’ abi...
Weed Use Tied To Increase in Schizophrenia
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 5, 2025
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Schizophrenia cases associated with problematic weed use have skyrocketed in the wake of Canada's legalization of marijuana, a new study says.
The proportion of schizophrenia cases associated with cannabis use disorder nearly tripled, rising from 4% pre-legalization to 1...
Everyone's Happiest In The Morning, Study Says
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 5, 2025
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Never mind the grumbles and groans that accompany a clock alarm, along with a lunge for the snooze bar and murmurs of “five more minutes.”
People generally wake in their best frame of mind, enjoying peak mental health and wellbeing in the morning, researchers...
'Good' Cholesterol Could Be Bad For Glaucoma
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 5, 2025
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The cholesterol that’s good for your heart health might be bad for your eye health, and vice versa, a new study says.
“Good” HDL cholesterol appears to increase risk of glaucoma in people older than 55, researchers reported Feb. 4 in the British Jou...
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COVID Might Clog Arteries, Increase Heart Risk
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 5, 2025
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Even a mild infection with COVID-19 can promote clogged arteries, increasing the risk of heart attack in some people, a new study says.
Infection with the COVID virus is associated with rapid growth of plaque in arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle, also called...
The Pill Protects Against Ovarian Cancer, Study Says
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 5, 2025
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The Pill prevents pregnancy -- and maybe ovarian cancer, too, a new study suggests.
Women who’ve ever used the contraceptive pill have a 26% lower risk of ovarian cancer, researchers say.
Women who used the pill after age 45 benefit even more, with a 43% lowe...
FDA Approves Clinical Trials for Pig Kidney Transplants in Humans
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- February 4, 2025
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever clinical trials testing pig kidney transplants in people with kidney failure, marking a major step forward in cross-species transplantation.
Two biotechnology companies, United Therapeutics Corporati...
Parents Call for Water Bead Ban After Child’s Brain Injury
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- February 4, 2025
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They're small, colorful and marketed as safe sensory toys but water beads have sent thousands of kids to the emergency room -- and now, experts and parents want their sale to be banned.
Water beads can expand up to 100 times their size when exposed to water. If swallowed...
Scientists Find More Microplastics in Human Brains
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- February 4, 2025
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Tiny microplastics are making their way into the human brain, and new research suggests the problem is getting worse.
The new study, published Feb. 3 in the journal Nature, found that brain samples collected in 2024 contained significantly more microplastics tha...
Firearms Injuries Shot Up Following Pandemic, Study Says
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 4, 2025
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Hospitalizations for firearm injuries sharply increased in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic after years of steady decline, a new study says.
Overall, 34% more people landed in the hospital for a gunshot injury in 2020 and 2021 than would have been predicted based on pre...
Many Americans Misguided On Daily Aspirin, Survey Finds
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 4, 2025
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Many Americans don’t see anything wrong with taking daily low-dose aspirin, even though experts have concluded its risks outweigh its benefits, a new survey has found.
Nearly half (48%) of people incorrectly think that the benefits of taking low-dose aspirin daily ...
Heart Health At Risk For New Moms Of Twins
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 4, 2025
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New moms who’ve just had twins run a high risk of heart disease in the coming weeks and months, a new study suggests.
Women have a doubled risk of hospitalization for heart problems within a year of delivering twins, researchers reported Feb. 3 in the European ...
At-Home Urine Test Can Detect Aggressive Prostate Cancer
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 4, 2025
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It’s tough for a man to know what to do following a diagnosis of prostate cancer.
The treatment is often worse than the risk posed by the cancer itself, causing some men to suffer incontinence and impotence even though their tumor wouldn’t have killed them.
Ultra-Processed Foods Make Up Nearly Half of Calories for Canadian Kids
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 4, 2025
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Canadian youngsters are munching loads of ultra-processed foods, increasing their lifelong risk of obesity, a new study says.
“We saw that ultra-processed foods contributed to almost half of a child’s total daily energy intake,” senior researcher Kozeta...
Heart Patients Aren't Taking Lifesaving Meds
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 4, 2025
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Drugs like blood thinners, cholesterol-lowering statins and blood pressure meds can protect the health and extend the lives of people with heart disease.
But only if patients take the drugs -- and many around the world aren’t, a new study says.
Overall, fewer...
Key CDC Health Websites Vanish Following Trump Orders
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- February 3, 2025
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has taken down multiple health-related websites and datasets, including those on HIV, LGBTQ health and more, following executive orders from the Trump administration.
The orders require federal agencies to elimina...
Severe Infections Double Risk of Heart Failure
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 3, 2025
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Landing in the hospital with COVID or the flu can put your heart health at dire risk, a new study suggests.
Adults hospitalized for a severe infection are more than twice as likely to develop heart failure years later, according to findings published Jan. 30 in the J...
