- Tips for Spending Holiday Time With Family Members Who Live with Dementia
- Tainted Cucumbers Now Linked to 100 Salmonella Cases in 23 States
- Check Your Pantry, Lay’s Classic Potato Chips Recalled Due to Milk Allergy Risk
- Norovirus Sickens Hundreds on Three Cruise Ships: CDC
- Not Just Blabber: What Baby’s First Vocalizations and Coos Can Tell Us
- What’s the Link Between Memory Problems and Sexism?
- Supreme Court to Decide on South Carolina’s Bid to Cut Funding for Planned Parenthood
- Antibiotics Do Not Increase Risks for Cognitive Decline, Dementia in Older Adults, New Data Says
- A New Way to Treat Sjögren’s Disease? Researchers Are Hopeful
- Some Abortion Pill Users Surprised By Pain, Study Says
-
Acne’s Genetic Secrets Could Bring Better Treatments
For countless teens, it’s the scourge of adolescence. But researchers say the discovery of new genetic variants associated with acne could help doctors identify people at high risk and perhaps point the way to new treatments. “Despite...
- Posted February 8, 2022
-
Seeing Red: Why Mosquitoes Make a Beeline for Your Skin
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News ) — Mosquitoes see red when they look at your skin, and that brings them in for a bite, according to research showing that these insects find certain colors more attractive....
- Posted February 8, 2022
-
Getting a COVID Vaccine Won’t Affect Your Ability to Exercise
Worried that a COVID-19 vaccine might hamper your workout? New research suggests you can hit the gym with minimal effects. In a study of 18 healthy people who received a COVID-19 vaccine, the participants were monitored while...
- Posted February 8, 2022
-
Spice Up Your Meal to Avoid More Salt
Instead of adding salt to their meals, older adults can use spices to give their food more zip and keep their blood pressure under control, new research suggests. “We were working specifically with a population of older...
- Posted February 8, 2022
-
New Immunotherapy Shows Promise in Fighting Metastatic Breast Cancer
Half of the breast cancer patients who received an experimental form of immunotherapy showed measurable tumor shrinkage, researchers say.
- Posted February 8, 2022
-
New Technology Restores Movement After Spinal Cord Paralysis
A motorcycle crash left Michel Roccati with complete lower-body paralysis from a devastating spinal cord injury. That was in 2017. But now, the Italian native is walking again, courtesy of groundbreaking Swiss research that restores motor function...
- Posted February 7, 2022
-
How Calling a Food ‘Light’ in Calories Can Backfire
If the label says your food is “light,” will you eat more to fill up? Quite possibly, a new study suggests. Researchers invited 37 men and women to a simple lunch of penne pasta, snack tomatoes, pesto,...
- Posted February 7, 2022
-
COVID Infection May Boost Antibodies for Up to 20 Months
If you’ve already had COVID-19, your natural antibodies may last as long as 20 months, a new study suggests. While this is reassuring, experts are quick to caution that the new findings don’t necessarily mean you’re protected...
- Posted February 7, 2022
-
‘Dr. Chimp Will See You Now’? Primates Use Medicine, Study Suggests
Chimpanzees aren’t monkeying around when they catch insects and place them on open wounds, researchers report. An ongoing study of about 45 chimps in Loango National Park in Gabon is the first to document via video that...
- Posted February 7, 2022
-
AHA News: You Don’t Have to Be an Olympian to Find Exercise Thrills in Winter’s Chill
MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Watching what Olympic athletes can do on snow and ice might have you thinking about trying some cold weather activity yourself. And a glance at the thermometer might...
- Posted February 7, 2022