All posts by LadyLively

  • New Prolapse Surgery Uses Women’s Own Tissues to Restore Function

    It’s possible to correct a woman’s pelvic prolapse using her own muscle tissue in robot-assisted surgery, a new study demonstrates. In the procedure, tendon muscle is transferred from the thigh to the uterus or cervix, repairing a...

    • Posted November 18, 2024
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  • Your Heart’s Shape Could Affect Your Health

    It’s long been known that certain structural qualities of the human heart — its size, chamber volume — can influence cardiovascular health. British scientists say they’re now discovering that the gene-directed shape of a person’s heart might...

    • Posted November 18, 2024
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  • AI Helps Spot Liver Disease Early

    AI can help doctors diagnose early cases of fatty liver disease, a new study says. An AI program trained to spot a leading type of the disease, called metabolic-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), unearthed hundreds of undiagnosed...

    • Posted November 18, 2024
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  • Is It Heartburn or a Heart Condition? An Expert Explains

    You’ve loaded up on goodies while at a family gathering, and you suddenly feel chest pains. Is it heartburn or something worse? Being able to tell the difference between indigestion and cardiovascular trouble might save your life,...

    • Posted November 17, 2024
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  • Bloated After That Holiday Meal? What’s Normal, What’s Not

    As the holidays approach, most folks are familiar with a common side effect of the overindulgence that can come with all those meals with family and friends: Bloating. Luckily, Baylor College of Medicine gastroenterologist Dr. David Szafron...

    • Posted November 16, 2024
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  • Get Off the Couch: Another Study Shows Sitting’s Health Dangers

    Time spent sitting, reclining or lying down during the day could increase a person’s risk of heart disease and death, a new study warns. More than 10 and a half hours of sedentary behavior is significantly linked...

    • Posted November 15, 2024
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  • Falling Vaccination Rates Brings Spikes in Measles Worldwide

    Waning vaccine coverage has fueled a 20% spike in measles cases worldwide, with 10.3 million people struck by the preventable illness in 2023, health officials reported Wednesday. “Inadequate immunization coverage globally is driving the surge in cases,”...

    • Posted November 15, 2024
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  • Nearly 260 Million Americans Could Be Overweight or Obese by 2050

    Four out of five men and women in the United States will be overweight or obese by 2050 if current trends hold, a new study warns. About 213 million Americans aged 25 and older will be carrying...

    • Posted November 15, 2024
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  • Over 40? Get Fitter and Live 5 Extra Years

    If you’re over 40 and raise your levels of exercise to that of the top 25% of your peers, you might gain an average of five more years of life, a new study calculates. For over-40 folks...

    • Posted November 15, 2024
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  • Can AI Boost Accuracy of Doctors’ Diagnoses?

    AI can’t yet help doctors improve their ability to diagnose complex conditions, a sobering new study has found. Doctors had about the same diagnostic accuracy whether or not they were using ChatGPT Plus, according to results published...

    • Posted November 15, 2024
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