By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter>WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 -- Obesity taxes many parts of the body, but new research suggests the heart might take the hardest hit of all. Between 1999 and 2020, deaths from…
Fitter Folks Need Fewer Psychiatric Meds, Study Finds
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter>WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 -- Being fit doesn’t just help your body -- it also helps your mind, a new study reports. People in better physical condition appear to have less…
Cancers Among the Young Are Rising Worldwide
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter>WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 -- Cancer is surging among people under 50, a new global study reveals. Over the past 30 years, new cases have increased 79% worldwide in that age…
Warm Waters Raise Risk for Flesh-Eating Bacteria. Heres…
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter>WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 -- As waters warm across the United States and hurricanes and flooding season begins, the odds of being infected by flesh-eating bacteria are also rising, U.S. health…
Many Strains of a Dangerous Foodborne Bacteria Are…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 -- New research on a leading cause of foodborne illness has linked a large share of Michigan infections to antibiotic-resistant bacteria strains. More than 100 strains of…
Did the Pandemic Change Babies Microbiomes?
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter>WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 -- Infants whose first year of life unfolded during the pandemic appear to have fewer types of bacteria in their gut than infants born before COVID-19 raced…
Mitch McConnells Recent Episodes Werent Strokes or Seizures,…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 -- The two "freezing" episodes that Sen. Mitch McConnell experienced recently weren't strokes or seizures, the Capitol physician said in a new letter released Tuesday. “My examination…
Telehealth Services Can Help Women Access, Understand Medical…
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter>TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 -- Even before Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, many U.S. women lived far from a clinic where they could get abortion pills. Now, a new…
Normal Body Temperature Varies Between People
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 -- You might think you know what a normal body temperature is, but there is no such thing. Analyzing the age-old belief that 98.6 Fahrenheit is normal…
Gun Suicides Keep Rising Among U.S. Youth
By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter>TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 -- Suicides by Americans aged 10 to 24 are continuing to climb and guns are increasingly the method of choice in these tragedies, a new report finds.…