By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>THURSDAY, Aug. 24, 2023 -- Living through days of smoky air from Canadian wildfires in June was unpleasant for New York City residents, but new data shows it wasn't as immediately…
Bystander CPR, Defib Use Saves Lives Even If…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>THURSDAY, Aug. 24, 2023 -- Bystander aid using CPR and a defibrillator can be critically important for saving lives when someone has a cardiac arrest -- even when an ambulance arrives…
Millions More Americans May Have Long COVID Than…
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter>WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 -- Millions of Americans swear they’re suffering the symptoms of long-haul COVID, but are greeted with eye rolls because they never were formally diagnosed with COVID-19. Their…
Climate Change Is Stressing Out the Young, But…
By Sarah D. Collins HealthDay Reporter>WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 -- Young people have high levels of distress about climate change, and a new study argues that their anguish could be key to fighting it. “People…
Weight-Loss Surgery Could Lower Womens Cancer Risk
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 -- It's long been known that obesity is tied to increased cancer risk, but can weight loss after bariatric surgery help lower a person's odds for the…
Scientists Decode the Y Chromosome, Key to Male…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 -- An international research team has achieved the first complete sequencing of the human Y chromosome, which is closely linked to male development. This is the last…
ALS Robbed Her of Speech, But Technology Is…
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter>WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 -- Many people with Lou Gehrig’s disease, also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), first start to lose the ability to move their arms and legs. That's not…
AHA News: A Lifetime of Challenges – Including…
By American Heart Association News>WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- As a Japanese American girl growing up in Irvine, California, Marisa Hamamoto felt like an outsider in her predominantly white community. Her…
AHA News: Promotores Create a Bridge Between Healthier…
By American Heart Association News>WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Patricia Guevara enjoys doing things with her 5-year-old daughter, Miranda, especially painting and drawing and taking an occasional walk in the park.…
U.S. Gender-Affirming Surgeries Nearly Tripled in 3 Years
By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter>WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 -- The number of Americans undergoing gender-affirming surgery is on the rise, new research reveals, almost tripling between 2016 and 2019 alone. During that period, more than…