Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Nov. 29, 2023 (Healthday News) -- Your neck muscles could be giving you headaches, claims new German research that used special MRI scans to spot the connection.“Our…
Misinformation Is Everywhere. Experts Offer Tools to Counter…
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Nov. 29, 2023 -- The world is being flooded with internet-driven misinformation, but there are ways to counter fake news with the facts, a new report says.These…
Testosterone Therapy for Transgender Patients May Be Safer…
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Ernie Mundell HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 -- Transgender people transitioning to male (transmasculine) identity typically take testosterone therapy as part of the process. There have been worries that the treatment…
Soccer Heading Tied to Declines in Brain Function
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 -- Evidence that soccer heading -- where players use their heads to strike a ball -- is dangerous continues to mount.Research to be…
Black Patients Wait Longer Than Whites for Alzheimers…
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 — Medical imaging for thinking and memory issues happens much later in Black patients than in their white and Hispanic counterparts, new research…
Smoking Tobacco Plus Weed Greatly Raises Odds for…
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 -- Folks who smoke weed along with cigarettes are doing serious damage to their lungs, a new study warns.People who do both are 12…
COVID Vaccines Curbed Pandemic-Linked Surge in Preemie Births
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 -- COVID vaccines saved the lives and health of countless babies by preventing their premature births, a new study shows.COVID-19 initially caused an alarming…
Could a Brain Coach Help Folks at Higher…
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 -- Personal trainers can help people increase their strength and their fitness.Could a “brain coach” be just as useful in preventing Alzheimer’s’ disease?A new…
Early Promise for Stem Cell Therapy to Curb…
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 -- Stem cells injected into the brains of multiple sclerosis patients appear to protect them against further damage from the degenerative disease, a new…
Internet Poses No Threat to Mental Health, Major…
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 -- It might seem that surfing the web could cause a person’s mental health to suffer, but a landmark new study has concluded that…