Estrogen Could Be Key to Womens Brain Health

By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 -- Being exposed to more estrogen throughout life -- or a longer reproductive life span -- may be good for the brain, according to new research that…

New Antibiotic Could Help Fight Resistant Staph Infections

By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 -- New research shows that an antibiotic effective for bacterial pneumonia also appears to fight treatment-resistant staph infections. The drug is ceftobiprole. It appeared successful in fighting…

Adding Just 3,000 Steps Per Day Could Lower…

By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 -- Adding 3,000 extra steps a day can help older adults with hypertension significantly lower their blood pressure. About 80% of older adults in the United States…

Coffee Wont Raise Preemie Birth Risk, But Smoking…

By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 -- Smoking during pregnancy is a significant risk factor for premature births, but drinking coffee is not, new research suggests. Women who smoked during pregnancy were 2.6…

Over a Third of Adults With Type 1…

By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter>THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 -- Type 1 diabetes has long been viewed as a childhood disease, but a new study suggests it might be time to revise that thinking. Investigators concluded…

Smoggy Days Raise Short-Term Odds for Stroke

By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter>THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 -- Exposure to air pollution, even for just a short time, drives up your risk of having a stroke over the next few days, new research warns.…

Is the First Cure for Advanced Rabies Near?

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter>THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 -- Rabies virus is incurable and almost always fatal once it has invaded the central nervous system, with the victim doomed to suffer a horrible death. But…

FDA Panel Says No to Experimental ALS Drug

By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 – An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday voted resoundingly against recommending a stem cell-based experimental treatment for ALS. Although the FDA…

Heavy Marijuana Use May Harm the Heart

By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter>THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 -- People who abuse marijuana may be setting themselves up for heart problems down the road, Canadian researchers report. The new study found that people with so-called…