By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, April 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Is there a simple way to screen older folks for dementia risk years before there are any signs of memory loss or thinking impairment? Yes, researchers report. It’s a test called SOMI, short for Stages of Objective Memory Impairment. The process is straightforward. … Read more
April 20, 2023 — Drinking sugar-sweetened beverages increases the risks of cardiovascular disease and death in people with type 2 diabetes, but switching to coffee, tea, or low-fat milk might lower these risks. That’s the finding of a new U.S. study where researchers examined data on almost 15,500 people with type 2 diabetes from two major … Read more
April 19, 2023 — Deborah Schranz, a 34-year-old librarian in Teaneck, NJ, has dinner with her family — including her 3- and 6-year-old sons — several nights a week, as well as Saturday lunch. Based on her Orthodox Jewish practice, Sabbath lunch is also a formal meal. Friday night and Saturday lunch meals tend to … Read more
April 18, 2023 – The FDA on Tuesday approved a second bivalent COVID-19 booster for Americans at higher risk, in the hopes of increasing the public’s protection and encouraging more people to get the vaccine, which targets both the original strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and two Omicron variants. The Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech monovalent (single-strain) mRNA … Read more
April 17, 2023 – Americans have flocked to Canada to get the pricey, and very trendy, weight loss drug Ozempic. But Canadians are saying not so fast. British Columbia, a province in Canada, is banning Americans from purchasing the drug, which was created to treat type 2 diabetes, “to ensure that diabetes patients in British Columbia do … Read more
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, April 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Long periods of immobility can put people at risk of dangerous blood clots — yet hibernating bears lie around for months without any problem. Now scientists think they’ve figured out why. The researchers hope the insight can eventually lead to new drugs for … Read more
April 14, 2023 – Aging is one of the greatest threats to your freedom and independence you’ll ever know, only because of what it does to your muscles. The body’s hormones that are responsible for maintaining muscle mass decline with age. And, since older adults tend to be less active and eat less protein, which … Read more
April 14, 2023 – Did you know that one in every 91 women will develop bladder cancer in their lifetime? Recent Chinese research found that women with the disease have a worse prognosis than men, possibly because women are often diagnosed with a later stage of bladder cancer. Read on for a look at what … Read more
April 14, 2023 – ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot, may be helpful for people with cirrhosis or liver cancer by generating easy-to-understand information about the disease. ChatGPT is a natural language processing tool that allows users to have a personalized conversation with a “bot” that can provide detailed responses to just about any question posed. … Read more
By Jim Stocker, as told to Danny Bonvissuto When I started smoking in high school, it was cool. Attractive women in grocery stores handed out little packs of four cigarettes, trying to get you to change your brand. When I was in the military, my C-rations had cigarettes in them and the thought was, “Smoke … Read more