August 8, 2022 – Olivia Newton-John will forever be known for her feel-good ballads, sunny temper and starring role in the hit musical Fat. But the singer-songwriter wanted to be remembered for more than the love songs and the role that defined his decades-long career. After her first battle with breast cancer more than a […]
August 5, 2022 – Thanks to science, we know that the world is not flat, that the Earth revolves around the sun (and not the other way around) and that microbes cause infectious diseases. So why is scientific skepticism a global phenomenon — and that seems to be getting worse, if the crazy stuff you […]
By Sydney Murphy Health Day Reporterhealth day reporter FRIDAY, August 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Social isolation and loneliness put people at a 30% higher risk of heart attack, stroke or death, warns a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA). The statement also highlights the lack of data on interventions that may […]
Vitamin D is well known to be important for bone health. It has also been studied for its possible link to a lower risk of a wide variety of conditions. But even though you can get vitamin D from foods, supplements, or by spending time in the sun, many people don’t get enough of it. […]
August 4, 2022 – CDC researchers report that children and adolescents with long-term COVID are about twice as likely to have severe outcomes, compared to others without COVID. Heart inflammation; a blood clot in the lungs; or a blood clot in the lower leg, thigh or pelvis were the most common poor outcomes in a […]
August 3, 2022 – When Joel Fram woke up on the morning of March 12, 2020, he had a pretty good idea why he was feeling so lousy. He lives in New York, where the first wave of the coronavirus swept through the city. “I knew right away,” says the 55-year-old Broadway musical director. It […]
August 2, 2022 – Imagine being transported to the operating room where your surgical team is waiting – the surgeon, the anesthetist and… a little robot crab. Northwestern University scientists have built a super-small crab robot that could one day perform tricky surgical tasks — entering your body to suture small ruptured arteries, clear clogged […]
August 1, 2022 – Nasal sprays that contain the “love hormone” oxytocin have been marketed as a potential panacea for improving emotional connection with others and even saving difficult relationships. But a new study from the UK suggests otherwise, revealing that oxytocin spray does not make healthy young men better able to recognize emotions. What […]
July 29, 2022 – While more than 80% of men and nearly half of women experience significant hair loss in their lifetime, there are two FDA-approved drugs for hair loss in men and one for the women. But while millions of people around the world search for a way to slow or stop baldness, one […]
July 29, 2022 – Chances are this story is about you. How can I know? First, a little motivational reality: Nearly two in five American adults — 96 million of us — have prediabetes, according to the latest US government estimate. As its name suggests, prediabetes is a kind of metabolic purgatory. This means you […]
