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02 Apr
Keeping Your Bad Cholesterol in Check Protects You from Dementia, New Study Finds
People with low LDL cholesterol levels are much less likely to be diagnosed with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research.
01 Apr
Intermittent Fasting Leads to Greater Weight Loss Than Calorie Counting, New Study Finds
Overweight and obese adults who followed a 4:3 intermittent fasting plan dropped more pounds in one year than those who counted calories.
31 Mar
Vaccine Hesitancy Is on the Rise. Who Do Americans Trust to Help Them Make Important Vaccine Decisions? A New HealthDay/Harris Poll
F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE, of the Yale School of Medicine talks with Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, of the Baylor School of Medicine about the rise in vaccine refusal and the backlash against scientists.
Shingles Vaccine Protects Against Dementia
The shingles vaccine can do more than protect seniors from painful, blistering rashes.
It also appears to protect older folks from dementia, researchers say.
Seniors who got the shingles vaccine when it became available in the U.K. were 20% less likely to develop dementia than those who did not take the jab, according to research pub...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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FDA Removes Top Expert on Vaping and Tobacco
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) top tobacco regulator, Brian King, has been placed on leave as part of a large wave of cuts across federal health agencies.
King, who led the FDA's tobacco control efforts, told his staff Tuesday that he was removed with “a heavy heart and profound disappointment.”
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- April 2, 2025
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More Americans Can't Afford Health Care, Prescriptions
The inability to pay for health care has reached a new high in the United States, a new study says.
More than one-third of Americans — an estimated 91 million people — say they couldn't afford to access quality health care if they needed it today, according to the latest West Health-Gallup Healthcare Affordability Index.
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- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- April 2, 2025
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Swallowing Disorder Not Widely Known, Understood By Public
Insomnia and vertigo are health conditions so well-known that movies have been named after them.
But only a quarter of Americans know about a condition that occurs even more often than vertigo or insomnia, called dysphagia, a new study says.
Dysphagia is a condition in which people have trouble swallowing, due to nerve, muscle or str...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- April 2, 2025
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Drug Overdose Deaths Rising Faster in Black Americans, Study Finds
Black Americans have been dying from drug overdoses (OD) at higher rates than white Americans, a new study says.
Both Black men and women are at greater risk of a fatal OD compared to white people, researchers reported April 1 in JAMA Network Open.
The OD death rate for Black men surpassed the rate for white men in 2016, and...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- April 2, 2025
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Eye Exam Can Assess Risk Of Delirium Following Surgery
They say the eyes are the windows to the soul.
The eyes also might help detect seniors at risk for a common syndrome in which they emerge from surgery in a state of delirium, new research suggests.
Seniors who have thicker retinas are about 60% more likely to develop post-surgical delirium, researchers reported April 1 in the journal...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- April 2, 2025
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