Study Casts Doubt on Mediterranean Diet’s Benefit to Brain
THURSDAY, Oct. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A healthy diet might not protect you from dementia as some have suggested, according to a new Swedish study.The Mediterranean diet — which includes lots of vegetables, fruits, fish and healthy fats and littl…
Learn MoreCVS Will Lower Price of Menstrual Products in Many States With ‘Tampon Tax’
THURSDAY, Oct. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) – CVS Health announced Wednesday that it will lower the prices of its brand of menstrual products by 25% in 12 states that tax tampons, pads and similar items.Twenty-one states tax these essential products, acc…
Learn MoreEven Before Uvalde, Gun-Related Deaths to Texas Schoolchildren Were Rising
THURSDAY, Oct. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — School-age children are increasingly dying after being injured with guns, with firearms now the United States’ second-leading cause of death in 5- to 18-year-olds.After 19 children and two teachers were kill…
Learn MoreChildren & the Truth: A ‘Complicated’ Relationship
THURSDAY, Oct. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — While kids are told not to lie, they also get mixed messages about being honest in different situations.In a new study, researchers looked at how adults reacted to kids’ levels of honesty in various situatio…
Learn MoreMeasuring Up: Scientists Spot Genes Linked to Height
THURSDAY, Oct. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The answer to how tall a child will be is typically an estimate based on an average of the parents’ heights.But an Australian study that included more than 5 million people has found that more than 12,000 ge…
Learn MoreGene Therapy Helps Those With Rare Form of Blindness See Better at Night
THURSDAY, Oct. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An experimental gene therapy offers hope for rapid improvement in the night vision of adults who have a congenital form of childhood-onset blindness, researchers report.In this ongoing clinical trial at the …
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Lifetime of stress tied to big rise in cancer risk. That’s due to what researchers called “allostatic load” — a measure of cumulative stress, or wear and tear on the body. Read moreStudy casts doubt on Mediterranean diet’s benefit to brain. A new Swe…
Learn More2.5 Million Middle and High Schoolers Report Smoking E-Cigarettes
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An estimated 2.5 million youth reported electronic cigarette use in 2022, according to research published in the Oct. 7 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality …
Learn MoreNew Model Predicts Five-Year Alzheimer Dementia Risk
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A model that incorporates demographic information, brain imaging test results, and genetic biomarkers can accurately predict the five-year risk for dementia from Alzheimer disease (AD), according to a study…
Learn MoreFDA Approves New Bivalent COVID-19 Booster for Use in Children
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The new bivalent COVID-19 booster is now approved for children as young as 5 years old, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday.The bivalent booster shot includes one part that protects ag…
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