Four-Legged Friends Could Be Friend to Your Brain
THURSDAY, Feb. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Add better brain health to the growing list of protections your beloved pet may provide you: New research suggests that older adults with a furry companion showed slower mental declines than those without o…
Learn MoreAHA News: Understanding ‘Black Fatigue’ – And How to Overcome It
THURSDAY, Feb. 24, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Before she gave the feeling a name, Mary-Frances Winters felt it constantly. She calls it “a dull droning sound that is always present” and “an underlying syndrome of sorts that permeates my…
Learn MoreAHA News: When His Heart Failed, ‘Monk’ Actor Jason Gray-Stanford Lived His Own Drama
THURSDAY, Feb. 24, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — In his decades as an actor, Jason Gray-Stanford has appeared in a few medical dramas, often as a patient. And in his best-known role, as Lt. Randy Disher on “Monk,” he faced all kinds of cas…
Learn MoreWhy Is Cancer-Linked Benzene in So Many Personal Care Products?
THURSDAY, Feb. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Dozens of different spray products — deodorants, shampoos, sunscreens, athlete’s foot treatments — have been recalled in recent months due to contamination with the cancer-causing chemical benzene.Most rec…
Learn MoreCould Common Blood Pressure Meds Help Curb Pancreatic Cancer?
THURSDAY, Feb. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pancreatic cancer is notoriously difficult to treat and beat, but new research suggests that commonly prescribed high blood pressure drugs may boost survival in patients.Known as angiotensin-converting enzym…
Learn MoreCDC Close to New Guidance on COVID Restrictions
THURSDAY, Feb. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Updated criteria to guide COVID-19 restrictions will be announced by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention later this week or early next week, according to a CDC scientist involved in the proce…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: Feb. 24, 2022
Why is cancer-linked benzene in so many personal care products? The chemical is being found in the propellants of many deodorants, sunscreens and other products Americans use every day, leading to numerous recent recalls. Read moreCDC to update crite…
Learn MoreNew Drug May Help Curb COVID-Linked Inflammatory Disorder in Kids
THURSDAY, Feb. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A drug developed for an autoimmune disease shows promise in treating a potentially life-threatening inflammatory condition in children who’ve had COVID-19, researchers say.The rare condition is called multis…
Learn MorePandemic Didn’t Dent Americans’ Optimism, Polls Find
THURSDAY, Feb. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Despite the crushing challenges of navigating a worldwide pandemic during the past two years, Americans remain as optimistic as ever, a series of surveys shows. The surveys were conducted between 2008 and 20…
Learn MoreYour Dog May Help Keep Disability at Bay
THURSDAY, Feb. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — That daily 6 a.m. walk around the block with your dog may be tough but healthy: New research suggests the exercise and companionship is lowering your odds of developing a disability.However, the good news do…
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