AHA News: The ‘Hispanic Paradox’: Does a Decades-Old Finding Still Hold Up?
WEDNESDAY, May 10, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Many Hispanic people in the United States face socioeconomic disadvantages and lower access to affordable health care. Despite these and other challenges to their health, they generally tend…
Learn MoreAHA News: Former Marine Opens Up About Struggles and Feelings of Hopelessness After Stroke
WEDNESDAY, May 10, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — One hot day last June, Elmar Uy and his girlfriend, LJ Jennings, were gardening outside their home in Hudson, New Hampshire, when something strange happened. Everywhere Uy looked, he saw cre…
Learn MoreAHA News: La ‘paradoja hispana’: ¿se mantienen en pie las conclusiones de hace dos décadas?
MIÉRCOLES, 10 de mayo de 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Muchas personas hispanas en Estados Unidos están en una situación económica desventajosa y tienen menor acceso a atención médica asequible. A pesar de estos y otros desafíos a su salud…
Learn MoreSurgery Beats Targeted Radiation for Patients Battling Early Stage Lung Cancer
WEDNESDAY, May 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — More patients are choosing radiation therapy over surgery to treat their early-stage lung cancer, but a new study argues they might be making a mistake.People who are good surgical candidates for lung cancer…
Learn MoreCOPD: Causes, Symptoms & Treatments
WEDNESDAY, May 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Finding out that you or a loved one has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can be alarming and may leave you with a lot of questions.Though COPD has no cure, it’s a condition that can be managed wi…
Learn MoreOverweight Boys May Be Grow Up to Be Less Fertile Men
WEDNESDAY, May 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Men who were overweight as boys may have infertility issues in adulthood, according to new research.Researchers studying the issue of male infertility, often a mystery, looked at health data from 268 young p…
Learn MoreInternational Group of Health Experts Raise Alarm About Dangers of AI
WEDNESDAY, May 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Artificial intelligence (AI) research and development should stop until its use and technology are properly regulated, an international group of doctors and public health experts said.Certain types of AI pos…
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Surgery beats targeted radiation for early-stage lung cancer. In a new trial, people who had their cancer surgically removed had a 71% five-year survival rate, compared with 56% for patients who were good surgical candidates but chose radiation therap…
Learn MoreSummer’s Near: What’s the Best Sunscreen for You?
WEDNESDAY, May 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It’s easy to keep your skin safer in the summer sun if you have the right sunscreen.UCLA Health offers some tips for picking the best type and SPF level. Getting sunburned just five times in a lifetime doubl…
Learn MoreHalf of Chicago’s Residents Have Witnessed a Shooting by Age 40
WEDNESDAY, May 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Living with the potential for gun violence takes a “cumulative physiological toll” on people in Chicago and across the country, said researchers whose new study found that half of that city’s residents had w…
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