Omega-3s May Protect Against Hearing Challenges
THURSDAY, July 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Higher blood levels of the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) may protect against hearing difficulty in middle-aged adults, according to a study presented during NUTRITION 2023, the annual meeting…
Learn MoreTime-Restricted Eating May Aid Weight Loss With Type 2 Diabetes
THURSDAY, July 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Time-restricted eating (TRE) may help people with type 2 diabetes lose weight, according to a study presented during NUTRITION 2023, the annual meeting of the American Society for Nutrition, held from July 2…
Learn More2001 to 2020 Saw Shift in Rx for Disease-Modifying Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis
THURSDAY, July 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Oral disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) predominated new initiations for treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) in 2020, according to a study published online July 10 in JAMA Neurology.Mackenzie Henderson, Pha…
Learn MoreDaily Baby Aspirin Raises Odds for Brain Bleeds, With No Lowering of Stroke Risk
THURSDAY, July 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For years, older adults took a baby aspirin a day to help ward off a first-time heart attack or stroke. Now yet another study is showing the risks are not worth it for most.Specifically, researchers found th…
Learn MoreYounger Patients With Multiple Myeloma Can Achieve Durable Survival
THURSDAY, July 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Younger adults with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who receive an autologous stem cell transplant (auto-HCT) have a median progression-free survival (PFS) of approximately 3.5 years and a median overall su…
Learn MoreReview: Oral Isotretinoin Is Best Treatment for Acne
THURSDAY, July 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The most effective treatment for acne is oral isotretinoin, according to a review published in the July/August issue of the Annals of Family Medicine.Chung-Yen Huang, M.D., from the National Taiwan Universit…
Learn MoreNew U.S. Rule Mandates Easy Access to Airplane Bathrooms by People Using Wheelchairs
THURSDAY, July 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Airlines will now be required to make bathrooms on their planes more accessible for the disabled, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Wednesday.The new rule, authorized under the Air Carrier Acce…
Learn MoreAHA News: While Tending to Her Grandmother After a Stroke, She Had One Herself
THURSDAY, July 27, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Late one evening, Dawn Berry took a call from her grandmother’s nursing home. Her grandmother had been found unresponsive in bed. What should they do?Dawn, who was then 43, had worked in the…
Learn MoreWith Marijuana’s Legalization, Cannabis Poisonings Are on the Rise
THURSDAY, July 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — In recent years, the legalization of both medical and recreational marijuana has become the new normal across much of North America.The problem: New research finds that as legalization has spread, so have ca…
Learn MoreMinorities Miss Out on Brain-Imaging Studies for Alzheimer’s
THURSDAY, July 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Americans in ethnic and racial minority groups are underrepresented in Alzheimer’s research, a new study finds. Still, the review of U.S.-based Alzheimer’s disease brain imaging studies found the gap is clos…
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