Overweight 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…
Learn MoreRisk for MI, Ischemic Stroke Increased for Younger Adults With Mental Disorders
TUESDAY, May 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Younger adults with mental disorders have an increased risk for myocardial infarction (MI) and ischemic stroke (IS), according to a study published online April 28 in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiolo…
Learn MoreLimited Impact Seen for Early Treatment of Gestational Diabetes
TUESDAY, May 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Immediate treatment of gestational diabetes before 20 weeks of gestation leads to a slightly lower incidence of a composite of adverse neonatal outcomes but no significant difference in pregnancy-related hypert…
Learn MoreCardiovascular Fitness Tied to Lower IBD Risk in Children
TUESDAY, May 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Cardiovascular fitness may lower the risk for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in children and teens, according to a study published online May 1 in JAMA Pediatrics.Chun-Ying Wu, M.D., Ph.D., from the National …
Learn MoreFDA Experts to Consider First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill
TUESDAY, May 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — As a U.S. Food Drug Administration advisory panel prepares to weigh whether to recommend that a birth control pill be sold over the counter in this country, a coalition of advocates on Monday called attention t…
Learn MoreUptick Seen in Mpox Cases in Chicago
TUESDAY, May 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — While the mpox outbreak has been waning since last summer, it has not disappeared yet. Howard Brown Health, an LGBTQ-focused health clinic in Chicago, recently reported seeing an increase in mpox cases, with ei…
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