40-Year Study Finds Weight-Loss Surgery Extending Life Spans
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) – It’s well known that obesity fuels an increase in a person’s risk for other chronic health conditions. Now, a new study shows that weight-loss surgery could set that person’s health, and longevity, on a diff…
Learn MoreInitial Symptoms Could Predict How Fast Alzheimer’s Progresses
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Memory loss is the most common symptom associated with Alzheimer’s disease — the terrifying prospect of slowly forgetting yourself and everything around you.But people who exhibit memory loss early on in th…
Learn MoreGeneral, Abdominal Obesity in Middle Age Tied to Later Frailty Risk
TUESDAY, Jan. 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Both general and abdominal obesity, especially over time during adulthood, is associated with an increased risk for subsequent prefrailty/frailty, according to a study published online Jan. 23 in BMJ Open.Shr…
Learn MoreEven Light Exercise Can Help Arthritic Knees
TUESDAY, Jan. 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Even short bouts of light exercise can help the millions of people with knee osteoarthritis reduce pain and improve their range of motion.Knee osteoarthritis, the wear-and-tear form of the disease, occurs whe…
Learn More‘Spare Tire’ in Middle Age Could Mean a Frail Old Age
TUESDAY, Jan. 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Any ‘middle-age spread’ of excess weight around your tummy could raise your risk of becoming frail decades later, a new study suggests.Obese folks who’ve packed on pounds around their waist are more likely to…
Learn MoreSeniors Had High Burden of RSV-Positive Respiratory Infection Before COVID-19
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The burden of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-positive acute respiratory infection (ARI) in older adults was considerable before COVID-19 and is associated with lower quality of life (QOL), according to a st…
Learn MoreStrength of Risk Factors for Stroke Vary by Age
FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — High blood pressure and diabetes may pose less of a stroke risk as people age, according to a study published online Jan. 18 in Neurology.George Howard, Dr.P.H., from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Sc…
Learn MoreStrength of Risk Factors for Stroke Vary by Age
FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — High blood pressure and diabetes may pose less of a stroke risk as people age, according to a study published online Jan. 18 in Neurology.George Howard, Dr.P.H., from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Sc…
Learn MoreLos fondos para la pandemia salvaron a más estadounidenses de la deuda médica
MIÉRCOLES, 18 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — El número de estadounidenses que tuvieron problemas para pagar sus facturas médica se desplomó entre 2019 y 2021, y los fondos del Plan de Rescate Estadounidense (American Rescue Plan) y otros program…
Learn MoreLas autoridades federales investigarán el abuso de los antipsicóticos en los hogares de ancianos
MIÉRCOLES, 18 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Las autoridades de salud de EE. UU. señalan que planifican investigar si algunos hogares de ancianos califican falsamente a los pacientes como esquizofrénicos para poder administrarles antipsicóticos …
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