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25 Oct
A new study finds type 2 diabetes patients taking semaglutide have much lower odds of developing Alzheimer’s disease, regardless of weight, gender or age.
24 Oct
Researchers say vigorous exercise suppresses a hormone called ghrelin, which stimulates your appetite and tells your brain it’s time to eat.
23 Oct
The divorce rate among people 65+ nearly tripled from 1990 to 2022, and it looks like Baby Boomers are driving the trend.
The weight-loss drug Ozempic can guard against kidney disease in obese people, a new study shows.
Patients taking semaglutide -- the active agent in Ozempic and Wegovy -- had as much as a 52% reduction in kidney damage, as measured by urine testing, researchers reported Oct. 25 in the journal Nature Medicine. The results will also...
More than 20% of people in the continental United States might have drinking water contaminated with “forever chemicals,” a new study suggests.
Between 75 and 95 million Americans rely on groundwater that contains detectible concentrations of these chemicals, known as PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), the U.S. Geolo...
Most thyroid cancers are slow-moving and, if caught early, curable.
But some patients can present with what's known as an anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) -- a rare and very aggressive tumor with a very poor prognosis.
Now, a clinical trial offers new hope to patients with a certain subtype of this tumor.
Combining can...
An experimental electric bandage might help doctors stop bacterial infections without using any drugs, a new study suggests.
Imperceptible low-level electric current applied through a skin patch caused a nearly 10 times reduction in amounts of Staphylococcus epidermidis, a common bacterium found on human skin, researchers reported...
Halloween is meant to be a spooky season, but it can be downright terrifying to someone suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or dementia.
“Halloween is full of scary sights and frightful sounds that create additional challenges for someone living with dementia, which is why being a proactive caregiver is so important,” said...
Now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the at-home use of the flu vaccine spray FluMist, how do you know that it's the right choice for you and your family?
One expert offers advice on the spray's efficacy and how to figure out if FluMist is your best bet against flu germs. Importantly, the spray will not be available ...
An outbreak of E. coli illness linked to onions used in McDonald's Quarter Pounders has expanded to now include 75 cases across 13 states, U.S. health officials announced Friday.
That's up from 49 cases in 10 states reported on Monday. The three new states with illnesses are Michigan, New Mexico and Washington.
"Of 61 people with inf...
As the popularity of GLP-1 meds like Wegovy and Zepbound grows, fewer Americans are turning to weight-loss surgeries to trim their waistlines, a new report finds.
Prescriptions of this GLP-1 class of diabetes and weight-loss medications more than doubled between 2022 and 2023, a new tally finds.
"In contrast, there was a 25.6% decrea...
With onions from one supplier implicated as the source of E. coli illness linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders, other fast food chains are now pulling the onions from their menus.
Representatives for Burger King, Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut all told NBC News that some of their restaurants will remove the onions from their m...
A second person in Missouri who wasn't exposed to either poultry or dairy cows has been infected with bird flu, U.S. health officials reported Thursday.
This person shared a home with a patient who was first hospitalized with bird flu in August, but antibody tests have since shown that symptomatic health care workers who cared for the pat...
Some Americans should get more than one shot of the updated COVID vaccines because their age or certain health conditions make them more vulnerable to severe infections, U.S. health officials advised this week.
Six months after their first shot, people 65 and older and those who are immunocompromised should receive a second dose of the&nbs...
Wildfires that spread so fast they outrun the efforts of fire crews trying to contain them: These types of conflagrations are becoming far more common across the Western United States, a new study warns.
A fire's velocity could be even more important than its size when it comes to the threat to people and property, researchers say.
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Texts deliver rapid-fire messages, but a new study indicates human brains can keep up with the barrage.
The brain can detect the basic linguistic structure of a brief sentence in roughly 150 milliseconds -- about the speed of a blink of an eye, researchers report.
“Our experiments reveal that the brain’s language comprehe...
Anaphylaxis involves a sudden, potentially life-threatening reaction to an allergen, including even very small amounts of food allergens such as egg or peanut.
Now, two studies find that people with allergies, as well as those charged with their care, are often unsure what to do when anaphylaxis strikes, and how soon.
Too often, pa...
Medication and behavioral therapy are both effective in combatting fatigue caused by multiple sclerosis (MS), either separately or together, a new study finds.
MS patients felt significantly less fatigue after they were prescribed modafinil (Provigil), a drug that promotes wakefulness and is used to treat sleepiness, researchers reported r...
A heart-pounding workout suppresses a person’s hunger levels better than less strenuous exercises like a brisk walk or active yoga, a new study shows.
Running, swimming laps or taking a fast-paced spin class is more effective in suppressing the hunger hormone ghrelin than less intense exercise, researchers report.
What’s ...
Brain scans can provide early warning of who will develop chronic pain following a whiplash injury, a new study finds.
Higher levels of “cross talk” between two specific brain regions within one to three days of the injury increases the risk that pain will last long-term, researchers found.
The more the hippocampus (the b...
Certain gut microbes might be linked to a person’s risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, a new study suggests.
People prescribed multiple courses of penicillin antibiotics have a modestly lower risk of developing Parkinson’s, researchers found.
Those antibiotics might be affecting bacterial populations in the gut...
Just days after an E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald's Quarter Pounders was first announced, a company producing onions used in the burgers said it has issued a recall for its diced, peeled and whole onions.
The onions were produced at Taylor Farms Colorado and have been pinpointed by McDonalds as the source of the outbreak, which has alre...
Next time you're on a cruise, be wary of your (or your neighbor's) private balcony hot tub, researchers warn.
These luxe cabin features were pinpointed as a source of outbreaks of the respiratory illness Legionnaires disease that broke out on two ships.
The Legionella bacterium thrives in wet, warm conditions, so "hot tubs o...