Health warning: How Fitbits can help predict flu outbreaks
LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters – The Fitbit on your wrist not only counts your steps and minutes of sleep, it…
Women’s blood vessels age faster than men’s: Study
The study could change ways women are treated for high blood pressure. January 16, 2020, 12:46 PM 5 min read…
California rejects unique intersex surgery ban for some kids
California has rejected a ban on medically unnecessary treatment for babies born with ambiguous or conflicting genitalia By ADAM BEAM…
Flu leaves a 4-year-old girl blind in Iowa
“If I can stop one child from getting sick, that’s what I want to do,” said Amanda Phillips. “It’s terrible…
Many popular gyms offer unhealthy indoor tanning
(Reuters Health) – More than three-quarters of commercial gyms surveyed offered tanning beds, undermining public health warnings about the dangers…
China seeks to identify cause of mystery pneumonia infecting 44
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese health authorities are trying to identify what is causing an outbreak of pneumonia in the central…
Mental health declining among older U.S. adults, poor hardest hit
(Reuters Health) – Many older Americans have experienced more days of poor mental health in recent years, particularly individuals with…
Kids see you when you’re drinking
(Reuters Health) – Children may learn from an early age when it’s appropriate to drink and how many drinks are…
Too old? Too slow? No! Debut marathoners may add years to life
LONDON (Reuters) – First-time marathon runners can add years to their lives and reap the health rewards of lower blood…
Commuters may get less sleep and exercise
(Reuters Health) – People with full-time jobs who endure long commutes may be more likely to have sleep problems and…
People with mental illness less likely to get cancer screening
(Reuters Health) – People with mental illness get screened for cancer at much lower rates than the general population, which…
Many young women get unnecessary pelvic exams
(Reuters Health) – Although guidelines say most women under age 21 don’t need pelvic exams or cervical cancer screenings, a…
Treating the first known blood clot in space
So when NASA researchers suspected a blood clot in one of their astronauts during a long-duration stay on the space…
Trump administration restricts most flavored vaping cartridges but not menthol
The Trump administration on Thursday said it will effectively ban all flavors of vaping cartridges except menthol and tobacco, a…
Vaping industry offers academic scholarships to high school kids
(Reuters Health) – Even as makers of e-cigarettes insist they are not marketing to U.S. youth, others in the vaping…
Illinois governor clears thousands of marijuana convictions
Illinois’ governor has granted more than 11,000 pardons for low-level marijuana convictions, one day before the state’s new law permitting…
Pakistan issues health IDs for trans people to improve care
Pakistan has begun issuing special health ID cards for transgender people as way to lessen health care discrimination By ASIM…
Disabled People Call Out Things Non-Disabled People Don’t Realize Are Offensive
Ableism, in a nutshell, is discrimination against disabled people. And, yes, it does exist, despite the fact that one in…
Eye injuries from laundry pods rising in U.S.
(Reuters Health) – A growing number of kids are getting chemicals from laundry detergent pods in their eyes, even as…
Low levels of environmental pollutants may slow fetal growth
(Reuters Health) – Pollutants that persist for decades in the environment may affect fetal growth, a U.S. study suggests. FILE…
After brain surgery, Jimmy Carter returns to hometown church
Former President Jimmy Carter publicly appeared at the Georgia church where he worships for the first time since undergoing brain…
Get vaccinated or don’t come back to school, officials tell Seattle public school students
More than 2,200 students were sent letters to get vaccinated. December 29, 2019, 9:20 PM 6 min read A measles…
Austin measles case: A person infected with measles may have exposed others, city says
Health officials said they are putting out the information to inform people who may have been exposed. They asked people…
Vegetarians might have higher risk of stroke than meat eaters, study says
However, a new study suggests that vegetarians and vegans may be at a higher risk of stroke than their meat-eating…
You may want to ditch soda to live longer. Here are tips on how to
A new study followed more than 450,000 people from 10 European countries for up to 19 years and found those…
3 Tips and tricks on how to eat today
CNN Health reporter Jacqueline Howard shares some tricks you can use to lighten up your holiday plates. Source link
This Japanese secret can help you live to 100
CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains how Ikigai can help you live to 100. Source link
Healthy diet improves depression in teens, study says
“Simply cutting down processed food intake and increasing fruit, vegetable(s) and fish resulted in improvements in depression symptoms,” said Heather…
Intermittent fasting might help you live longer
The report functions as a road map of sorts for physicians to prescribe fasting as a method of prevention or…
Transgender children sense their gender identities at young ages
(Reuters Health) – Transgender children may start to identify with toys and clothes typical of their gender identity from a…
Sustained weight loss in middle-age may lower breast cancer risk
(This December 17 story is refiled to add new paragraph 6, and adds lb/kg conversions in paras 4 and 5.)…
Puppies may be making people sick, CDC says
But according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, they’re also linked to a multi-state outbreak of an infection…
Malaysia to work with UNICEF on polio vaccination in Sabah state
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s health authorities on Sunday said they are working with UNICEF to bring polio vaccines to…
Inmate’s suicide shows need for reforms, advocates say
ALBANY, N.Y. — The final two months of Cachin Anderson’s life in New York’s prison system were filled with warnings…
CVS to increase genetic testing for some cancer patients
(This December 12 story corrects to Missouri from Montana in last paragraph) By Caroline Humer and Julie Steenhuysen NEW YORK…
Gender bias roughly similar among scientists in Spain, Britain: survey
(Reuters Health) – A new study adds to evidence that male and female scientists in Europe have very different perceptions…
Two-century trend of Army suicide decrease during war reversed in past two decades
(Reuters Health) – While army suicides have historically decreased during wartime, that trend appears to have reversed in recent decades,…
End of life planning tied to longer survival with terminal illness
(Reuters Health) – (Reuters Health) – Terminally-ill patients who discussed their options for end-of-life care tended to survive longer than…
Food labels with caloric costs in exercise could lead to healthier choices
(Reuters Health) – Consumers might make healthier choices if food labels showed how many minutes of walking or running was…
Malaysia reports first case of polio since 1992
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A three-month-old Malaysian infant has been diagnosed with polio, the first case reported in the country…
Hiker survives after her heart stopped for 6 hours
A British woman has made a full recovery after suffering a six-hour cardiac arrest caused by severe hypothermia — a…
Asthma attacks in pregnancy tied to complications for mothers, babies
(Reuters Health) – Asthma attacks during pregnancy are associated with an increased risk of complications for mothers and their babies,…
Drinking milk does not appear to impact longevity
(Reuters Health) – People who consume lots of milk and cheese and yogurt may not necessarily live any longer than…
More U.S. women know how breast density impacts cancer risk
(Reuters Health) – A growing number of U.S. women understand that breast density can impact cancer risk, but a new…
U.S. authorities confiscate migrant kids’ medications at the southern border
(Reuters Health) – Doctors on Long Island say two migrant children showed up at their hospital in seriously ill condition…
Malaria fight stalling at ‘unacceptably high level’ of deaths: WHO
LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Malaria still infects millions of people every year and kills more than 400,000 – mostly…
Bangladesh plans to ban e-cigarettes amid growing health concerns
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh plans to prohibit the sale and use of electronic cigarettes and vaporizers, a health official said…
Bacon and ready-to-eat turkey products recalled in four states
Blue Grass Quality Meats is recalling 121,083 pounds of the products because they contain soy, an allergen that’s not declared…
Cancer patients, survivors face increased risk of heart disease deaths
(Reuters Health) – Many cancer patients and survivors die from heart disease rather than from their tumors, especially if they…
Supplements touting brain benefits may contain unauthorized ingredient
(Reuters Health) – Many supplements marketed for brain health may contain piracetam, an ingredient not proven effective for preventing or…
Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s might disrupt swimming ability
(Reuters Health) – A small study finds that some people lose their ability to swim when their Parkinson’s disease is…
MRI spots tumors in women with dense breasts, but false positives a problem
(Reuters Health) – Breast cancer can be difficult to detect in women with extremely dense breast tissue, but a new…
Massachusetts adopts tough ban on flavored vaping, tobacco products
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts on Wednesday adopted the country’s toughest ban on the sale of flavored tobacco and vaping products,…
China reports fourth case of plague this month
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese health authorities on Thursday reported a fresh case of bubonic plague in the country’s northern Inner…
Large waist in normal-weight elderly tied to higher dementia risk
(Reuters Health) – Older adults with normal weight but a wider waist may be at a higher risk of developing…
No evidence stretching prevents running injuries
(Reuters Health) – It’s a common and persistent myth that static stretching improves running performance and decreases the risk of…
Drinking-related liver disease and deaths on the rise in U.S.
(Reuters Health) – Americans today are expected to live shorter lives than just a few years ago, in contrast with…
Inducing labor at 41 weeks safer than ‘wait and see’ approach
(Reuters Health) – For late-term pregnancies, inducing labor at 41 weeks may be safer than waiting until week 42, a…