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- Pack the Bug Spray: Dengue Fever Spikes in Popular Travel SpotsDengue fever is reaching record levels this year across popular travel destinations worldwide.
- 5 Smart Ways Olympic Coaches Prevent Athlete InjuriesWe asked five Olympic coaches for their unique training tips that anyone can use to stay healthy.
- Loneliness After 50 Tied to Higher Stroke RiskA new study by Harvard researchers further shows how loneliness may affect physical health. Long-term feelings of being left out or lacking companionship among middle-aged and older people could increase their risk of having a life-threatening stroke.
- Can Cash Incentives and Text Reminders Help Men Shed Pounds?Imagine losing twice as much weight just by getting supportive text messages and financial incentives. For men struggling with obesity, this innovative approach proved more effective than traditional weight management programs. Could this be the future of successful weight loss strategies?
- Essential Nutritional Counseling After Heart Attacks Misses ManyIn a new study, researchers found that fewer than 1 in 4 patients received any nutritional counseling within 90 days of being hospitalized for a heart attack, cardiac bypass, congestive heart failure, or a stint. Here's what to know.
- Gen X May Face Higher Cancer Rates Than Baby BoomersComputer modeling showed that when people in Gen X turn 60, starting in 2025, they are more likely to be diagnosed with invasive cancer than previous generations.
- Resurrecting an Old Therapy Against a Growing Antibiotic CrisisAs antibiotic resistance threatens the world with pathogens like the dreadful A. baumannii, phage therapy has seen a relative renaissance, as it was once used a lot in the pre-antibiotic era.
- Olympic Athletes Use These Mindset Tricks – You Should TooOlympic athletes train their brains as much as their bodies so they can handle pressure and maintain a positive mindset. These same techniques can work for you.
- Expert Panel Urges Behavioral Coaching for Kids With High BMIThe US Preventive Services Task Force recommends that children and adolescents with a high body mass index (BMI) receive intensive counseling – but not weight reduction drugs – to achieve a healthy weight.
- Melatonin Shows Promise in Reducing Macular Degeneration RiskIn a world where most reach for melatonin to ease restless nights or to conquer jet lag, could these tiny pills hold an unexpected key beyond the realm of sleep? Beyond their reputation as sleep aids, melatonin supplements might harbor a surprising potential: as a remedy for vision damage.
- Blood Test Could Identify Parkinson’s 7 Years Before SymptomsNew findings take the field of Parkinson's disease another step closer to the holy grail of early diagnosis before symptoms occur.
- Big News for Older Adults: Pneumococcal Vaccine ApprovedThere’s a new tool to fight invasive pneumococcal disease and pneumococcal pneumonia in adults, as the FDA approved Merck’s new vaccine designed to prevent the disorders.
- Does Hot Weather Raise Your Stroke Risk? What to KnowHigh cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart disease – most people know that these conditions can up one’s stroke risk. But a lesser-known risk factor can be a culprit as well: high outdoor and indoor temperatures. Here's what to know.
- Word to the Wise: Don’t Drink and FlyStudy findings underscore the risk of drinking during long-term airline flights.
- CDC Warns of Increased ADHD Drug Shortages, Untreated SymptomsThe process of finding stimulant medications that treat conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder just got even more difficult for tens of thousands of people who rely on the drugs.
- Rare Form of Drug-Resistant Seasonal Flu Detected in U.S.The CDC has detected two human cases of influenza that are resistant to the most commonly used antiviral flu drug, known by the brand name Tamiflu.
- ‘Ozempic Face’: Fat Transfers, Fillers, and MoreDoctors are offering surgical and nonsurgical treatments for “Ozempic face” for those who have facial aging after rapid weight loss from a GLP-1 medication.
- Efforts Increasing to Prevent Illegal Vapes From Reaching KidsA new federal effort aims to crack down on illegal e-cigarettes, with the goal of reducing young people’s access to the addictive products. Illegal products include popular items like flavored, disposable vapes.
- Independent FDA Panel Endorses New Alzheimer’s Disease TreatmentAn FDA advisory panel unanimously gave a green light on Monday to the Alzheimer’s disease treatment donanemab for use during early stages of the disease.
- Eating for a Longer Life Can Also Help the PlanetPeople who most closely followed the diet had a 25% reduced risk of early death, and were less likely to die of heart problems, cancer, respiratory diseases, or neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s.
- The Unknowns Challenge Prostate Cancer Patient PartnersThis cancer often is referred to as a “couple’s disease” because it impacts spouses and partners who serve as caregivers.
- Sugar Substitute Tied to Higher Risk of Heart Attack, StrokeXylitol is naturally found in small amounts in fruit and vegetables, and it’s been used more as a sugar substitute over the past decade in processed foods, toothpaste, chewing gum, and other products.
- APOE4 Testing: To Know or Not to Know Alzheimer's RiskAlzheimer’s disease researchers recently suggested that genetics alone could identify in advance up to 20% of the people who are ultimately diagnosed with the devastating form of dementia.
- Lung Cancer Drug’s 'Off-the-Charts’ Results Give Patients HopeResearchers believe the drug could make certain kinds of lung cancers a chronic disease like diabetes, and not necessarily a death sentence.
- Genetic Research Points Toward Possible New IBD Treatments– Scientists in the United Kingdom have pinpointed genetic factors that appear to drive inflammatory bowel disease, and laboratory experiments using existing drugs used for other conditions show the medicines may be effective treatments.
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