What's the Link Between Memory Problems and Sexism?

Sexism is incredibly toxic to women’s lives, resulting in lower pay, fewer career opportunities, worse health care and a greater risk of violence.

It also can be toxic to their brain health, a new study says.

U.S. women born in the most sexist states experience a faster memory decline in later years than women born in states wi...

Supreme Court to Decide on South Carolina's Bid to Cut Funding for Planned Parenthood

In a pivotal move, the United States Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will review South Carolina's controversial decision to cut off state funding for Planned Parenthood clinics, which provide critical health services to low-income residents.

A media report published by The Washington Post shows said that this move was ma...

FDA Updates Meaning of 'Healthy' on Food Labels

THURSDAY, Dec. 19, 2024 (HeathDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants to redefine the meaning of healthy food, issuing a new rule Thursday that changes the way food companies can claim their products are indeed nutritious.

What foods will qualify for the new designation?

Under the final rule, pretty much everyth...

1 in 5 Adults With Long Covid Struggle With Daily Activities

Millions of American adults are struggling with Long COVID, and a fifth have symptoms so debilitating they interfere with daily activities, a new report finds.

"Frequently reported symptoms include fatigue that interferes with daily life, difficulty thinking or concentrating, cough and heart palpitations," explained a team of researchers a...

FDA Says Shortage of GLP-1 Tirzepatide Is Over

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration re-issued a decision first made by the agency in October that a shortage of the diabetes/weight-loss med tirzepatide is over.

Tirzepatide includes blockbuster injected GLP-1meds Mounjaro (for diabetes) and Zepbound (for weight loss).

The FDA first announced two months ago that any shortage of the...

Cold Weather Deaths Keep Rising for Americans

It's a perhaps unexpected consequence of climate change that periods of deep cold now occur more frequently during American winters, despite an overall trend to warmer temperatures year round.

That uptick in cold snaps, along with other possible factors, has been linked to a doubling of U.S. deaths from freezing temperatures since 1999, ac...

California Declares Bird Flu Emergency as Outbreak in Cows Continues

California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a public health emergency on Wednesday as bird flu continues to spread among the state’s dairy cattle.

“This proclamation is a targeted action to ensure government agencies have the resources and flexibility they need to respond quickly to this outbreak,” Newsom explained in a news re...

DOJ Alleges CVS Facilitated Unlawful Sales, Violating Federal Opioid Regulations

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a civil complaint against CVS Pharmacy Inc., accusing the nation’s largest pharmacy chain of unlawfully filling prescriptions for highly addictive opioids and violating federal health care laws.

According to a news release published Dec. 18, 2024, the complaint also accuses CVS of seekin...

Sleep Apnea May Change Parts of Brain, Speed Aging

Sleep apnea is known to wreak havoc with the body, contributing to heart problems, diabetes and liver disease.

The sleep disorder also appears to have direct effects on brain health, a new study shows.

People with sleep apnea appear to experience accelerated aging of the brain’s white matter, which serves to connect the various...

New Youth Mental Health Program Shows Promise

Teenagers who land in an ER with a mental health crisis can be effectively helped by a community-based program.

New research shows that troubled teens placed in such a program were significantly less likely to return to the ER or require inpatient psychiatric care due to a follow-up crisis.

The program did not reduce risk of a subseq...

Multiple Chronic Conditions Can Add Up to Kidney Trouble

The sicker a senior becomes, the more likely they’re going to develop kidney problems on top of their other health challenges.

A new study published Dec. 17 in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS), shows that as a person’s number of chronic illnesses increases, a decline in their kidney function becomes bo...

Are You At Risk for Dementia? New Blood Test May Tell

Folks worried that they’re developing dementia have few options for catching their brain decline before it's too late.

But a new blood test might be able to detect early changes that wind up leading to cognitive impairment and dementia.

The test looks at a protein that appears to play a role in the ability of drugs, nutrients, ...

A New Way to Diagnose Painful 'Wear-and-Tear' Arthritis?

Knee arthritis could become easier to detect and diagnose thanks to a new test involving the lubricating fluid inside the joint.

A new study shows that arthritis of the knee often is diagnosed in its late stages, after cartilage has degraded and bones are rubbing against each other in the joint.

At that point, it’s tough to tel...

Early Research Points to Possible New Parkinson's Drug

Parkinson's is a relentless disease for which few treatments, and no real cure, exists.

Now, researchers say they are on the trail of a potential new therapy for the disabling neurological illness.

It's early research, still in the animal-testing stage, as explained by investigators at the University of Arizona in Tucson. However, t...

Milk Cereal Drinks for Infants May Trigger Weight Gain

Adding cereal to a baby’s bottle is a habit that’s been around for a long time to help introduce solid foods while also supplementing a mom’s breast milk.

But this practice can cause babies to pack on some pounds early in life, however, a new study says.

Infants were about 50% more likely to experience rapid weight ...

U.S. Life Spans Rebound from Pandemic Lows, Helped by Drop in Fatal Overdoses

After years of decline, U.S. life expectancy is finally on the rise again for the first time since 2019, new government research shows.

This turnaround was driven in part by a decline in drug overdose deaths, which had risen dramatically as a result of the opioid epidemic, according to a second report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Cont...

Patient Hospitalized in Louisiana With First U.S. Case of Severe Bird Flu

In a case first reported in Louisiana last Friday, a patient has now developed the first known case of bird flu so severe as to require hospitalization, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Sixty other cases of H5N1 avian flu have been reported in people across the United States since April of this year, ...