THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 -- U.S. health officials are bracing for the possibility that mpox could surge again this summer as cases mount in several states. On Thursday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 21 more cases of...
THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 -- Depression is a debilitating condition that can leave its millions of sufferers in despair. Globally, an estimated 5% of adults suffer from depression, according to the World Health Organization. Luckily, there are a...
THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 -- Attachment theory sounds like a complicated concept, but when you're a parent it can sometimes boil down to a crying, clinging child who does not want to be separated from you. Put simply, attachment theory explores the...
THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 -- Researchers have developed a definition and symptom checklist for long COVID, based on initial findings from a study of nearly 10,000 Americans. The study identified a set of 12 long-term symptoms that can occur following...
THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 -- The American population is older than it used to be, according to new U.S. Census data. With fewer young children, more baby boomers and even more centenarians, the country’s median age is higher — at 38.8...
THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 -- Prediabetes often precedes type 2 diabetes, the form of the disease most closely tied to obesity. A new study suggests that the timing of this transition may set the stage for dementia in later years. Prediabetes refers...
THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 -- There’s a lot of buzz about "gentle parenting" right now, but what exactly is this style of child-rearing? Here, the creator of the concept breaks down gentle parenting, including what it is, the mindset that...
THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- The official word on COVID-19, according to the World Health Organization and the U.S. government, is that it's no longer an emergency. But while that's a milestone, it's hardly an...
THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 -- Smallpox vaccines, which were routinely given into the 1970s, seem to provide protection from mpox, a new study says. The mpox virus, responsible for a worldwide outbreak last year, could surge again this summer, public...
THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Alexis Simon, a special education teacher in the greater Pittsburgh area, was having a routine morning at school, sending an e-mail at her desk. The next thing she knew, she woke up at a...
THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 -- A federal website intended to help people choose a nursing home not only contains inaccurate information, but those inaccuracies appear to be at least partially driven by race, a new study reports. The U.S. Centers for...
THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 – Robert Weymouth, 58, of Portland, Maine, died this year because of a tick bite. You've likely heard of Lyme disease and the problems it can cause when passed to a human through the bite of a deer tick. But Lyme isn’t the...
THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 -- Ketamine may be an alternative to shock treatment for people with treatment-resistant major depression, a new study suggests. Currently, patients with major depressive disorder who don't find a medication or therapy that...
THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 -- Researchers have found another clue as to why some infants die suddenly in their sleep, and it's related to a faulty chemical receptor in the brainstem. Experts said the findings provide another puzzle piece in...
THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 -- One potential solution to reducing chronic pain: Get moving. A new Norwegian study finds that physically active folks have greater pain tolerance compared to sedentary types. Those with higher levels of activity also had...
THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 – People with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s disease may have an increased risk of epilepsy, a new study says. And folks with a certain type of epilepsy may have higher odds of developing Alzheimer’s...
THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 -- Drinking heavily while younger puts you at risk for muscle loss and frailty later in life, new research suggests. These findings are another reason to cut back on the booze, according to the research team from the...