THURSDAY, Aug. 24, 2023 -- AI might not always be your most accurate source of health information, especially when it comes to cancer care, new research finds. Two new studies assessed the quality of responses offered by AI chatbots to a variety of...
THURSDAY, Aug. 24, 2023 -- The American middle-class squeeze has grown even worse in recent years, with many in the “forgotten middle” facing financial pressure and poor health as they near retirement age, a new study reports. Essentially, the...
THURSDAY, Aug. 24, 2023 -- For the first time in a decade, the rate at which American adolescents received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has not increased, new data show. Current guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
THURSDAY, Aug. 24, 2023 -- Public health officials have detected the new BA.2.86 variant of COVID-19 in U.S. wastewater, giving rise to concerns about the highly mutated variant in the United States. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
THURSDAY, Aug. 24, 2023 -- Stroll past the supplements in any drugstore and you’ll find broad claims about fish oil helping everything from heart and brain health, to joints, eyes and immune systems. But you just might be wasting your money,...
THURSDAY, Aug. 24, 2023 -- With 2023 predicted to be the hottest year on record, a new study is pointing to another potential consequence of heat waves: faster declines in older adults' memory and thinking skills. The study, of nearly 9,500 older...
THURSDAY, Aug. 24, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Holly Page was having a great day. She got her hair done, then enjoyed a long dinner catching up with friend Lisa Stillings. They were walking out of the restaurant when something strange...
THURSDAY, Aug. 24, 2023 -- Bystander aid using CPR and a defibrillator can be critically important for saving lives when someone has a cardiac arrest -- even when an ambulance arrives quickly, say researchers. A new study finds that when a bystander...
THURSDAY, Aug. 24, 2023 -- Living through days of smoky air from Canadian wildfires in June was unpleasant for New York City residents, but new data shows it wasn't as immediately concerning for their lungs as feared. The research finds...
THURSDAY, Aug. 24, 2023 -- Anyone who has quickly slurped up a milkshake or chomped on a snow cone knows the sharp, brief pain of "brain freeze." Its cause is a mystery, but it’s not harmful, according to experts at University of Texas...
THURSDAY, Aug. 24, 2023 -- Mothers use sing-song language to talk to their infants. Their dogs respond to it, too, according to a new study. Researchers in Hungary also found that dogs have greater brain sensitivity to the speech directed at them...
THURSDAY, Aug. 24, 2023 -- Cancer patients with immune systems weakened by treatment are among the groups most concerned about the continued spread of COVID-19 and the chance of the infection becoming severe. New research suggests more guidance on...