TUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 (Healthday News) -- The prevalence of a highly mutated COVID variant has tripled in the past two weeks, new government data shows.Now, nearly 1 in 10 new COVID cases are fueled by the BA.2.86 variant, the U.S. Centers for...
TUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 -- It might seem that surfing the web could cause a person’s mental health to suffer, but a landmark new study has concluded that internet use poses no major threat to people’s psychological well-being.Researchers...
TUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 -- Stem cells injected into the brains of multiple sclerosis patients appear to protect them against further damage from the degenerative disease, a new study shows.MS occurs when the body’s own immune system attacks and...
TUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 -- Personal trainers can help people increase their strength and their fitness.Could a “brain coach” be just as useful in preventing Alzheimer’s’ disease?A new study suggests that personalized health and lifestyle...
TUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 -- COVID vaccines saved the lives and health of countless babies by preventing their premature births, a new study shows.COVID-19 initially caused an alarming surge in premature birth rates, but those returned to pre-pandemic...
TUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 -- Folks who smoke weed along with cigarettes are doing serious damage to their lungs, a new study warns.People who do both are 12 times more likely to develop emphysema than nonsmokers, due to the damage they’re doing to...
TUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 -- Evidence that soccer heading -- where players use their heads to strike a ball -- is dangerous continues to mount.Research to be presented at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting in Chicago on...
TUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 — Medical imaging for thinking and memory issues happens much later in Black patients than in their white and Hispanic counterparts, new research shows.A study to be presented Thursday at a meeting of radiologists also...
TUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 -- Transgender people transitioning to male (transmasculine) identity typically take testosterone therapy as part of the process. There have been worries that the treatment might spur erythrocytosis, an abnormally high...