FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 (healthDay News) -- Super Bowl party spreads famously include nachos, wings, burgers, hot dogs and other unhealthy fare, but one expert offers some advice on how to make watching the game a healthy affair.“Think about what...
FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 -- Fabrizio wasn’t sure what to expect of his newly outfitted prosthetic hand, until he touched one of the researchers who’d given it to him. “When one of the researchers placed the sensor on his own body, I...
FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it is cracking down on air pollution. Specifically, the agency introduced a tougher air quality standard that takes aim at fine particulate matter -- the tiny bits...
FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 -- While marriage can be hard work, a new survey suggests it can also be a powerful elixir for happiness. Adults who are married report being more satisfied with their lives than those in any other type of relationship,...
FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 -- Medical tourism to Mexico for cosmetic procedures exposed Americans to a deadly fungal infection last year, a new report shows. An outbreak of Fusarium solani meningitis occurred at two clinics in Matamoros specializing in...
FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 -- Is 'practice makes perfect' true for the male erection, too? That's the suggestion from a Swedish study involving amorous male mice. It found that getting erections regularly was important to the rodents' overall erectile...
FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 -- American teenagers cite stress as the leading reason they might get drunk or high, a new report reveals. That only underscores the need for better adolescent mental health care, according to the research team behind the...
FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 -- Black women in the United States are six times more likely, on average, to be murdered than white women, a new study finds. And that risk runs even higher when looking at specific states and time periods, researchers report...
FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 -- America’s most popular cold medications contain a nasal decongestant that doesn’t work, creating a knotty dilemma for regulators, a new study reports. Cold remedies containing phenylephrine remain...
FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 -- Dementia care can eat through the savings of cash-strapped seniors, a new study warns. The average senior with dementia in non-nursing residential care facilities spent 97% of their monthly income on long-term care,...
FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 -- U.S. research into gun violence has started to expand following the ending of a two-decade drought of federal funding for such studies, a new report finds. Firearms violence studies had been stymied by severe restrictions on...
FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 -- Filling the day with simple activities could be the key to improving mood and well-being after a person has suffered the loss of a loved one, a new study finds. These “uplifts” -- activities that can improve a...