WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 -- Some folks struggling with obesity appear to be hampered by their own genes when it comes to working off those extra pounds, a new study finds. People with a higher genetic risk of obesity have to exercise more to avoid...
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 -- Following oral arguments presented on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court looked poised to rebuff a legal challenge to women's access to the abortion pill.Mifepristone is part of a two-drug regimen now used for...
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 -- ADHD stimulant medications like Ritalin or Adderall appear linked to a heightened risk for cardiomyopathy (a weakening of the heart muscle), and the risk grows with time, new research shows. However, researchers were...
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 -- A major review of data confirms that getting less than the recommended amount of sleep each night is a risk factor for high blood pressure. Data collected in 16 studies conducted from 2000 through 2023, involving over 1...
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 -- Folks who consistently work out two to three times a week are less likely to suffer from insomnia, a new study says. That sort of long-term commitment to exercise also helps people get the recommended amount of sleep...
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 -- People worry about deadly viruses leaping from animals into humans, but a new study suggests that wildlife is more at risk than humans are. Roughly twice as many viruses pass from humans to animals than the other way...
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 -- Migraines in young adults appear to increase their risk of stroke more than traditional risk factors like high blood pressure, a new study reports. Results show that migraine is the most important non-traditional risk...
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 -- Fried foods not only wreck the waistline, but they could also be harming the brain, a new study of lab rats suggests. Fed chow that was fried in sesame or sunflower oil, the rodents developed liver and colon problems...
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 -- The odds in the United States that a well-functioning donor heart will go to a Black man are lower than for white transplant candidates of either gender, new research shows. The news is troubling, since "Black patients...
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 -- Youngsters might have good cause to think they’re brainier than their parents or grandparents, a new study finds. It turns out that human brains are getting larger with each generation, potentially adding more...