MONDAY, May 20, 2024 -- Some folks like to count their daily steps, while others prefer exercising for a certain amount of time during a day or a week. Luckily, either approach boosts health, a new study finds. Exercise targets based on either...
MONDAY, May 20, 2024 -- New, real-world research confirms that the blockbuster weight-loss drugs that millions of Americans have been taking to shed pounds can trigger stomach paralysis in some patients.“Although these drugs do work and should be...
MONDAY, May 20, 2024 -- The nation’s top pediatrics group has reversed its decades-old position on HIV-positive mothers breastfeeding their infants.The American Academy of Pediatrics now says it’s generally safe for moms with HIV to breastfeed...
MONDAY, May 20, 2024 -- Fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other methods don't boost the odds for tumor recurrence in young women who've survived breast cancer and carry the BRCA cancer genes, a reassuring, new report...
MONDAY, May 20, 2024 -- Many teens are spending their days buzzed on caffeine, with their parents mostly unaware of the potential risks, a new national poll says.A quarter of parents reported that caffeine is basically part of their teen’s daily...
MONDAY, May 20, 2024 -- When a stroke hits, "time is brain," doctors say, with neurons beginning to die off in minutes. Quickly figuring out which type of stroke a patient has been hit with is crucial. Now, an experimental blood test might speed...
MONDAY, May 20, 2024 -- Blood pressure medications appear to more than double the risk of life-threatening bone fractures among nursing home residents, a new study warns.The increased risk stems from the drugs’ tendency to impair balance,...
MONDAY, May 20, 2024 -- Women treated for infertility were twice as likely as those who conceived naturally to be hospitalized with heart disease within a year of delivery, recent research shows.They are particularly likely to land in the hospital...