THURSDAY, May 23, 2024 -- The rate at which Americans under the age of 65 suffered a stroke rose by about 15% between 2011 and 2022, new government data shows. That was true even among the young: The rate of stroke jumped 14.6% among people ages 18...
THURSDAY, May 23, 2024 -- Three months after starting one of the new GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, more than a quarter of patients have already quit the medications, and by a year from first use more than a third have stopped, new research...
THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2024 -- A second case of bird flu has been detected in another dairy worker, this time in Michigan, U.S. health officials reported Wednesday. The first case was reported in a dairy worker in Texas in early April. Officials said...
THURSDAY, May 23, 2024 -- For decades, Todd Vogt has been dedicated to the sport of rowing, believing he was in peak physical condition. Then, a series of symptoms began to emerge, turning his life upside down. "My left arm stopped swinging, and I...
THURSDAY, May 23, 2024 -- About 1 in 9 American children have ever received an ADHD diagnosis, slightly more than the number of kids currently being treated for the disorder, a new study shows. About 7.1 million kids (11.4%) have ever been...
THURSDAY, May 22, 2024 -- Ultra-processed foods are bad for more than your waistline: New research shows they seem to raise the risk of stroke and dementia-related memory or thinking problems. A 10% increase in the amount of ultra-processed foods a...
THURSDAY, May 23, 2024 -- Experts are expecting this Memorial Day weekend to be the busiest yet, with nearly 44 million Americans projected to travel between Thursday and Monday. A fair number of those travelers will have a companion suffering from...
THURSDAY, May 23, 2024 -- A mom or dad who vapes at home might be setting their child up for eczema, new research suggests. In a study involving data from over 35,000 U.S. households, children with a parent who used e-cigarettes had a 24% higher...
THURSDAY, May 23, 2024 -- San Francisco researchers report that smoking has now replaced injections as the most common way of ingesting illicit fentanyl. That switch has created a potentially deadly new danger, however, as fentanyl residues slowly...
THURSDAY, May 23, 2024 -- Materialism could be fueling America’s epidemic of loneliness and isolation, a new study claims. People who spend their money on experiences tend to have stronger feelings of social connection with others than those...
THURSDAY, May 23, 2024 -- Specific nutrients could play a pivotal role in the healthy aging of your brain, a new study finds. What’s more, those nutrients correlate closely with those found in the Mediterranean diet, an eating pattern already...
THURSDAY, May 23, 2024 -- TikTok is full of fun memes, pranks, dances and challenges -- and illicit vaping product sales targeting teenagers, a new study reports. Advertising and sales of vaping products is common on the video-sharing platform,...