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Rating the Best Diets for 2025
U.S. News & World Report, working with leading medical and nutrition experts, reveals a list of the best diets for overall health and specific conditions.
A Short, Two-Question Survey Can Tell You a Lot About Your Risk for 19 Chronic Diseases
In a new study, a simple exercise survey revealed patients who get at least 150 minutes of exercise per week have much lower odds of heart disease, cancer, diabetes and more.
Alcohol Intake Increases Cancer Risk, Beverages Should Carry Warning: Surgeon General
- Denise Maher HealthDay Reporter
- January 4, 2025
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Alcoholic beverages should carry a more specific label warning about cancer risks, the U.S. surgeon general said on Friday.
In a new Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer Risk, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy outlined the connection between alcohol consumption and cancer.
These Are Some of the Best Diets for 2025, Report Says
- Denise Maher HealthDay Reporter
- January 3, 2025
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Wondering which popular diet will help you shed extra weight in a healthy way this year?
The Mediterranean diet tops the best diet categories in the U.S. News & World Report 2025 edition.
According to the report, the eating style that refers to the traditional ...
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AI Proves Useful for Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 3, 2025
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AI can outperform human doctors when it comes to identifying ovarian cancer from ultrasound images.
A new study published in the journal Nature Medicine shows that specially trained AI program achieved an accuracy rate of more than 86% in identifying ovarian can...
Ready-to-Eat Broccoli Pulled from Walmart Shelves Due to Listeria Risk
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- January 3, 2025
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If you've picked up a bag of Marketside Broccoli Florets from Walmart recently, check your fridge or freezer.
The company has issued a recall of the 12-ounce bags in 20 states after testing uncovered listeria bacteria in one sample.
According to an announcement rec...
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Some Brain Cells Change with Age, Some Don't: Study
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 3, 2025
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Some brain cells are more susceptible to the ravages of aging than others, a new mouse study has found.
These results could shed new light on why people’s risk for dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and other brain disorders increase with age, researchers said in ...
More Activity, Less Risk: Tell Your MD How Much You Move
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 3, 2025
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It’s not fun for folks to admit to their doctor that they’re a couch potato.
But such a frank talk could help protect against chronic disease, a new study says.
People with the highest levels of physical activity have a lower risk of 19 different chroni...
Peer Pressure Influences Older Adult Alcohol Consumption
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 3, 2025
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Think you’re too old to cave to peer pressure when it comes to boozing?
That’s probably not so, a new study says.
An adult’s network of social connections plays a crucial role in how heavily they tend to drink, researchers reported Jan. 1 in the j...
Feeling Self-Conscious Is Linked to Teen Binge Drinking
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 3, 2025
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Socially awkward young adults are more prone to regularly binge drink, but they back off their boozing bouts as they become older and more secure.
A new study published recently in the journal Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research shows that young adults w...
Why Does Cancer Spread to the Lungs So Often?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 3, 2025
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The lungs are a tempting place for cancer cells -- so much so that more than half of people with advanced cancer elsewhere in their bodies wind up with lung tumors.
Researchers now think they know why.
Elevated levels of an amino acid called aspartate appear to all...
Experts Warn of Growing Risks as Bird Flu Cases Rise
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- January 2, 2025
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A Canadian teen's severe bird flu infection has highlighted growing concerns about the H5N1 virus, commonly known as bird flu, which has seen a steady rise in human cases across the U.S.
According to a news release, the 13-year-old, who was hospitalized in November, had ...
Fast, Easy Nasal Swab Helps Diagnose Asthma Type in Kids
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 2, 2025
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Not sure what’s causing your child’s asthma?
A new quick-and-easy nasal swab test for kids can diagnose the specific immune system drivers behind their asthma, potentially opening the door to better treatments, researchers say.
The test diagnoses a chil...
Every Cigarette Smoked Could Cost You 22 Minutes of Life, Research Says
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- January 2, 2025
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Considering a New Year’s resolution to quit smoking? New research might provide all the motivation you need: Each cigarette could shorten your life by up to 22 minutes, researchers say.
The findings, published Dec. 29, 2024, in the journal Addiction, were ...
Trees and Student Test Scores: What's the Link?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 2, 2025
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Tree-lined streets and lush public parks appear to provide city schoolkids a brain boost.
Chicago students’ test scores suffered when an invasive insect wiped out half the city’s ash trees, researchers reported in the journal Global Environmental Change
Phone App May Help Treat Opioid Use Disorder, Data Suggests
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 2, 2025
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A smartphone app appears to help people battle opioid use disorder (OUD).
People with OUD had 35% fewer days of opioid use when they were handed the app alongside medications for opioid use disorder like methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone, researchers note in a new ...
How do GLP-1s Boost Weight Loss, Heart Health?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 2, 2025
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Weight loss tops many folks’ list of New Years resolutions, and lots of people are turning to cutting-edge weight-loss drugs like Ozempic to help them drop excess pounds.
These drugs, called glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), work in several dif...
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Cases of Tularemia, Highly Infectious Disease Spread by Rodents, Rabbits, and Bugs That Bite Them, Climb
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 2, 2025
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Cases of a bacterial infection called “rabbit fever” have been increasing during the past decade.
Cases of tularemia increased by 56% during the 2010s compared to the previous decade, researchers report in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Re...
Who Knew Talk Therapy Could Ease Symptoms of this Skin Problem?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 2, 2025
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Eczema can be maddening, causing thick, scaly patches of dry skin that itch like the devil.
There’s no cure for the skin condition, but a new study shows that self-guided talk therapy can help a person deal with the itching.
Online self-guided cognitive behav...
How to Spot, and Talk About, Hearing Loss in a Loved One
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- December 31, 2024
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You're gathering with friends or family and something's just a bit off in conversation with a loved one.
It could be new-onset hearing loss, said Dr. Angela Peng, an otolaryngologist at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
Some of the telltale signs that someon...
Estrogen May Trigger Binge Drinking, Prelim Study Suggests
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- December 31, 2024
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A woman’s binge drinking might be related to her hormones.
The female hormone estrogen appears to promote binge drinking in women, a new mouse study published recently in the journal Nature Communications shows.
Specifically, estrogen causes women to...
The Number of Homeless People in the U.S. Has Increased
- Denise Maher HealthDay Reporter
- December 30, 2024
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The number of homeless individuals in the U.S. increased by 18% between January 2023 and January 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
The HUD's 2024 Annual Homelessness Assessment found that some 770,000 people were experiencing ...
