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US dementia rates drop 24% A new study finds that the prevalence of dementia has fallen sharply in recent years, most likely as a result of Americans' rising educational levels and better heart health, which are both closely related to brain health.
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WHO no longer considers Zika a global health emergency The Zika virus that has spread to more than 50 countries is no longer considered an international public health emergency, the World Health Organization declared Friday.
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Dementia Risk Declines, And Education May Be One Reason Why Some encouraging news in the battle against Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia: The rate at which older Americans are getting these conditions is declining.
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US dementia rates are dropping even as population ages NEW YORK - Despite fears that dementia rates were going to skyrocket as the population grows older and fatter and has more diabetes and high blood pressure, a large nationally representative survey has found the reverse.
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Train drivers around America face sleep apnea tests after condition was blamed for deadly Hoboken station crash Train drivers around America face sleep apnea tests after the fatigue-inducing disorder was blamed for the deadly New Jersey train crash.
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Playboys and misogynists more likely to have mental health problems: study NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Men who behave like promiscuous playboys or feel powerful over women are more likely to have mental health problems than men with less sexist attitudes, according to a study released on Monday.
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More young people seek Medicaid A larger-than-expected number of Kentuckians who are obtaining Medicaid coverage under the expanded population are young adults, according to new research.
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The Latest on Zika: Why Its Global Health Emergency Status Changed—And How It Affects Holiday Travel Whole regions in the Southern Hemisphere have declared war on mosquitoes. Health warnings to pregnant women living and traveling throughout the Americas, and now Southeast Asia, have become commonplace.
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Sexism Could Harm Men's Health: Study MONDAY, Nov. 21, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Men who have "playboy" attitudes and believe in power over women may face a higher risk for mental health trouble than men who don't, a broad new research review suggests.
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Gender Gap in Life Expectancy Persists MONDAY, Nov. 21, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- People are living longer than ever, but men still trail women in life expectancy, a new study shows.
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HIV/AIDS – A Quick Look 'HIV' and 'AIDS' are terms that are often used in tandem with one another -- and understandably so - but they are actually two distinct stages of an assault on the human immune system.
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Earnings Fall After a Child's Cancer Diagnosis MONDAY, Nov. 21, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- After a child's cancer diagnosis, parents' income often drops and mothers frequently stop working, a new study finds.
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Even as HIV treatment soars, young women still face high infection risk, UN warns Executive Director of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibé (left) with President of Namibia, Hage Geingob and his wife Monica, at the launch of Get on the Fast-Track: the life-cycle approach to HIV, in Windhoek, Namibia.
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Even If Trump Doesn't Overturn Roe, He Will Still Be a Nightmare for Abortion Rights Fight like hell: Read our thoughts on the election—and what we, together, can do next. Even If Trump Doesn't Overturn Roe, He Will Still Be a Nightmare for Abortion Rights.
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FEC questions Trump donations worth $1.3M The FEC determined that Trump's campaign accepted about 1,100 donations - totaling approximately $1.3 million - that may be in violation of various campaign finance laws, CNN said Monday.
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Most Students Don't Know When News Is Fake, Stanford Study Finds Preteens and teens may appear dazzlingly fluent, flitting among social-media sites, uploading selfies and texting friends. But they're often clueless about evaluating the accuracy and trustworthiness of what they find.
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Global standards for Zika testing needed, doctors say A woman stands near a poster explaining about the Zika virus at the Ministry of Health office in Jakarta, Indonesia September 2, 2016.
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WHO Declares End Of International Zika Emergency Despite the fact that the World Health Organization is not longer classifying Zika as an international emergency, the virus is still a global threat that necessitates an ongoing response.
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Doctors: Think twice about some items on your Thanksgiving list WACO, Texas (KWTX) Thousands of Central Texans will pack the grocery store aisles this week to buy all of the needed ingredients for the traditional Thanksgiving meal but dietitians and doctors warn that you may want to think twice about the creams ...
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Kamikaze squirrel gets revenge on Ald. Brookins The body of a squirrel rests trapped in the spokes of Ald. Howard Brookins' bike after the animal leapt into the alderman's bike while he was riding earlier this month on the Cal-Sag Trail.
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UPDATE: Critical need for blood, Blood Assurance asking community for donations UPDATE: Blood Assurance is extending its regular hours Tuesday to accept donations for the victims of the deadly bus crash on Talley Road Monday afternoon.
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Telling Mosquitoes Apart With a Cellphone Dr. Denton Cooley, Whose Pioneering Heart Surgery Set Off a 40-Year Medical Feud, Dies at 96 · The New Old Age. They're Growing Older.
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1 in 4 US children lacks proper health care, report says (CNN) More than a quarter of American children are not getting the health care they need, according to a new report from the nonprofit Children's Health Fund (PDF).
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Chipotle's '300-calorie burrito' left customer too full, and he's suing (NEWSER) - Chipotle's chorizo burrito as diet food? If you read the description of the menu item, available since October, you certainly wouldn't think so: It packs chicken, pork sausage, rice, beans, and cheese into a tortilla.
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Jeff Sessions's ridiculous anti-drug crusade A few days ago, it looked as if the popularity and profitability of marijuana would spare pot reform from the lurching chaos of Donald Trump's administration.
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Florida Officials Will Release Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to Fight Zika Mosquito. The offspring of mosquitoes like this one could soon be toast thanks to a new trial in Florida. (Oregon State University - Flickr/Creative Commons).
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If you haven't gotten your flu shot yet, get it now With flu season right around the corner, U.S. health officials are urging everyone to get their flu shot now so they'll be protected from the potentially serious complications of influenza.
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3-D Scan Lets Parents and Doctors Really See Babies in Womb Brazilian researchers have fused virtual reality with a new type of 3-D scan to let doctors and parents look at a developing fetus from all angles - even the inside.
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Vonny Moyes: We must dismantle the myths and half-truths about abortion IN October, I watched the final presidential debate in disbelief. I watched Donald Trump - the next President of the United States - discuss abortion with a frightening level of ignorance.
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Opioid addiction crisis declared public health emergency in Virginia State Health Commissioner Marissa J. Levine today declared Virginia's opioid addiction crisis a public health emergency and issued an order allowing anyone to walk into a pharmacy and buy a drug that treats overdoses without a prescription.
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Why we need to urgently tackle Alzheimer's disease It's a heart-wrenching diagnosis that is affecting too many families around the world. Currently, more than five million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease, and as our population ages, this number could potentially skyrocket to 16 million by ...
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YMCA hosts second annual diabetes conference Jon Piganelli delivers a keynote address on families and Type 1 diabetes. Experts and concerned citizens gathered at the Greater Naples YMCA on Nov. 6 for the second annual Naples Diabetes Conference.
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Certain Sabra hummus products deemed unsafe, recalled, state says Certain hummus products from the Sabra Dipping Company should be discarded due to concerns about an organism that can cause fatal infections in children, according to an advisory issued Monday by the Rhode Island Department of Health.
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Sabra recalls hummus amid listeria contamination fears WASHINGTON (AP) - Some varieties of Sabra hummus are being recalled amid concerns over possible listeria contamination. The Food and Drug Administration says the voluntary recall announced by Sabra Dipping Company includes hummus products ...
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Wedding dinner ends with vomiting, diarrhea and some fever A week ago from last Saturday, 150 guests dined at a catered event on Nov. 12 associated with a wedding in Colbert County, AL. By the following week, at least 77 of those Alabama wedding guests were ill and 12 were hospitalized.
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Cancer-stricken 4-year-old whose heartbreaking photo went viral has died Jessica Whelan, 4, is battling stage 4 Neuro-blastoma, an aggressive cancer of the nervous system. You can help make Jessica's final days as peaceful as possible by donating to GoFundMe.
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Weekend House Call: Tips for caregivers WEBVTT ATTENTION TO THEMSELVES AS WEL DR. COREY: TAKING ON THE ROLE OF CAREGIVER FOR SOMEONE WITH ALZHEIMER'S OR PARKINSON'S DISEASE MIGHT'VE BEEN NATURAL FOR YOU, BUT THE LOVE YOU HAVE FOR YOUR ...
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Red Cross to the rescue When disaster strikes, the Red Cross is never far behind. Between hurricanes, bus crashes, and home fires, since starting its fiscal year, the humanitarian organization's Capital Area Chapter has had its hands full.
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Heath advocates: Medicaid changes could affect diabetes care LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's dentists and optometrists asked Gov. Matt Bevin's administration not to remove dental and vision coverage from basic Medicaid benefits.
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Meet the 'Puggles'! The three baby puggles - or echidnas as they are officially named - hatched from their eggs in August but keepers at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia , wanted to see them grow before going public.
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Consequences of invasive mussels could prove costly A tiny mollusk could have massive ecological and economic implications in Montana, which earlier this month became the latest state in the U.S.
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Will NH follow in marijuana legalization? "It's really kind of a game changer. There's going to be a product that's legally purchased and available to people on our borders.
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With Trump in office, women seek out long-term birth control options Since the election, women responded to the uncertainty surrounding healthcare by rushing to obtain long term birth control methods such as IUDs and implants.
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How bagged salads can "massively" increase salmonella risk (CBS News) - The juices from bagged chopped salad leaves can increase the risk of salmonella, a pathogen that's one of the most common causes of food poisoning, say the authors of a new study.
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HIV vaccine research: Adelaide team achieves 'glimpse in right direction' A team from the University of Adelaide and the Basil Hetzel Institute at Adelaide's Queen Elizabeth Hospital used a combined vaccination approach, researcher Dr Branka Grubor-Bauk explained.
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Seattle mom's idea goes viral, thousands of kids write letters to Trump SEATTLE - "The mean man won." Those four words from her son gave Molly Spencer Sahebjami the idea to start a Facebook group that now has over 12-thousand members.
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