Scientists have long known a fairly reliable way to extend life span in rodents and other lab animals: Reduce the amount of calories they eat by 10 percent to 40 percent. This strategy, known as caloric restriction, has been shown to increase the life span of ...
LONDON (Reuters) - The global fight against AIDS is stalling due to lower investment, marginalized communities missing vital health services, and new HIV infections rising in some parts, the United Nations warned on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: A red ribbon is ...
Reducing daily food intake by the equivalent of just a couple of cookies, or around 300 calories, over 2 years leads not only to improvements in body composition but a range of cardiometabolic risk factors that could result in reductions in the incidence of ...
Ebola is once again ravaging the vulnerable and less privileged parts of the world. The most recent outbreak of the virus was declared on August 1, 2018, in the very heart of Africa—the North Kivu and Ituri provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo ...
(CNN) Health authorities in the Philippines have declared a "national dengue alert" after a spike in cases of the viral disease which has left more than 450 people dead since January. Around 100,000 dengue cases were reported across the Philippines in the ...
LOS ANGELES — Adhering to a healthy lifestyle reduces the risk of developing dementia, even in those at genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD), new research suggests. Elzbieta Kuzma, PhD. Investigators found that individuals at high genetic risk who ...
(CNN) Three guests who stayed at a prominent downtown Atlanta hotel have become sick with Legionnaires' disease, prompting an investigation of the hotel on Monday, officials said. "Based on epidemiological evidence we have an outbreak among people ...
Scientists are closing in on a long-sought goal — a blood test to screen people for possible signs of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. On Monday at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, half a dozen research groups gave new ...
LOS ANGELES — Impaired vision or hearing loss increases the risk for dementia in older adults. The risk is particularly pronounced in individuals with both types of sensory impairment, new research shows. "Sensory impairments are fairly common in older ...
Treatment of cannabis addiction with the prescription product nabiximols (Sativex) was found safe and modestly effective when used with psychosocial interventions such as counseling, in a randomized trial. Participants randomized to nabiximols used illicit ...
(CNN) Having higher-than-normal cholesterol and blood pressure levels before age 40 can raise your risk of heart disease later in life more than you might think, according to a new study. A level of "bad" LDL cholesterol at 100 mg/dL or higher as a young ...
(CNN) As the opioid crisis swept across the United States, the number of kids entering the foster care system rose. From 2000 to 2017, there was a 147% increase in foster care entries due to parents' drug use, according to a study published Monday in the ...
The global drive to eliminate polio, which has gone on for 31 years and consumed over $16 billion, has been set back again by a surge of new cases in Pakistan and Afghanistan. As of July 10, there were a total of 42 polio paralysis cases in the two countries.
(Reuters Health) - People with high blood pressure or elevated cholesterol before age 40 are more likely to have a heart attack later in life than other adults, a new analysis suggests. FILE PHOTO: A man has his blood pressure checked at the Remote Area ...
(CNN) Having a paying job might shield women from memory loss decades later, according to a new study. That's because paid work may offer mental stimulation, financial benefits and social connections that could limit declines in memory as women age, ...
ANALYSIS/OPINION: D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Monday that the city will be offering free measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations at clinics and doctors' offices in all eight of the city's wards. Her statement even listed the names, addresses and ...
(Reuters Health) - Adults who smoke cigarettes may have an easier time cutting back or quitting altogether if they start vaping, but a new French study also suggests that vaping may make ex-smokers more likely to relapse. FILE PHOTO: A cloud of vapour from ...
The American conventional wisdom about weight loss is simple: A calorie deficit is all that's required to drop excess pounds, and moderating future calorie consumption is all that's required to maintain it. To the idea's adherents, the infinite complexity of human ...
(CNN) Adult smokers who vape are more likely to quit using cigarettes, according to a study released Monday. But e-cigarettes also increase the risk of relapse in some former smokers, the researchers found. "This study is the first to point out that even if ...
Microdosing psychedelics such as LSD and magic mushrooms could boost mood and focus but also trigger psychological problems. Those are the findings of a new study, as scientists warn more research is needed to prove the benefits of the practice.
Anorexia has one of the highest mortality rates of any psychiatric disorder, and scientists are still perplexed by its causes. Now, however, a new study has examined the genomes of tens of thousands of people and identified eight chromosome locations that ...
Vector-borne diseases cause more than 700,000 deaths and affect hundreds of millions of people per year. These illnesses—caused by parasites, viruses, and bacteria transmitted by insects and animals—account for more than 17% of all infectious diseases ...
LOS ANGELES — Scientists are closing in on a long-sought goal — a blood test to screen people for possible signs of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. On Monday at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, half a dozen ...
The Viriginia woman who swatted a fly off her 77-year-old friend's shoulder just moments before she collapsed and later died said she's convinced it was a "Kissing Bug" that triggered her fatal reaction. "No doubt in my mind that's what it was," Karen Hudgins ...
(CNN) The way we treat anorexia may be changing, thanks to a new study linking the illness to metabolism. The study, published Monday in the journal Nature Genetics, examined the DNA of almost 17,000 people with anorexia nervosa and 55,000 healthy ...
State-mandated sepsis care in New York was associated with a greater decrease in mortality in adults hospitalized with sepsis compared with states that do not have similar protocols, according to findings from a retrospective cohort study published in JAMA.
Many older adults who have trouble sleeping take medication to help them sleep. New research, presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2019, suggests certain groups of people who take sleep medication may be at a higher risk of ...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Three million years ago, Australopithecus africanus was one of the first human ancestor species to live across the southern African grasslands and forests. A new study of fossil teeth suggests that like modern humans, they ...
More than 1 in 10 children worldwide missed out on lifesaving vaccines last year, the World Health Organization and UNICEF announced Monday. Globally, 20 million children did not have vaccines including three doses of diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis ...
By E.J. Mundell HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, July 15, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Even if you are unlucky enough to carry genes that predispose you to Alzheimer's disease, a healthy lifestyle can minimize that risk, new research shows. The study tracked ...
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - The first Ebola patient in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's largest city, Goma, has died, the government said on Tuesday. The spread of the virus to Goma, a city of roughly 1 million people on the ...
Not-so-hot take: mosquitoes are the worst. They kill more than a million people worldwide each year (by spreading denge fever, yellow fever, zika virus, West Nile Virus, malaria and more), they infect our dogs and cats with heartworms, and they drive us from ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scientists are closing in on a long-sought goal — a blood test to screen people for possible signs of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. On Monday at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, half a dozen ...
More than one in 10 children - or 20 million worldwide - missed out last year on vaccines against life-threatening diseases such as measles, diphtheria and tetanus, the World Health Organization and the UNICEF children's fund said on Monday. In a report on ...
Surgeons were forced to remove a chunk of an Alabama man's thigh after he became infected with flesh-eating bacteria during a family outing. Ricky Rutherford from Waterloo developed cramping, inflammation and a fever on July 8, two days after kayaking ...
No media source currently available. 0:00 0:05:47 0:00. Direct link. 128 kbps | MP3 · 64 kbps | MP3. Pop-out player. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) sets rules for most graduate-level training programs for doctors in the ...
Anorexia nervosa originates from a combination of psychiatric and metabolic factors, suggests a new genome-wide association study. Succeeding and reinforcing earlier, smaller studies, the new study identifies eight genetic variants that are significantly ...
New figures released later are expected to show that more than 1,000 people died as a result of drugs in Scotland last year. Scotland already has the worst record for reported drug deaths in Europe but the latest figures will show another steep rise. Last week ...
Barely missing a fatal slap at a bothersome fly might be a headache for both of you, according to new research from scientists at the University of Sydney. They say they've found evidence that insects are capable of feeling chronic pain after an injury, much ...
A downtown Atlanta hotel has closed its doors while officials test for a rare, and sometimes deadly, form of pneumonia. Three people who stayed at the Sheraton Atlanta on Courtland Street tested positive for Legionnaires' disease, which is contracted by ...
The human body has plenty of nifty tricks to keep itself alive for as long as possible, and scientists still haven't come close to figuring them all out. Case in point, a team of researchers this week describe a previously unknown type of cell near the heart that ...
Having higher-than-normal cholesterol and blood pressure levels before age 40 can raise your risk of heart disease later in life more than you might think, according to a new study. A level of "bad" LDL cholesterol at 100 mg/dL or higher as a young adult was ...
Join a book club, take a cruise or just visit friends -- new research supports the notion that social activities help stave off mental decline as you age. The study found that seniors with high levels of an Alzheimer's-linked protein in their brains were able to slow ...
N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is a naturally occurring molecule that replenishes one of the body's antioxidants and now shows potential benefit as part of a standard course of treatment for patients with Parkinson's disease, according to a study published in the ...
Cutting out the calorie equivalent of a bagel, slice of pizza, side of fries or six Oreo cookies a day can payoff for your heart health and your waistline. Adults who cut out 300 calories per day could improve cholesterol, blood pressure, blood sugar and other ...
A woman in Virginia is recovering after she contracted a flesh-eating bacteria that required emergency surgery. Amanda Edwards swam for just ten minutes at Norfolk's Ocean View Beach, but during that time she got a flesh-eating staph infection that quickly ...
The family of an Alabama man said he contracted a flesh-eating bacteria after kayaking in the Tennessee River. 0. By Leada Gore | lgore@al.com. The family of an Alabama man said he contracted a flesh-eating bacteria after kayaking in the Tennessee River.
TUESDAY, July 16, 2019 -- (HealthDay News) Even with long-term treatment, HIV can still be found in the cerebrospinal fluid of some people with the AIDS-causing virus, a new study reports. And these patients are at increased risk of having thinking ...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Three million years ago, Australopithecus africanus was one of the first human ancestor species to live across the southern African grasslands and forests. A new study of fossil teeth suggests that like modern humans, they ...
The agency announced it has launched new studies of the vaccine -- for men who have sex with men and for transgender people -- to complement an ongoing study in women. By. Ed Adamczyk. (. 0 Comments. Sort by. Oldest. Facebook Comments Plugin. ).
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