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FYI – Using Abbreviations When Texting Can Make U Seem Insincere
A new study finds people who use text abbreviations are less likely to get replies because their messages seem hollow or less important.
New Vaccine Shows Promise Against Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer
A new vaccine tested on 18 women with triple-negative breast cancer triggered a strong immune response, according to researchers who say 16 participants remain cancer-free three years after treatment.
Vitamin D Supplements May Lower Blood Pressure in Some Seniors
A new study finds taking vitamin D supplements may lower blood pressure in older people with obesity, but taking more than the recommended daily dose will not provide additional health benefits, according to researchers.
Is It Heartburn or a Heart Condition? An Expert Explains
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- November 17, 2024
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You've loaded up on goodies while at a family gathering, and you suddenly feel chest pains. Is it heartburn or something worse?
Being able to tell the difference between indigestion and cardiovascular trouble might save your life, said Dr. Maya Balakrishnan, an associat...
Bloated After That Holiday Meal? What's Normal, What's Not
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- November 16, 2024
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As the holidays approach, most folks are familiar with a common side effect of the overindulgence that can come with all those meals with family and friends: Bloating.
Luckily, Baylor College of Medicine gastroenterologist Dr. David Szafron has some tips on what triggers...
Get Off the Couch: Another Study Shows Sitting's Health Dangers
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 15, 2024
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Time spent sitting, reclining or lying down during the day could increase a person’s risk of heart disease and death, a new study warns.
More than 10 and a half hours of sedentary behavior is significantly linked with future heart failure and heart-related death, e...
Falling Vaccination Rates Brings Spikes in Measles Worldwide
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- November 15, 2024
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Waning vaccine coverage has fueled a 20% spike in measles cases worldwide, with 10.3 million people struck by the preventable illness in 2023, health officials reported Wednesday.
"Inadequate immunization coverage globally is driving the surge in cases," of what was once...
Nearly 260 Million Americans Could Be Overweight or Obese by 2050
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 15, 2024
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Four out of five men and women in the United States will be overweight or obese by 2050 if current trends hold, a new study warns.
About 213 million Americans aged 25 and older will be carrying around excess weight within 25 years, along with more than 45 million childre...
Dating Apps Linked to More Hookups That Risk College Students' Health
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 15, 2024
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College students who use dating apps are more likely to engage in risky sex, endangering their health, a new study shows.
Those using a dating app were 2.2 times to have had more than one sexual partner over the past year, and 1.4 times more likely to have had sex while ...
Over 40? Get Fitter and Live 5 Extra Years
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- November 15, 2024
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If you're over 40 and raise your levels of exercise to that of the top 25% of your peers, you might gain an average of five more years of life, a new study calculates.
For over-40 folks in the lowest level of daily activity, a similar move could bring an average 11 extra...
Can AI Boost Accuracy of Doctors' Diagnoses?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 15, 2024
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AI can’t yet help doctors improve their ability to diagnose complex conditions, a sobering new study has found.
Doctors had about the same diagnostic accuracy whether or not they were using ChatGPT Plus, according to results published recently in the journal JA...
More Evidence That GLP-1 Meds Curb Alcohol Abuse
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- November 15, 2024
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There have been a slew of studies recently supporting the notion that the same mechanisms that help folks lose weight with Ozempic and its kin also work to curb problem drinking.
Now, a new study out of Britain adds to that growing pile of evidence.
“Our find...
Breathing Dirty Air Might Raise Eczema Risks
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- November 15, 2024
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Cases of the autoimmune skin condition eczema appear to rise in areas most plagued by air pollution, new research shows.
Since data has long shown that rates of eczema -- clinically known as atopic dermatitis -- increase along with industrialization, dirty air might be a...
Chlamydia Vaccine Shows Early Promise in Mice
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 15, 2024
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An experimental vaccine has shown promise in protecting against the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia, researchers report.
Lab mice given the vaccine were able to rapidly clear subsequent chlamydia infections, and were less likely to develop severe infections compar...
Stop Worrying So Much About Holiday Weight Gain, Experts Say
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 15, 2024
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Florida resident Joshua Walker isn’t concerned his health will take a hit from all the cakes, pies, cookies and candy that will tempt him during holiday gatherings.
That’s because he’s armed with a solid diet and exercise routine that will allow for a l...
Trump Picks Vaccine Skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Lead Health & Human Services
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- November 14, 2024
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In a move guaranteed to alarm many, President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vocal opponent of vaccines and other tenets of mainstream health care, to head the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The department encompasses ...
ICYMI, Txt Abbreviations Cn Make U Seem Insincere, Study Finds
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 14, 2024
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Using abbreviations while texting might save some typing time, but it won't make a good impression, a new study finds.
People who use texting abbreviations like IDK or GOAT are perceived as more insincere and are less likely to receive replies, researchers discovered.
Malaria Developing Resistance to Drug That Saves Children's Lives
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- November 14, 2024
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Over 600,000 people worldwide die from mosquito-borne malaria each year, with the majority of these deaths happening among children under 5.
Now, there's troubling news that the malaria parasite may be gaining resistance against artemisinin, the drug most often used to t...
E. Coli Illnesses Linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders Climb to 104
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- November 14, 2024
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The number of Americans sickened in an E. coli outbreak tied to slivered onions used on McDonald's Quarter Pounders has now risen to 104, U.S. health officials reported Wednesday.
In an update posted on its website, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said that 34 peo...
New U.S. Overdose Death Numbers Show 'Sustained' Decline
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- November 14, 2024
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After decades of battling the opioid epidemic, U.S. health officials reported Wednesday that overdose deaths have now declined for the second year in a row.
By how much did these deaths of despair drop? There were about 97,000 overdose deaths in the 12-month period that ...
1 in 3 Surgery Patients Suffer Complications
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 14, 2024
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More than a third of surgical patients develop complications as a result of their procedure, a new study shows.
About 38% of adult patients suffer an adverse event during or following their surgery, researchers reported Nov. 13 in the BMJ.
Nearly half of t...
More Than 800 Million People Worldwide Now Have Diabetes
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- November 14, 2024
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Fourteen percent of the world's people -- more than 800 million -- now have diabetes, a doubling of the global rate for the blood sugar disease since 1990, new statistics show.
Type 2 diabetes, which makes up 95% of cases, is surging in poorer countries. However, across ...
These Are the 3 Big Factors Driving Strokes
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 14, 2024
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A trio of risk factors not only increase your risk of stroke, but they also raise the odds that such a stroke will be debilitating, a new study warns.
What are these three big dangers? Smoking, having high blood pressure and suffering from atrial fibrillation all signifi...
