THURSDAY, May 25, 2017 (HealthDay News) — As more baby boomers age, deaths from Alzheimer’s disease have jumped 55 percent, and in a quarter of those cases the heavy burden of caregiving has fallen on loved ones, U.S. health officials report. “Alzheimer’s disease is a public health problem that affects not only people with Alzheimer’s
THURSDAY, May 25, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Mom, it’s not all in your head: Dad does respond to toddler daughters and sons differently. Brain scans and random recordings of their times together prove it. Fathers are not only more attentive to little girls, a new study finds, they’re also more accepting of their feelings. Dads
Two years ago, scientists in California voted unanimously that the toxic plastic additive BPA should be immediately added to the list of chemicals that are known to cause birth defects. That should have meant that soup, veggies and other canned foods whose packaging includes BPA (which is typically used to coat the inside of can
It’s a confusing time to try to be a healthy eater. One government agency says that a product is heart-healthy, while another is terrible for you, but then other sites, that aren’t dictated by the whims of Big Ag say just the opposite. So who’s right? I was raised on a farm. We had our
As per a previous post, non-melanoma skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States with around 1-3 million new cases diagnosed every year. This form of skin cancer is not gender or age specific, however, the effects of the sun and ultra-violet rays to build up over the years, resulting
FRIDAY, May 26, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Pollution from diesel engines may cause heart damage, a British study suggests. “There is strong evidence that particulate matter emitted mainly from diesel road vehicles is associated with increased risk of heart attack, heart failure and death,” said lead author Dr. Nay Aung, a cardiologist and research fellow
In a nation as divided and contentious as our own, it is rare to find a belief we all share. But trust in the transformative power of marriage is close to universal — and it has endured for decades. This isn’t just a matter of faith, we’ve been assured. It’s science. Research is said to
What came first, the chicken or the beef? If that sounds like a trick question, it is. A way to trick us into serving up some Chinese chicken for dinner! No, I’m not talking about chicken chow mein, but chickens from China. Don’t we have enough chickens in the U.S., you might ask? Yes, of
But how did this deadly protein, known as botulinum toxin, get into the cheese sauce? A botulism outbreak has killed one man and sickened nine other people who ate nacho cheese sauce contaminated with the toxic bacterial protein. Heath officials traced the outbreak to a gas station in California’s Sacramento County. But how did this
FRIDAY, May 26, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Could regular, strenuous exercise be a “fountain of youth”? New research suggests it could be — for your cells, at least. “Just because you’re 40 doesn’t mean you’re 40 years old biologically,” said Larry Tucker, a professor of exercise science at Brigham Young University in Utah. “We all
