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15 Apr
AI Health Advice Could Do More Harm Than Good, Study Warns
A new study finds popular chatbots frequently provide misleading or incomplete medical information, highlighting the need for stronger oversight.
14 Apr
Ultra-Processed Foods Linked to Poorer Muscle and Knee Health
A new study finds people who consume large amounts of ultra-processed foods have more fat in their thigh muscles, a change that may raise the risk of knee osteoarthritis.
13 Apr
Common Household Gas Tied to Ovarian Cancer Risk
A new study finds women who live in homes with high levels of radon, a naturally occurring radioactive gas, have a significantly higher risk of developing ovarian cancer.
New Alzheimer's Drugs Provide No Meaningful Benefit, Major Evidence Review Concludes
New anti-amyloid drugs approved to treat Alzheimer’s disease have no clinically meaningful positive effects for patients, a major evidence review has concluded.
Drugs like Leqembi (lecanemab) and Kinsula (donanemab) have little to no effect on patients’ cognitive decline and dementia, according to results published by the C...
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This Simple Step Could Improve The Benefits From Your Regular Workouts
People might get more from their workouts if they time their exercise to their sleep schedule, a new study says.
“Early birds” and “night owls” who timed their exercise to when they were most alert wound up with lower blood pressure, blood sugar and “bad” LDL cholesterol levels, researchers reported Apri...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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E-Bikes And E-Scooters A Growing Menace On City Streets, Study Says
Battery-driven bicycles and scooters are becoming a public hazard, endangering both riders and pedestrians, a new study reports.
E-bike and e-scooter crashes now account for more than half of bike- and scooter-related trauma cases treated at a major New York City hospital, up from less than 1 in 10 a handful of years ago, researchers repor...
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Why Walking Remains Unsteady After Partial Spinal Cord Injury
People who’ve recovered from a spinal cord injury enough to walk continue to have trouble standing, balancing or moving smoothly – and researchers now think they know why.
The way the human body compensates for a spinal injury appears to result in herky-jerky movement on the muscular level, researchers recently reported in the ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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Study Says Stress, Weight And Hormones Alter Timing of Puberty in Girls
For decades, doctors have noticed that girls are entering puberty at increasingly younger ages without a clear reason to explain it.
While many have pointed to diet or environment, a new Columbia University study points to a complex triple threat: High stress, hormones and body mass index (BMI, an estimate of body fat based on height and w...
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Air Pollution and Weather Tied to Migraines
If you suffer from migraines, you might track your sleep, stress and diet, but new research suggests you should also keep a close eye on the smog report.
Air pollution — from car exhaust to industrial smoke — is a significant driver of migraine activity, especially when combined with specific weather patterns, according to find...
- Deanna Neff HealthDay Reporter
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