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More Evidence Fried Food Ups Heart Disease Risk
People who ate fried foods one to three times a week had a 7% higher risk of heart attack and stroke compared to those who ate fried foods less than once a week. For those who ate fried foods daily,...
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Cuts to Trainee Doctors' Hours Haven't Affected Care
They analyzed nearly 486,000 hospitalizations of Medicare patients before and after the training hours cap was implemented and found no evidence that it had any impact on the quality of care delivered...
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Tongue Snip Surgeries May Be Overused on Newborns
In some cases, movement restrictions caused by tongue-tie and lip tether can result in difficulty with breastfeeding. In rarer cases, they may affect dental health or speech later in childhood.
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Rabies Warning Issued for Walt Disney World Area
The 60-day warning was issued by the Florida Department of Health in Orange County for a two-mile radius of the intersection of Interstate 4 and Epcot Center Drive, which includes Disney's Epcot...
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CPR Less Likely for Poor Black Kids Study Finds
The findings suggest there's a crucial need for CPR training programs in poor, non-white, lower-education neighborhoods, said study lead researcher Dr. Maryam Naim.
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Fertility Clinic Mix-Up: How to Choose IVF Center
More than 284,000 cycles of assisted reproductive technology, or ART, were performed at 448 reporting fertility clinics in the U.S. during 2017, according to the CDC.
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Just 300 Fewer Calories a Day Brings a Health Benefit
In the study, just over 200 adults younger than 50 with a healthy weight or just a few extra pounds were told to reduce their calorie intake by 25% for two years.
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Many Pneumonia Patients Get Too Many Antibiotics
Each year in the United States, pneumonia sends 1 million adults to the hospital. The new study examined the medical records of 6,500 pneumonia patients treated at 43 Michigan hospitals. Of those, 60%...
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Tropical Storm Barry: What to Know and Do
Taking action before the storm may help lessen problems during and after the storm.
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The Happiness Dividend: Longer, Healthier Lives
People happy with themselves and their well-being tend to live longer and healthier lives than those who are perpetually down in the dumps, British researchers report.
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Too Much Social Media a Depression Risk for Teens
Too much social media might be too much for the mental well-being of teenagers, new research suggests.
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The Hidden Risk of Liver Disease From Diabetes
If you have type 2 diabetes, a growing body of research suggests that it's important to monitor your liver for a condition called nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
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Staying Healthy With Type 2 Diabetes
You have a lot of power to determine what your future with type 2 diabetes looks like. Here are questions to ask your doctor to stay healthy.
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Kids Sent to Foster Care Doubles Due to Opioids
The number of kids placed in foster care in the United States due to parental drug use has more than doubled over the past two decades, rising to nearly 96,700 in 2017 from about 39,100 in 2000.
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Tough E-Cig Rules Might Push Folks Back to Smoking
Banning flavors and lowering nicotine levels in electronic cigarettes is a strategy that could backfire, a new study suggests.
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Would You Like a Lizard With That Salad?
Researchers analyzed online news between 2003 and 2018 and found 40 articles about U.S. consumers discovering live, dead or severed parts of animals in their produce.
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Evolution Could Explain Why Staying Slim Is Tough
New research suggests that the reason why it's hard to keep weight off lies far back in human evolution, with an anti-starvation mechanism that primes the body to store fat.
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Newer Lung Cancer Screening Saves More Lives
Using low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) for lung cancer screening instead of X-rays helped reduce lung cancer deaths in current and former smokers, a new study says.
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Obesity May Boost Odds for MS in Kids
Obese children may be twice as likely to develop multiple sclerosis, a new study suggests.
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Can a Broken Heart Contribute to Cancer?
While the extreme stress of losing a loved one has been linked to heart troubles in prior research, a new study found that one in six people with broken heart syndrome also had cancer.
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