May 16, 2023 – Douglas Lunsford’s son Samuel has struggled with obesity all his life.Just before turning 14, Samuel, now 25, took part in a program at Ohio-based Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition. The program consisted of twice-weekly meetings with a nutritionist, including lessons in food portion size, what food does… […]
May 16, 2023 – You might know hypnosis as cheesy stage act. But for the past 3 decades, evidence has been piling up that hypnosis – or hypnotherapy – can be a powerful treatment for medical problems like chronic pain, hot flashes, and anxiety, and even help you lose weight.Hypnosis “leverages the power of words… […]
By Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, May 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Smoking cigarettes has long been linked to peripheral artery disease (PAD), a condition where the buildup of plaque narrows arteries and limits blood flow to the legs or arms. Now, a new study suggests that marijuana may have a similar impact, after finding that users had… […]
By Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, May 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — While people might assume suicide is more common in the darker months of winter, it actually peaks in spring and early summer.Researchers investigating what’s happening have found that suicidal thoughts peak in December but then take a few months to reach a “tipping point.” People… […]
May 15, 2023 — No matter where you look, machine learning applications in artificial intelligence are being harnessed to change the status quo. This is especially true in health care, where technological advances are accelerating drug discovery and identifying potential new cures. But these advances don’t come without red flags. They’ve also placed a magnifying glass… […]
May 11, 2023 – They’re both popular ways to lose weight. Anti-obesity medications like semaglutide (Wegovy) and liraglutide (Saxenda) are in such high demand that drugmakers sometimes report shortages. And gastric sleeve surgery – a procedure that shrinks stomach size by up to 80% – remains the most common intervention for weight loss. Research shows both… […]
May 5, 2023 – The World Health Organization (WHO) is making it official — announcing the end of the global health emergency more than 3 years into the COVID-19 pandemic. Not much is expected to change in a realistic sense, and the declaration doesn’t mean COVID is no longer with us. But WHO calling an end to… […]
May 5, 2023 — In a first-of-its-kind surgery, doctors have successfully repaired a malformation in the brain of a fetus still in the womb. The team from Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital used ultrasound guidance to repair the vein of what’s known as a Galen malformation, which causes excessively high blood flow and can lead… […]
By Wissam Chatila, MD, PhD, as told to Kara Meyer RobinsonWhen you learn you have genetic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the first step is to educate yourself about your diagnosis.If you have genetic COPD, also called alpha-1, it means you have low levels of alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT). That’s a protein made in the liver that… […]
By Tracy Winn, as told to Kara Meyer RobinsonI was a wheezy sort of kid who got tired easily and seemed to catch every passing virus. It ran in my family. I remember one day my pediatrician sat me on his table and said, “Oh, you poor thing. You have asthma.”Asthma might have been part of… […]
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