Babies’ Babble Brings Big Learning Bonus
Latest Healthy Kids News MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) Babies‘ babble may be smarter than you think. A new study shows that infants as young as 3- to 5-months of age can tell that the unintelligible sounds they make before they learn to talk can impact the people around them. Traditionally, this babbling has […]
Good Outcomes From First 5 Years of Uterus Transplants, But Concerns Remain
Latest Pregnancy News By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, July 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) For women who can’t get pregnant because they don’t have a uterus or the one they have no longer works properly, uterine transplants can indeed help these women become mothers, new research shows. Of 33 women who received a uterus transplant […]
Feeling ‘Hangry’? It’s Natural, New Study Finds – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Diet & Weight Management News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 8, 2022 The concept of “hangry” helps sell candy bars, and it’s a convenient excuse to snap at someone when you’re in a foul mood. But is hangry — being angry when you’re hungry — a real thing? Do people really become […]
AHA News: Substance Use Appears Higher in Recent Decades Among Young Adults Who Had Strokes
Latest Mental Health News THURSDAY, July 7, 2022 (American Heart Association News) Documented cocaine and marijuana use among young adults who had strokes rose substantially in recent decades, especially among white men and women, new research suggests. Overall, however, documented substance use among stroke patients was highest among young Black men. The authors of the […]
Motherhood Doesn’t Lower Survival for Women Who’ve Had Breast Cancer
Latest Cancer News THURSDAY, July 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) Breast cancer survivors who would like to have a baby can take some reassurance from a new study that finds motherhood doesn’t lower their future survival chances. Moreover, survival rates were no worse in younger women, those who had not been pregnant before or those with […]
Grief Can Be Heartbreaking for People Battling Heart Failure
Latest Heart News By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) Can someone really die of a broken heart? If that person has serious heart disease, new Swedish research suggests the answer may well be yes. After analyzing almost three decades worth of data on nearly half a million heart failure patients, […]
AHA News: Family’s Hereditary Heart Condition Discovered After Her Father and Two Sisters Died Young
Latest Heart News WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (American Heart Association News) DeAnn Bartram was 16 when her father felt like he had a virus he couldn’t shake. Doctors said he had cardiomyopathy, a condition where the heart muscle can thicken, interfering with normal blood flow. Make a will, they said. Then they recommended he get […]
Teens Have Triple the Odds of Misusing Marijuana Compared to Adults
Latest Mental Health News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) In yet another report that illustrates the dangers pot poses to the young, developing brain, a new British study finds teenagers are much more likely than adults to develop an addiction to marijuana. “We found that teenagers are three and […]
Do Preteens Think About Booze, Pot? Survey Says Yes
Latest Mental Health News WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) Exactly when do your kids become curious about smoking or alcohol? Earlier than you think, new research shows. Children as young as 9 and 10 start to wonder about tobacco, booze and even marijuana, and many may have easy access to these substances at home, […]
High Heat, Heavy Smog a Deadly Combo: Study
Latest Heart News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, July 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) Heat coupled with smog can be a particularly lethal mix, especially for older adults, a new study finds. Unfortunately, both hot temperatures and air pollution are going to increase as the planet warms, and so will deaths, researchers report. “We are […]