America’s 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Launches Saturday
Latest Mental Health News By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 15, 2022 Starting Saturday, if you or someone you know is contemplating suicide or having a mental health crisis, you can dial just three numbers — 988 — to get help. Callers will be connected to a trained counselor at a local call center […]
Why Do Men Often Die Before Women? – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Men’s Health News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 15, 2022 Scientists have unearthed a possible reason why men tend to die at younger ages than women: Those who lose Y chromosomes from their blood cells as they age may be more vulnerable to heart tissue scarring and heart failure. The research is […]
What’s the Key to Battling UTIs? – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Women’s Health News By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 15, 2022 As more and more superbugs become resistant to antibiotics, scientists are looking to use the good bacteria that live in people’s bodies to fight back. A new study reports on efforts to harness the power of “good guy” bacteria that make […]
Friends Want to Hear From You More Than You Think
Latest Mental Health News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) If you’ve ever hesitated to text or email friends you haven’t seen in a while, a new study has a reassuring message: They’ll probably appreciate it more than you think. In a series of experiments involving nearly 6,000 adults, researchers […]
Can Anxiety Disorders Pass From Parent to Child?
Latest Mental Health News By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) From the ongoing pandemic and the monkeypox outbreak to the charged political landscape, New York City mom and entrepreneur Lyss Stern has been increasingly anxious. Stern worries that she will pass all of this fretting down to her 8-year-old daughter, […]
Pig Hearts Successfully Transplanted Into 2 Brain-Dead Patients
Latest Heart News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) Genetically altered pig hearts could soon become a viable transplantation alternative for people with life-threatening heart disease, new experiments show. A team at NYU Langone Health has successfully transplanted two such pig hearts into brain-dead humans on life support, making advances […]
Your Salt Shaker May Prove Deadly, Study Finds – MedicineNet Health News
Latest High Blood Pressure News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 People who douse their meals in salt may have a shorter life than those who rarely reach for the salt shaker, a large new study suggests. The study, of more than 500,000 British adults, found that those who always sprinkled salt […]
Are Workplace Robots Bringing Mental Harm to U.S. Workers?
Latest Mental Health News By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) It takes much less than a “Matrix” plot to make American workers afraid for their jobs: New research reveals they stress out when they have to work alongside robots. Even though many robots took on the most dangerous aspects […]
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 […]