Garland native Keith Mitchell, former NFL all-pro who played for the New Orleans Saints, Houston Texans, and Jacksonville Jaguars, will speak at an upcoming health seminar in Tyler.
As you age, you may have questions and concerns about the increased risk of dementia. Are there steps I can take to prevent it? Is there anything I can do to reduce my risk? There are currently no approaches that have been proven to effectively treat or prevent Alzheimer’s disease and relate…
Grains have been known as the “staff of life” for thousands of years, serving as a vital food source for humans. Today, foods made with whole grains are recognized as important sources of nutrients like fiber, trace minerals, and certain vitamins and phytochemicals that are not restored thro…
With summer still in full swing, school is probably the last thing you and your child want to think about. But summer is the perfect time to take care of some of your child’s health needs in preparation for the new school year. With a little preparation before school begins, you can avoid so…
As monkeypox spreads in the United States, at least one case has been reported in East Texas.
A Tyler business is aiming to improve community health through stretching. Stretch Zone Tyler, which opened in March 2021, promotes better health and functionality with the help of a certified Stretch Zone practitioner.
When the weather gets warm, you may want to get outside for some fun in the sun. Going to a pool, lake or beach often tops that list. Spending time in the water can bring health hazards. But some simple habits can help keep your summer fun — and healthy.
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia. It is a progressive disease beginning with mild memory loss and possibly leading to loss of the ability to carry on a conversation and respond to the environment. Alzheimer’s disease involves parts of the brain that control thought, me…
It’s never too late to make smarter food choices. Healthy eating is an important part of staying healthy as you age. Following these tips can help you maintain a healthy weight, get the nutrients you need and lower your risk of chronic disease.
Juul electronic cigarettes will remain on the market after a federal appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked a government ban that was announced the day before.
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FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- More than 60 percent of young women diagnosed with cancer have sexual dysfunction, with more problems reported by women with cancer than among women from the general population, according to a study published online Sept. 30 in Acta Oncologica.
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There is an association between vaccine-associated aluminum and persistent asthma among children with and without eczema, according to a study published online Sept. 27 in Academic Pediatrics.
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Weightlifting and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) are associated with a reduced risk for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, with the lowest risk seen for adults reporting both MVPA and weightlifting, according to a study published online Sept. 28 in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The risk for Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is tripled in daily wear (DW) reusable contact lens users versus daily disposable (DD) contact lens users, according to a study published online Aug. 8 in Ophthalmology.
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- From 2020 to 2021, there was an increase in the number of suicides and in the age-adjusted suicide rate, according to a September Vital Statistics Rapid Release report, a publication from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus, there is an inverse association between number of optimal modifiable factors and an incrementally lower risk for type 2 diabetes, according to a study published online Sept. 21 in The BMJ.
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Novel coding and noncoding gene variants have been identified that may increase the risk for developing Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), according to a study published online Aug. 20 in Blood.
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Two groups of patients with chronic nausea and vomiting syndromes (NVS) have been identified, with overlapping symptoms but distinct underlying phenotypes, according to a study published in the Sept. 21 issue of Science Translational Medicine.
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In a summary of an updated clinical practice guideline issued by the American College of Rheumatology, recommendations are presented for the pharmacologic treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis, with the importance of sequential treatment emphasized.
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The use of cerebral embolic protection (CEP) does not have a significant impact on the incidence of periprocedural stroke among patients with aortic stenosis undergoing transfemoral transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR), according to a study published online Sept. 17 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with the annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference, held from Sept. 16 to 19 in Boston.
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. government will invest $266 million to shore up the community and public health workforce using American Rescue Plan funding.
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday gave its approval to a new drug for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- The COVID-19 pandemic produced no shortage of somber statistics. But for people who care about women's health, one number about Hispanic women stood out.
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The suicide rate in the United States increased in 2021, following two years of decline, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The devastation left by one of the strongest hurricanes to hit Florida in years is immense. But residents flooded out of their homes by Hurricane Ian must be cautious when they return, federal experts warn.
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- More than 1 million Americans attempted suicide in 2020, and a new study is hinting at a potential way to reduce that risk: prescription folic acid.
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Many Americans with heart disease also have limited access to food, and this dangerous combination is growing rapidly, a new study finds.
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Places of worship may provide respite for Black men that not only enhances their lives, but may extend them, new research suggests.
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Public health officials tried everything to convince Americans to get vaccinated against COVID, including giving away cash, but that wasn't enough to change hesitant minds, a new study shows.
Suicides rose among Americans in 2021, reversing two years of decline. The U.S. suicide rate increased to 14 suicides for every 100,000 people, up from 13.5 per 100,000 in 2020, according to new CDC numbers. Read more
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Wearing a fitness tracker may help you get more steps in -- even if you never give it a glance.
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Bryce Cornet is no stranger to a racing heart. His heart beats faster each time he puts on his helmet, slides into the cockpit of his race car, snaps on the buckles of his harness and puts the pedal to the floor to careen around a twisting, turning racetrack.
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- From March to December 2020, more than 16,500 deaths occurred in cancer patients with complications of COVID-19, according to a research letter published online Sept. 29 in JAMA Oncology.
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 vaccination is associated with a small and mainly transient change in menstrual cycle length, according to a study published online Sept. 28 in BMJ Medicine.
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The outcomes of surgeries do not differ for procedures performed by male or female gastrointestinal surgeons, according to a study published online Sept. 28 in The BMJ.
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Hepatitis A outbreaks frequently occur in drug users and in people reporting homelessness, according to research published in the Sept. 30 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The Jynneos vaccine, originally designed to guard against smallpox infection, also seems to protect against monkeypox, new U.S. government data show.
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Eating well and exercising can make for a longer life, and that holds true for former smokers, too, a new study shows.
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women who get COVID-19 and then get vaccinated before giving birth are more likely than other moms to pass protective antibodies to their newborns, new research shows.
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking isn't only costly in terms of health risks, it also cost the U.S. economy $891 billion in 2020.
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In late summer 2022, for children and adolescents, there was an increase in acute respiratory illness (ARI) resulting from enterovirus (EV)-D68 in the United States, according to research published in the Sept. 27 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Reduction in glycated hemoglobin level is greater with use of a bionic pancreas compared with standard care in children and adults with type 1 diabetes, according to a study published in the Sept. 29 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- People reporting disabilities are more likely to have smoked during pregnancy and have an increased risk for preterm birth and low birthweight, according to a study published online Sept. 21 in Health Affairs.
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnancy anxiety in the third trimester may predict shorter gestational length, according to a study published online in Health Psychology.
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who receive periodontal care are significantly more likely to have follow-up visits after hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), according to a study published in the August issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association.
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Employed kidney transplant recipients report that they function very well at work, according to a study published online Sept. 26 in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A high relative incidence of vascular events soon after COVID-19 diagnosis is seen for arterial thromboses and venous thromboembolic events (VTEs), according to a study published online Sept. 19 in Circulation.
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The prevalence of depression is increasing among older adults, but there has not been a proportional increase in mental health treatment, according to a study published online Sept. 9 in the Journal of Affective Disorders.
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Acupuncture may help treat anxiety in patients with Parkinson disease and anxiety, according to a study published online Sept. 21 in JAMA Network Open.
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Frozen embryo transfer (ET) is associated with a substantially higher risk for hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, according to a study published online Sept. 26 in Hypertension.
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- As Hurricane Ian slams Florida, a new study finds that many hospitals positioned near the Gulf and East Coasts are vulnerable to severe flooding from such storms.
'Bionic pancreas' could make life easier for people with type 1 diabetes. If approved by the FDA, the iLet Bionic Pancreas would be the most automated system available for managing the illness — tracking blood sugar levels and delivering insulin with minimal input from patients. Read more
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Emotional exhaustion among health care workers (HCWs) worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online Sept. 21 in JAMA Network Open.
WDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Pulse wave velocity is increased in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published online Aug. 25 in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Wednesday that it is updating the marketing term "healthy" to reflect what has been learned about what makes a wholesome diet. The new proposed FDA rule would align the definition of the "healthy" claim more closely with current nutrition science.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay) -- Japanese drugmaker Eisai on Wednesday said its experimental drug lecanemab helped slow thinking declines among people in the early stages of Alzheimer disease.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of seniors who had to pay high increases in Medicare premiums this year will get a break in 2023 when they see a rare drop in monthly premiums for Medicare Part B. The rate decrease is 3 percent, which will reduce what most people pay for a variety of outpatient care by $5.20 -- to $164.90 a month.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Salmon can't be labeled a "healthy" food under existing federal regulations, because it contains high levels of fat.
While inflation is pushing up prices for almost everything else, Medicare is about to be less expensive. Medicare Part B premiums will go down for 2023, according to an announcement…
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Former TV newswoman and TODAY show anchor Katie Couric has breast cancer.
