Category: Health

By Cara Murez  HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Alcohol increases the risk of cancer, but some Americans think it does the opposite, a new study shows. Researchers set out to understand people’s awareness of the links between alcohol and cancer, finding that many would benefit from further education on the issue. […]

Joanna Robles, MD, first began having unusual symptoms in the summer of 2020. She had bouts of nausea and vomiting that she couldn’t explain. Eventually doctors diagnosed her with neuromyelitis optica (NMO), but the initial days were confusing. “I would have random episodes of retching, vomiting, and hiccups,” says Robles, a 32-year-old pediatric hematologist oncologist […]

Dec. 2, 2022 – When a young man finds himself falling for a 300-year-old cyborg in the 2019 sci-fi film Alita: Battle Angel, they share the following exchange:    “Does it bother you,” the cyborg (Alita) asks, “that I’m not completely human?”  “You are the most human person I have ever met,” the young man […]

Editor’s note: See cold and flu activity in your location with the WebMD tracker.  Dec. 2, 2022 – The flu virus made the most of the Thanksgiving holiday by reaching the highest level of national activity seen since the 2017-18 influenza season, according to the CDC.  The biggest 1-week increase in what is becoming an unprecedented […]

‘Tis the season to encounter all of your favorite foods — including many that can nudge the numbers on your scale upwards. Instead of obsessing over it, you might want to readjust your expectations.  “If you weigh the same on Jan. 2 as you did the day before Thanksgiving, declare victory,” says clinical psychologist Gerard […]

After a divorce, you may wonder how best to approach the holidays. Will you go to that party where you’ll see your ex? If you have kids, should you and your ex open gifts together with them, or separately? Some people hold on to an idealized view of how the holidays used to be, says […]

“Money can’t buy me love,” the Beatles sang. But can greenbacks buy a measure of happiness? Yes, to an extent, psychologists say, but many people don’t know how to spend for maximum happiness. “Money is an opportunity for happiness, but it is an opportunity that people routinely squander because the things they think will make […]

Dec. 5, 2022 – The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) “season” this year is notable for a number of reasons, including the relatively early and large spike in cases that is challenging the capacity of children’s hospitals nationwide.  But the spotlight on pediatric cases is overshadowing how this virus also raises risk for people 65 and […]

SOURCES: Jackie Dishner, Phoenix. Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, director, Clinical Epidemiology Center, Washington University, St. Louis; chief of Research and Development Service, Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System. Nature Medicine: “Acute and postacute sequelae associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection.” The Lancet eClinical Medicine: “Impact of COVID-19 vaccination on the risk of developing long-COVID and on existing long-COVID […]

By Denise Mann  HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Growing numbers of Americans are suffering prolonged, life-threatening seizures known as status epilepticus, and Black people are nearly twice as likely to experience these seizures as white people.  These are the main findings from new research looking at hospitalizations for status epilepticus from […]