If someone you love gets diagnosed with dementia, it means he has a progressive and sometimes chronic brain condition that causes problems with his thinking, behavior, and memory. Dementia itself is not a disease, but a syndrome; its symptoms are common to several brain diseases. It will get worse over time. But medications might slow
Continue Reading...Allergies: Basic Info You Need to Know
What Is an Allergy? It’s what happens when your immune system reacts to something that’s usually harmless. Those triggers, which doctors call “allergens,” can include pollen, mold, and animal dander, certain foods, or things that irritate your skin. Allergies are very common. At least 1 in 5 Americans has one. What Happens During an Allergic
Continue Reading...What Is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects children and teens and can continue into adulthood. ADHD is the most commonly diagnosed mental disorder of children. Children with ADHD may be hyperactive and unable control their impulses. Or they may have trouble paying attention. These behaviors interfere with school and home life. It’s more common in boys
Continue Reading...Justin Bieber Reveals He Has Lyme Disease
Singer Justin Bieber says he has Lyme disease. He revealed his condition Wednesday in an Instagram post addressing comments people have made about his appearance in recent months, NBC News reported. The 25-year-old explained that people who’ve said he looked like he was on drugs “failed to realize I’ve been recently diagnosed with Lyme disease.”
Continue Reading...More Studies Link Vaping to Asthma, COPD
Lung illnesses and deaths from vaping have been grabbing headlines for months, and now two new studies offer fresh evidence pointing to long-term respiratory concerns. The studies link the use of electronic cigarettes to asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). “These studies add to the body of evidence on the relationship between electronic cigarette
Continue Reading...Machine Could Expand Pool of Livers for Donation
Researchers report they have developed a machine that can repair injured livers and keep them alive outside the body for up to a week. They said the machine could one day increase the number of livers available for transplant and save the lives of many people with severe liver diseases or cancer. Until now, it
Continue Reading...How to lose visceral fat
HOW TO lose visceral fat: Having too much visceral fat can increase a person’s risk of serious health problems. So what can you do to reduce it? Including a certain drink in your diet has been proven effective. Visceral fat is deemed harmful because of where it’s stored in the body – the abdominal cavity
Continue Reading...Windows 7 end of life WARNING: Ignore new threat and face losing a small fortune
IF YOUR laptop or desktop computer is still running Windows 7, make sure you don’t login to your online banking portal, or you could lose a small fortune – that’s according to a stark new warning around Windows 7 end of life from the UK’s cyber security agency. Security experts from GCHQ have wanted Windows
Continue Reading...Regular Exercise Cuts Odds for 7 Major Cancers
Exercise may reduce the odds you’ll develop any of seven types of cancer — and a new study suggests the more you exercise, the lower your risk. That’s the conclusion of researchers who pooled data from nine published studies that included more than 750,000 men and women. “We found that the recommended amount of physical
Continue Reading...More Are Saying ‘No’ to Alcohol (and Not Just in January)
Joy Manning gave up alcohol in January 2017. But the 42-year-old from Philadelphia didn’t have a drinking problem. She took part in a 7-year-old annual campaign called Dry January, in which people stop drinking for just 1 month. For Manning, what started as a way to make up for some of the excesses of the
Continue Reading...Best Diets for 2020
For the third year in a row, the Mediterranean diet has been named the best diet overall in the U.S. News & World Report annual rankings. In 2018, the Mediterranean diet shared top honors with the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet. Both focus on fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. The ketogenic diet, one
Continue Reading...How AI Is Transforming Health Care
Matthew Might’s son Bertrand was born with a devastating, ultra-rare genetic disorder. Now 12, Bertrand has vibrant eyes, a quick smile, and a love of dolphins. But he nearly died last spring from a runaway infection. He can’t sit up on his own anymore, and he struggles to use his hands to play with toys.
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