Drinking Coffee May Help You Live Longer — But Skip the Extra Sugar

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• June 19, 2025
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THURSDAY, June 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Drinking a cup or two of coffee every day may help you live longer — but only if you skip the heavy cream and sugar, new research suggests.

The research, published recently in The Journal of Nutrition, found...

An ER Doctor's Guide to Staying Safe in Summer Heat

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• June 19, 2025
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THURSDAY, June 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — As summer temperatures rise, a Houston emergency room doctor is sharing important tips to help folks stay safe while outdoors.

Dr. Neil Gandhi, an emergency medicine physician with Houston Methodist, says a mix of heat, hu...

How Wildfires Might Increase Risk Of Flu, COVID-19

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• June 18, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Wildfires might inadvertently increase the risk of flu and COVID-19 outbreaks, a new study argues.

Sky-choking wildfire smoke tends to drive people indoors, and infectious diseases are more likely to spread among those pa...

Braces Top Best Therapies For Knee Arthritis

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• June 18, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Throbbing, swollen knees hobble many seniors, but there are many solid means of treating knee arthritis that don’t involve meds, a new evidence review says.

Knee braces, water therapy and exercise all effectively ea...

CDC Vaccine Expert Resigns After RFK Jr. Cuts Advisers

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• June 18, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A senior scientist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has resigned, warning that changes in leadership may weaken the country’s vaccine program.

Dr. Fiona Havers, who led the CDC’s tr...

Kraft Heinz To Remove Artificial Dyes From Products by 2027

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• June 18, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — One of the nation’s largest food companies is planning a big change to its ingredients list.

Kraft Heinz said it will stop using artificial dyes in all U.S. products by the end of 2027. The company also said it won&...

Eli Lilly to Buy Gene Therapy Firm Verve in $1 Billion Deal to Develop Heart Drug

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• June 18, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Drugmaker Eli Lilly plans to buy Verve Therapeutics, a gene-editing startup, for about $1 billion upfront. 

The deal gives Lilly a potential new treatment for heart disease, The Wall Street Journal reported....

AI Boosts Skin Cancer Diagnoses, Study Says

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• June 18, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An experimental AI tool can help speed detection of melanoma and other skin diseases, a new study says.

The tool, PanDerm, improved accuracy of skin cancer diagnoses by 11% when used by doctors, researchers reported recen...

Night Shift Associated With Asthma Risk In Women

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• June 18, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Women working the night shift appear to have an increased risk of asthma, a new study says.

Women who only work nights have a 50% increased risk of moderate to severe asthma compared to those on the day shift, researchers...

Infertility Tied To Heart Problems In Women

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• June 18, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Infertility appears linked to women’s risk of heart problems, an evidence review suggests.

Women who are infertile have an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, with the risk highest among younger women and th...

Talk Therapy Eases Depression, Anxiety In Stroke Survivors

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• June 18, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Talk therapy can help stroke survivors who are in the throes of depression or anxiety, a new study says.

About half of patients (49%) fully recovered from a post-stroke mood disorder after participating in talk psychother...

Appendix Cancer Cases Surge in Millennials and Gen X

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• June 17, 2025
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TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — When Chris Williams started feeling sharp stomach pain one night in 2021, he went straight to the emergency room. The next morning, he had surgery to remove his appendix.

But that wasn’t the end of his health scare. A...

Supreme Court Will Hear Case on NJ Probe Into Anti-Abortion Clinics

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• June 17, 2025
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TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case next term involving a New Jersey nonprofit that runs anti-abortion pregnancy centers and is fighting a state investigation.

At the center of the case is First Choice Women’s Res...

‘Gas Station Heroin’ Spurs Spike in Poison Control Calls, FDA Warning

• Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
• June 17, 2025
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TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The small, colorful bottles hawked at convenience stores, smoke shops and filling stations as cognitive supplements or energy are often called "gas station heroin."

And, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns tha...

Psychedelics Can Help Cancer Patients Battling Depression

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• June 17, 2025
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TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Magic mushrooms might be key to quelling depression among people battling cancer.

A single dose of psilocybin provided sustained reductions in depression and anxiety among cancer patients diagnosed with major depression, ac...

Dementia Caregivers Themselves At Higher Risk For Brain Aging

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• June 17, 2025
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TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — People caring for people with dementia might face future risk with their own brain aging due to lifestyle factors, a new study says.

Nearly 3 in 5 dementia caregivers (59%) have at least one risk factor that increases their...

Blood Pressure Diet Helps Type 2 Diabetics

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• June 17, 2025
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TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A diet meant to lower blood pressure also can be effective in treating type 2 diabetes after a few tweaks, a new clinical trial indicates.

The DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet effectively treated high blo...

Electroshock Therapy Appears To Reduce Suicide Risk Among People With Depression

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• June 17, 2025
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TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — People with severe depression who receive electroshock therapy are significantly less likely to commit suicide, a new evidence review says.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) lowered the risk of death by suicide 34% among pati...

Digital Tool Potentially Predicts Childhood Asthma

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• June 17, 2025
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TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new digital tool can flag kids who are at risk for developing childhood asthma, researchers report.

The tool scans electronic health data records and calculates an asthma risk score for children, according to results publ...

This Common Activity Reduces Risk Of Low Back Pain, Study Says

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• June 17, 2025
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TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Struggling with low back pain? Slip on your walking shoes and start hoofing, a new study suggests.

People who walked more than 78 minutes a day were less likely to suffer from low back pain, researchers reported.

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