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Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Benefit From Blood Flow-Restricted Strength Training

Folks who work out to ease their rheumatoid arthritis (RA) symptoms might find some relief from an unexpected source – a blood pressure cuff.

People who apply pneumatic cuffs to a limb while working out experience reduced pain and improved strength and physical performance, a small-scale study indicates.

This new form of exerci...

Psoriasis 101: Causes, Symptoms and Treatments, Explained

Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune condition that mainly affects the skin. When you have psoriasis, your immune system sends signals to your skin cells to grow too fast.

Normally, skin cells take about a month to form and rise to the surface. In people with psoriasis, this process happens in just a few days. Because the skin can’t sh...

More Than 14 Million Will Die Following U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts

More than 14 million children and adults will die from preventable causes during the next five years as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts, a new study projects.

Programs supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) prevented 91 million deaths between 2001 and 2021 in low- and middle-income countries, researchers repor...

Many Older Adults Taking Daily Aspirin Despite Tighter Guidelines

About 1 in 6 older adults takes daily aspirin to prevent heart disease, even though stricter guidelines say it’s not for everyone, a new study says.

Worse, nearly a quarter of those folks started taking aspirin without a doctor’s recommendation, and about 1 in 10 haven’t discussed their use with any health care provider, ...

Is Radiation Therapy For Cancer a Double-Edged Sword?

Radiation therapy to treat cancer might be a double-edged sword that increases the risk posed by other malignant tumors, a new study argues.

While radiation is often used alone or in combination with other treatments to control cancer, high doses of radiation can promote the growth of metastatic tumors that weren’t directly treated w...

Type Of Hormone Therapy Can Alter Breast Cancer Risk, Study Says

Some women have expressed concerns about the risk of breast cancer associated with using hormone therapy to treat symptoms of menopause like hot flashes and night sweats, and now, new research suggests that one type of hormone therapy might increase your risk if you're younger than 55.

Women in this age group who were treated wit...

Screen Time May Slow Learning Skills, Study Finds

Screens are a part of daily life for many families — but too much screen time in the early years could slow a child’s language development, a new study suggests.

That’s because young children learn best when they can touch, explore and play with real objects, Sarah Kucker, a psychologist at Southern Methodist University i...

Is One Type of Water Healthier Than Another? Here’s What Experts Say

Alkaline. Electrolyte. Flavored. Walk down the beverage aisle and you’ll find all kinds of waters promising extra health perks. But are these fancy waters really better for you?

Not really, Tufts University experts say.

“There's no physiological basis that there's some metabolic benefit to these specialty waters over just...

Hearing Aids Are a Boon To Social Life, Study Finds

Some folks won’t use hearing aids because they’re worried the devices will make them look old or get in the way of their social life.

Nothing could be farther from the truth, a new evidence review says.

Hearing aids dramatically improve a person’s social engagement and reduce feelings of isolation or loneliness, bas...

Prevent 4th of July Firework Injuries by Taking These Simple Steps

Fireworks are the pinnacle of many Fourth of July celebrations, and while they can be festive and fun, they can also land you in the emergency room if you don’t take proper precautions, experts warn.

About 250 people a day wind up in the ER with fireworks-related injuries in the month before and after Independence Day. More than 75% ...

Want More Exercise? Go To Bed Earlier, Study Suggests

The age-old “early to bed, early to rise” proverb applies to your daily exercise regimen as well as your health, wealth and wisdom, a new study says.

Folks who get to bed earlier tend to be more physically active every day, researchers reported June 30 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

On av...

Smartphone-Controlled Nerve Stimulator Returns Golfer To The Links

Avid golfer Robert Knorr found he was no longer able to hit the links last year, due to neuropathy in his legs and feet.

The nerve pain got so bad that Knorr needed a cane — and sometimes a wheelchair — to get around.

But the 69-year-old retired oil company executive has traded that cane for his golf clubs, thanks to a sp...

Teen Drivers Spend A Fifth Of The Time Looking At Their Smartphone, Study Says

About a fifth of the time, a teenage driver is looking at their smartphone rather than the road or their rearview, a new study says.

Teen drivers spend an average 21% of each trip looking at their phone, according to results published today in the journal Traffic Injury Prevention.

Worse, these weren’t quick glances &m...

Schools Should Be Prepared For These Three Medical Emergencies

There are three common health emergencies for which all U.S. schools should be prepared, a new study says.

Brain-related crises like seizures, psychiatric conditions or substance abuse, and trauma-related injuries are the three main reasons paramedics respond to schools, according to a new report in the journal Pediatrics.

A...

Wildfire Smoke Linked To Heart Failure Risk

Wildfire smoke might increase a person’s risk of developing heart failure, a new study suggests.

People had a 1.4% higher risk of heart failure for every 1 microgram per cubic meter increase in their exposure to particle pollution from wildfires, researchers report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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