Category: Lifestyle

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – In January of 2020, SARS-CoV-19 reached the United States. With it came an even faster-spreading virus—xenophobic rhetoric referring to the pandemic’s epicenter in Wuhan, China.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Jori Pearson was a 39-year-old homebuilding contractor with a passion for golf and fishing when he began feeling numbness in his hands.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Franklin Square, NY, March 22, 2022 – There’s a reason nobody wants warts, since these small, grainy bumps – which often show up on the hands – are bothersome and embarrassing.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Suppose that we could watch twenty generations of whales or sharks adapting to climate change—measuring how they evolve and how their biology changes as temperatures and carbon dioxide levels rise.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – After Black Lives Matter formed in 2013, in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, new ways of talking about race gained traction.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – CLEVELAND: Cleveland Clinic has launched an innovative study exploring the link between epilepsy and stress, supported by a $5.5 million donation from the Charles L. Shor Foundation.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Two University of Washington experts in climate change and health are lead authors of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Mineola, NY, February 7, 2022 — Varicose veins are very common, especially in women, and especially as they age. About one-quarter to one-third of all adults and half of those over fifty have some degree of varicosity, visible as blue veins under the skin, most often on their legs.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Recent research has found, for the first time, that people with Parkinson’s disease who eat more flavonoids—compounds found in foods like berries, cocoa, tea and red wine—may have improved life expectancy compared to those who don’t.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – How old is your dog in human years? And what factors contribute to a long and healthy life for a dog?

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – PITTSBURGH – How fatigued certain activities make an older person feel can predict the likelihood death is less than three years away, according to research published today in the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences by University of Pittsburgh epidemiologists.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – What do you do after surviving an extraordinary health crisis? Steve Knutson celebrated his new lease on life with a bilateral hip replacement

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The changes were subtle at first. “Almost unnoticeable,” says Lisa Miller, remembering the symptoms that seemed to appear suddenly in 2017.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – When Alicia Salibellas began noticing she was having trouble swallowing, she couldn’t have predicted how the diagnosis she received would change her life and nearly rob her of her voice.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – It starts with Halloween. We rummage through leftover candy and raid our children’s Trick or Treat bags. We dig into Thanksgiving feasts, indulging in marshmallow sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – In early 2019, retired chemist Jerry Rose thought his allergies were kicking up. His constantly stuffed-up nose was bothering him enough that he went to see an allergist

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Lonely, older adults are nearly twice as likely to use opioids to ease pain and two-and-a-half times more likely to use sedatives and anti-anxiety medications, putting themselves at risk for drug dependency, impaired attention, falls and other accidents….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – In February 2020, Lewis Palmer’s friends and family noticed something didn’t sound right in his voice. The 46-year-old from Baton Rouge, Louisiana was hoarse and his speech was slightly slurred.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – COLUMBUS, Ohio – Watching meaningful films – those that we find moving and poignant – can make us feel more prepared to deal with life’s challenges and want to be a better person, a new study found.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The overuse of antibiotics occurs due to the mistaken widespread belief that they are beneficial for a broad array of conditions and because many physicians are willing to prescribe antibiotics if patients ask for the medication