Research on the gut microbiome has triggered a ‘revolution‘ in nutritional science, and in the last few years, dietary fiber has become the “new protein” – added to foods in abundance to feed our gut and boost our health. A recent study on mice, however, suggests not all fiber supplements are equally beneficial. A form […]
Lung cancer is the second most common cancer among men (behind prostate cancer) and women (behind breast cancer) in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. Nearly a quarter of a million people will be diagnosed with lung cancer in 2024 and about 125,000 will die from lung cancer, the organization estimates. Most […]
Experts at Sheba Medical Center in Israel have developed a new radiation treatment that significantly reduces the severe pain caused by pancreatic cancer by targeting the celiac plexus nerve, offering patients less suffering while undergoing life-saving treatments, and has now been included in the new American guidelines for treating this aggressive disease. Pancreatic cancer, […]
More than 40 percent of women said they skipped or delayed a screening recommended by a health professional, according to a recent survey by Gallup for the medical technology company Hologic. In the survey of 4,001 adult women across the United States, 90 percent of respondents agreed that it is important to get regular preventive […]
At least 1.9 million are dying every year from heart disease and just under a million from strokes due to outdoor air pollution alone, according to a recently released World Heart Federation (WHF) report, reiterating the fact that air pollution has become the greatest single environmental health risk. PREMIUM “The number of deaths from cardiovascular […]
By Emily Joshu Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com 18:19 21 Jul 2024, updated 18:21 21 Jul 2024 I like to think I’m in decent shape – not great, but decent. I walk for almost an hour every day during my lunch break, commute twice a day and regularly go to the gym. I cook a balanced […]
NEW YORK – A listeria outbreak linked to deli meats has sickened at least seven people in New York. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating over two dozen reported illnesses across 12 states. As of Friday, 28 people have been sickened and hospitalized, with the most cases reported in New York state. […]
Seven New Yorkers contracted listeria linked to sliced deli counter meat in a multistate outbreak that killed two and landed more than a dozen people in the hospital, health officials said Friday. Twenty-eight people in 12 states reported being infected with the bacteria strain, though the number of cases and states is likely higher, according […]
V. Craig Jordan, a medical researcher who changed the course of cancer treatment — and helped save the lives of millions of women — with his discovery that the drug tamoxifen could stop and even prevent the development of breast cancer, died June 9 at his home in Houston. He was 76. His death was […]
Mosquitoes are infecting people across the Americas with dengue at historic levels and U.S. travelers are bringing the potentially life-threatening virus home with them. The alarming rise in infections has spurred American health officials to warn about the risk. In South America, cases of the tropical disease are now decreasing during cooler winter months after […]
