Health

Carter’s hometown celebrates former president Jimmy Carter’s hometown prepares to say goodbye to former president 03:40 Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia and continues to live at home with her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, their family announced in a statement issued by the Carter Center on Tuesday.  The former …

To the long list of the benefits of physical activity, researchers have just added one more thing: a greater ability to handle pain. A recent study published in the journal PLOS One found that regular exercise is an effective way to reduce or prevent chronic pain without the use of …

New study links gut bacteria to Alzheimer’s Former Coca-Cola consultant and TrueMed co-founder Calley Means discusses a study linking Alzheimer’s disease to gut bacteria and how what you eat can impact your brain health. The gut does much more than just digest food. It also helps support the immune system, …

Charleigh Chatterton’s birth to her daughter last month went smoothly with no complications. Then she went home, and six days later, her “chances of survival were slim,” she said, BBC News reported.  The 27-year-old English woman told the outlet she had to be rushed back to the hospital after her …

Artificial intelligence is taking on an ever-widening role in the health and wellness space, assisting with everything from cancer detection to medical documentation. Soon, AI could make it easier for dentists to give patients a more natural, functional smile. Researchers from the University of Hong Kong recently developed an AI …

Oncologists in the U.K. have developed an AI model to help predict whether aggressive forms of breast cancer will spread based on changes in a patient’s lymph nodes.  The research was published Thursday in the Journal of Pathology by Breast Cancer Now and funded by scientists at King’s College of …

About 3,400 babies die of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) each year in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  Now, a new study led by researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School suggests that some of the unexplained deaths may be caused …

Just weeks after Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released an advisory calling for improved social connection for Americans, a second advisory — titled “Social Media and Youth Mental Health” — warns about the potentially negative impact of social media on children and teens. With the view that social media — …

A new study from the National Institutes of Health found that one in 10 people are getting long COVID after suffering an omicron infection – a lower estimate than earlier on in the COVID-19 pandemic.  The research – which included nearly 10,000 American adults – was published Thursday in the …

HIV cases have been on the decline in recent years, largely driven by fewer cases among young people, a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found. Estimated yearly infections were 12% lower in 2021 (32,100 cases) compared to 2017 (36,500 cases), according to the data, released …