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Diana Ross's Secrets to Staying Youthful
Singer Diana Ross wowed at the Met Gala last Monday, proving she's still supreme. The 81-year-old celebrity wore a magnificent gown with an 18-foot train embroidered with the names of her five children and eight grandchildren. But it wasn't just the "forever family gown"...
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Talk Therapy Rising, Psychiatric Med Use Declining
More talk and fewer pills are being employed to help Americans maintain their mental health, a new study says. Psychotherapy is assuming a larger role in mental health care, while medications prescribed without accompanying therapy are becoming less common, according to...
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Ovary Removal Protects At-Risk Breast Cancer Patients
Removal of the ovaries and fallopian tubes appears to dramatically reduce the risk of death among breast cancer survivors who are genetically prone to cancer, a new study says. Breast cancer survivors carrying BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene variants had a 48% overall lower risk of...
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AI Tool Uses Selfies to Predict Biological Age
Doctors often start exams with the so-called "eyeball test" - a snap judgment about whether the patient appears older or younger than their age, which can influence key medical decisions. That intuitive assessment may soon get an AI upgrade. FaceAge, a deep learning algorithm...
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Study: Shingles Vaccine Lowers Heart Disease Risk
The shingles vaccine has benefits that stretch beyond protecting older adults from the painful skin condition, a new study says. Folks who get the shingles jab have a 23% lower risk of health problems like stroke, heart failure and heart disease, researchers reported May 6...
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Men Fare Worse for 20 Top Health Problems Globally
Men are much more likely than women to die early from the world's 20 leading health problems, a new global study shows. Sickness and death were higher in men than women in 2021 for 13 of the top 20 causes of injury and illness, including COVID-19, traffic injuries, heart...
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Boost Exercise in Middle Age to Protect Brain
Want to protect your aging brain? Get off the couch and get moving, researchers urge. Boosting exercise in middle age might help people prevent Alzheimer's disease, a new study says. People who increased their physical activity to meet recommended guidelines between ages 45...
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High Blood Pressure, Diabetes More Fatal For Men
Men are more likely than women to die from high blood pressure, diabetes and HIV/AIDS, after shrugging off medical care for the conditions, a new study says. These differences crop up even though men and women are as likely to develop either high blood pressure or diabetes,...
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Higher Biological Age May Raise Dementia Risk
People whose bodies are aging faster could be more likely to develop dementia than those with normal or slower aging, a new study says. Folks with advanced biological age are about 30% more likely to develop dementia, compared to those whose bodies have aged closer to how...
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When to Seek a Second Opinion
Second opinions can save lives. In one study, Mayo Clinic researchers found that as many as 88% of patients who went to their clinic for a second opinion left with a new or refined diagnosis - changing their care plan and potentially their lives. Conversely, only 12%...
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US Maternal Death Rate Rose Slightly Last Year
More U.S. women died around the time of childbirth last year, reversing two years of decline, according to provisional data posted Wednesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 688 people died last year during pregnancy or shortly after giving birth. That's...
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Smart Insoles Could Spot Injuries, Early Dementia
Imagine if your shoes could tell you when something's wrong with your health. A new "smart insole" system might make that possible, helping spot early signs of dementia, orthopedic injuries and other health problems, a recent study shows. The technology, described in the...
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Study: Autism Does Not Accelerate Brain Aging
People with autism do not appear to be at greater risk of age-related brain decline, a new study says. Older people with autistic traits have no differences when it comes to spatial working memory, which helps folks remember and use information about where things are and how...
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Study Discovers Why Our Bellies Expand With Age
Call it the middle-aged spread or a beer belly, but most of us experience increased girth around our mid-section as we age. Now science has found a reason. A newly discovered type of fat cell precursor appears around middle age, causing increased belly fat no matter how...
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Peanut Allergy Exposure Therapy Effective in Adults
Adults with peanut allergies can be safely treated using exposure therapy to increase their resistance, new clinical trial results show. More than two-thirds of participants (67%) gained the ability to tolerate at least five peanuts without an immune reaction, researchers...
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Dr. Crandall: What You Should Know About Stroke
Pope Francis died, at age 88, after suffering a stroke last Monday, April 21. The Pope had the stroke in the early morning hours, which led to a coma and later, heart failure, according to the Vatican.According to the American Stroke Association, in the United States, every...
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Alzheimer's Signs Can Appear Prior To Middle Age
Risk factors for dementia could start taking their toll as early as a person's 20s and 30s, a new study says. Younger adults who carry known risks for dementia performed worse on memory and thinking tests between ages 24 and 44, researchers report in the May issue of the...
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Muscle Quality May Be Key to Hip Replacement
Folks are less likely to recover successfully from a total hip replacement if they have poor muscle quality going into the procedure, a small-scale study says. Patients whose MRI scans revealed fatty hip muscle prior to surgery were more likely to perform poorly on movement...
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Early Menopause May Predict Greater Brain Decline
Early menopause could be a warning sign for future age-related brain decline, a new study says. Women who entered menopause before 40 had a greater cognitive decline than women who entered menopause after 50, according to a study published recently in the journal Alzheimer's...
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Immune Therapy Effective in Older Cancer Patients
It's well-known that a person's immune system wears down over time, becoming less effective as folks progress through middle age and become seniors. But that doesn't appear to hinder the effectiveness of immunotherapy for cancer in seniors, a new study says. Seniors with...
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Regular Digital Tech Use Protects Seniors' Brains
It's a common notion that overuse of smartphones, tablets, laptops and other digital devices is rotting people's minds. But the opposite appears to be true - regular use of digital technology seems to protect the brain against decline and dementia, at least among those...
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ERs Treat A Gunshot Wound Every Half-Hour
U.S. emergency room doctors treat a gunshot wound every half-hour, a new study has found. What's more, firearm injuries appear to follow specific patterns throughout the year, with gun violence occurring more often at certain times, according to research from the U.S....
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A Father With Alzheimer's May Increase Your Risk
Having a father with Alzheimer's disease could put you at risk for brain changes linked to the degenerative disorder, a new study says. People whose fathers fell prey to Alzheimer's had a greater spread of tau proteins in their brain, according to findings published in the...
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Eligible Smokers Not Getting Lung Cancer Screening
Lung cancer screening can save the lives of former and current smokers, but most aren't taking advantage of it, a new study says. Fewer than 1 in 5 people eligible for lung cancer screening go through with a chest CT scan, according to research published April 2 in the...
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Blood Test Diagnoses, Tracks Alzheimer's Disease
An experimental blood test for Alzheimer's disease not only can aid in its diagnosis but also indicate how far the brain condition has progressed, a new study says. The test tracks levels of a protein called MTBR-tau243, which is linked to toxic tau tangles that build up in...