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Chest CT Could Triple Lung Cancer Death Prevention
Three times as many lung cancer deaths could be prevented if everyone eligible for screening got a chest CT scan, a new study says. Only about 1 in 5 U.S. adults eligible for lung cancer screening received it in 2024, researchers reported Nov. 19 in the Journal of the...
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How to Stop Waking During the Night to Pee
The need to urinate during the night, affects one-third of adults over the age of 30 and half of those over the age of 50. Known as nocturia, it is considered a medical problem if you have to pee more than twice during the night or have trouble going back to sleep. A common...
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Cold Snaps, Heat Waves Kill Thousands Annually
Cold snaps and heat waves have contributed to tens of thousands of deaths in the United States over the past quarter-century, a new study says. More than 69,000 U.S. deaths occurred between 1999 and 2024 where extreme cold or heat were listed as an underlying or contributing...
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Nonhormonal Options for Symptoms of Menopause
Shilpa Gajarawala struggled with hot flashes, night sweats, sleep problems and brain fog. But given her history of breast cancer, treating these menopausal symptoms with hormone therapy wasn't an option. "For two years, I tried to kind of power through," said the 58-year-old...
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Stem Cells From Fat Tissue Repair Spine Fractures
Japanese researchers are testing a surprising, minimally invasive way to repair spine fractures. A team at Osaka Metropolitan University found that stem cells from fat tissue can repair breaks similar to those common in people with the bone-weakening disease...
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Daily Self-Hypnosis Decreases Hot Flashes
Self-hypnosis might help some women in menopause find relief from hot flashes. Hot flash frequency and intensity decreased by more than 50% among women who listened to a daily audio hypnosis session, researchers reported Nov. 11 in JAMA Network Open. "All sessions were...
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Researchers Uncover Pancreatic Cancer Warning Sign
Pancreatic cancer is known as a silent killer, showing few symptoms until it reaches its deadly final stages. But researchers think they've found a warning sign that could help detect pancreatic cancers at an earlier, more treatable stage. Enlargement of the pancreatic duct -...
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Vitamin D3 Cuts Second Heart Attack Risk by Half
Customizing vitamin D3 levels for heart attack survivors can cut the risk of another heart attack by 50%, according to new research. Researchers at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City found that developing personalized vitamin D3 treatment plans and carefully monitoring...
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Why the Shingles Vaccine May Reduce Dementia Risk
A large new study has revealed a possible explanation for why the shingles vaccine may reduce the risk of developing dementia. Researchers found that the vaccine helps prevent reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus - the same virus that causes chickenpox and shingles -...
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Cholesterol Drug Cuts First Heart Attack Risk by 36%
Adding Amgen's cholesterol drug Repatha to standard therapy reduced major cardiovascular events by 25% for at-risk patients who have never had a heart attack or stroke, according to results from a large study presented on Saturday. In the study of more than 12,000 patients,...
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Survey Reveals What People Fear Most About Aging
The U.S. population is getting older fast and many Americans are unsure what aging will look like for them, a new national survey shows. The share of U.S. adults ages 65 and older has jumped from 12.4% in 2004 to 18% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That rise is...
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Tobacco Still Top Cancer Killer
Tobacco remains the leading preventable cause of cancer death in the U.S., despite a dramatic decline in smoking, a new American Cancer Society report says. More than 80% of lung cancer deaths are linked to tobacco, according to data from the inaugural release of the...
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Just 3,000 Steps Daily Slows Alzheimer's Decline
A new study found that taking as few as 3,000 to 5,000 steps daily can slow the decline of Alzheimer's disease in people at increased risk by as much as three years. The study, published in Nature Medicine, involved older patients who had biological signs of the illness,...
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Family Recordings Might Ease ICU Delirium
A comforting voice from home might be enough to soothe ICU patients on ventilation, a new study says. As many as 4 in 5 ICU patients on mechanical ventilation develop delirium, or sudden confusion, panic, upset and anger. But playing recorded messages from a family member can...
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Skipping Sleeping Pills Better for Seniors' Health
Middle-aged adults and seniors would age more gracefully - and save a few bucks - if they lay off prescription sleep medications, a new study says. Avoiding sleep drugs would reduce older Americans' lifetime rate of falls by nearly 9% and brain decline by 2%, researchers...
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Study: Home Exercises Ease Knee Arthritis Pain
Home exercises can effectively ease knee pain caused by cartilage tears and arthritis, apparently with or without physical therapy, a new study says. The stretching and strengthening exercises provided about the same amount of pain relief whether or not a person got real or...
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Man Lives 271 Days With Pig Kidney, Sets Record
A 67-year-old New Hampshire man has set a medical milestone after living more than nine months with a gene-edited pig kidney, doctors announced Monday. The experimental transplant, performed by surgeons at Mass General Brigham, lasted 271 days, the longest anyone has...
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FDA Approved Nonhormonal Med for Menopause
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new nonhormonal treatment to help women manage menopause symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats. Elinzanetant (Lynkuet), a once-daily pill, is expected to be available within weeks. These uncomfortable symptoms...
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Eye Scans May Predict Heart Disease Risk
The eyes are the windows to the soul, the old saying goes. They also might serve as a window into a person's heart health, a new study adds. The tiny blood vessels in a person's eyes can be used to predict their risk of heart disease, as well as whether they're aging at an...
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Dr. Crandall: What to Learn From Kim Kardashian's Aneurysm
When Kim Kardashian revealed she has a "little aneurysm," the news immediately drew attention to a condition that, while rare, can be serious and even deadly. The reality star attributed her diagnosis to stress, prompting many to wonder: how common are brain aneurysms, and...
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AI Outperforms Experts in Detecting Glaucoma
Artificial intelligence (AI) might be able to help doctors make glaucoma screening widely available, a new study says. A trained AI program correctly identified patients with glaucoma 88% to 90% of the time, compared with 79% to 81% for human graders, researchers reported...
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Study: GI Problems Common in Menopause
Menopause is typically associated with hot flashes, night sweats and memory lapses - but new research suggests GI problems might be an overlooked issue that also occur with this change of life. A striking 94% out of nearly 600 U.K. women 44 to 73 reported digestive problems,...
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GLP-1 Drugs Effective Against Sleep Apnea
Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound might help protect people from health risks related to sleep apnea, a new study says. Type 2 diabetes patients taking GLP-1 drugs were overall less likely to die within the next year, but those with sleep apnea did even better,...
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Bionic Chip Cures Age-Related Blindness
A revolutionary bionic microchip is restoring sight to people who have lost their vision due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) - marking what experts call a "new era" in artificial vision. According to The Telegraph, more than 80% of patients fitted with the tiny,...
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Shingles Vax Lowers Risk for Heart Disease, Dementia
The shingles vaccine does more than just protect middle-aged folks and seniors against maddening rashes, a new study says. The vaccine also lowers their risk of heart disease, dementia and death, researchers reported in Atlanta Sunday at IDWeek, the joint annual meeting of...