Feb. 17, 2023 – In January 2022, Anthony Arenz, a 51-year-old living in Mesa, AZ, breathed a small sigh of relief. The blood test that screens for 50 types of cancer – known as the Galleri test – hadn’t detected…
Month: February 2023
By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — If it’s good for your heart, it’s good for your brain, too. This is the main message from a new study showing that seven heart-healthy habits can lower…
Do you have an uncle who always seems short of breath? Did one of your grandparents or parents die at an early age from “heart problems?” If heart failure is in your family tree, you might wonder if its branches…
If you have heart failure, the right treatment can make all the difference in improving your symptoms and extending your life. Treatments range from lifestyle changes like cutting back on salt to a heart transplant for the most serious cases…
SOURCES: Ilene Kaplan, uterine fibroid patient, Huntington, NY. National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, MedlinePlus: “Uterine Fibroids.” Current Opinion in Obstetrics & Gynecology: “Endocrinology of Uterine Fibroids: Steroid Hormones, Stem Cells, and Genetic Contribution.” Mayo Clinic: “Blood in…
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New research suggests that smoking weed is far from benign: Toking every day might raise your odds of heart disease. The increased risk is not insignificant. Daily marijuana…
“The beautiful thing about life is that you always change, grow, and get better. You aren’t defined by your past. You aren’t your mistakes.” ~Unknown When I was an angsty fourteen-year-old, I remember screaming at my parents that I never…
Photo Credit: Alistair Berg / Getty Images SOURCES: Bani Azari MD, PhD, founding medical director, program for cardiac genetics, genomics and precision medicine, Northwell Health; member, National Medical Hispanic Association, Hempstead, NY. Sabra Lewsey, MD, MPH, cardiologist specializing in heart…
Photo Credit: Rapeepong Puttakumwong / Getty Images SOURCES: American College of Cardiology: “Latest Evidence on Racial Inequities and Biases in Advanced Heart Failure.” American Journal of Preventive Cardiology: “Improving the enrollment of women and racially/ethnically diverse populations in cardiovascular clinical…
By Ericka Greene, MD, director of the Neuromuscular Clinic at Houston Methodist Hospital, as told to Kara Mayer Robinson Many things can impact life with myasthenia gravis (MG). Everyone’s experience is unique, but here are some things that may affect…