April 26, 2023 – Walnuts appear to be a tasty and nutritious way to boost attention and intelligence as well as psychological maturity in teenagers, according to new research. Investigators studied 771 healthy adolescents attending 12 high schools in Spain….
Michelle Anderson-Benjamin, a wife and mom of two, noticed back pain and a discharge from her right nipple during the pandemic. She went straight to her doctor, who ordered a mammogram. It was stage I triple-negative breast cancer. Benjamin moved…
SOURCES: Kati Markowitz. Cleveland Clinic: “Lung Resection.” Johns Hopkins Medicine: “What is a lobectomy?” Federal Register: “Modifications To Labeling of Nicotine Replacement Therapy Products for Over-the-Counter Human Use.” Monica Hanna, assistant director, Nicotine and Tobacco Recovery Program, RWJBarnabas Health Institute for…
As WebMD’s chief medical officer, John Whyte, MD, is in a unique position to see both the current state of medical care for America’s older adults and the way things are trending for the future. We asked him to share…
SOURCES: Linda Geng, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine, Stanford University; co-director, Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome Center. Diana Güthe, founder, COVID support group Survivor Corps. Michael Peluso, MD, infectious diseases doctor, assistant professor of medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Zachary…
April 28, 2023 – The paleo and keto diets have a lot of followers but aren’t necessarily good for heart health, the American Heart Association said in a ranking of popular diets. The top-10 listing was released Thursday in the…
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, April 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Half of the cells in your body aren’t human — and a new study suggests that many critical to your health oscillate by the hour, day and even…
You’d never go for a walk wearing high heels or flip flops, right? You might be surprised to learn that wearing the wrong walking shoes could be just as bad for your knees. “Your shoes affect the amount of impact…
Breast cancer is more common when you’re older. But it happens to young women, too. When it does, it’s more complicated and affects them differently. In the WebMD webinar “Diagnosed Under 40: Breast Cancer’s Unique Impacts on Younger Women; It’s (More)…
SOURCES: Sonia Sharma, physician assistant, University of California, San Francisco. Monica Hanna, assistant director, Nicotine and Tobacco Recovery Program, RWJBarnabas Health Institute for Prevention and Recovery, New Jersey. Nancy Rigotti, MD, director, Tobacco Research and Treatment Center, Massachusetts General Hospital,…
