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THURSDAY, April 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Jobs that regularly expose you to certain chemicals appear to steadily increase your risk of pancreatic cancer, a new analysis reports.People with more than 20 years of exposure to some chemical agents had a 39% increased risk of pancreatic cancer, compared with an 11% higher risk for 11 to 20 years’ exposure and a 4% higher risk for 1 to 10 years’ exposure, researchers found.“Our findings revealed that the risk of pancreatic cancer increases significantly for each additional year of exposure among workers exposed to these chemicals,” said study author Ro-Ting Lin, an associate professor of occupational safety and health at China Medical University in Taiwan.The analysis evaluated 12 industrial chemicals and found that five...

THURSDAY, April 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Selfie shots might seem shallow but they’re actually serving a deeper psychological purpose, a new study suggests.So-called "third-person" photos -- shots taken to include the photographer, such as selfies or group shots -- are better at depicting the deeper meaning of an event in a person’s life, by showing them actively participating in that moment, according to researchers.On the other hand, "first-person" photos -- the photographer's eye view of a scene -- best represent the physical experience of an event, the authors explained.These results counter the view that people post selfies on sites like Instagram just to promote themselves, said study co-author Lisa Libby, professor of psychology at Ohio State University.“These photos...

THURSDAY, April 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Fewer U.S. adults are smoking cigarettes, as rates dropped again last year, according to federal health officials.In all, 1 in 9 American adults smoked cigarettes last year, an all-time low, and a significant change from the 1960s when 42% smoked.The results weren’t all positive, the Associated Press reported, as vaping rose to about 1 in 17 adults. For 2022, use of electronic cigarettes was about 6% compared to 4.5% the year before.These preliminary findings are from a survey of more than 27,000 adults by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The findings are sometimes revised after further analysis.“I think that smoking will continue to ebb downwards, but whether the prevalence of nicotine addiction will drop, given the...

THURSDAY, April 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- As more Americans try to get their hands on the prescription medication Wegovy while they try to shed significant amounts of weight, an even more powerful obesity drug is poised to enter the fray.On Thursday, drug maker Eli Lilly & Co. announced that its type 2 diabetes drug tirzepatide (Mounjaro) helped people with diabetes who were overweight or obese lose nearly 16% of their body weight, or more than 34 pounds, over 17 months.This late-stage study of the drug adds to earlier evidence published last summer in the New England Journal of Medicine that showed overweight or obese people without diabetes lost up to 22% of their body weight over that period with weekly injections of the drug. For a typical patient on the highest dose, that meant...