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28Mar
2023

Healthy Relationships Could Bring Healthier Bodies, Study Shows

Healthy Relationships Could Bring Healthier Bodies, Study ShowsTUESDAY, March 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Close relationships -- and whether your experiences within those relationships are positive or negative -- could influence your physical health.New research found that the way you feel about your close relationships may affect the way your body functions.“Both positive and negative experiences in our relationships contribute to our daily stress, coping and physiology, like blood pressure and heart rate reactivity,” said lead study author Brian Don, of the University of Auckland in New Zealand. “Additionally, it’s not just how we feel about our relationships overall that matters; the ups and downs are important, too.”While smaller studies have examined the connection between relationship conflict or satisfaction with stress levels...

Don’t Let Allergies Get Out of Hand During Pregnancy

28 March 2023
Don’t Let Allergies Get Out of Hand During PregnancyTUESDAY, March 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnancy should be a special time, but allergies can make you miserable. It is estimated that up to 20% of pregnant women suffer with allergies. In some cases, women may notice that their allergy symptoms become even more troublesome during pregnancy. This may be due to hormonal changes. Interestingly, some women’s allergies stay the same or even disappear while pregnant.It is even more important during pregnancy to use appropriate allergen avoidance measures depending on the cause of your allergies, as this is safest approach to management. If you have fall or spring hay fever problems, make sure you always keep the windows to your house and car closed so that pollen does not come in. If house dust mites cause your allergies, using...

Could Melatonin Ease Self-Harm in Kids?

27 March 2023
Could Melatonin Ease Self-Harm in Kids?MONDAY, March 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For depressed or anxious children, taking melatonin may afford a good night's sleep and, as a result, lower the odds they will harm themselves, new research suggests.The risk of self-harm increased before melatonin was prescribed and decreased by about half after kids started taking the supplement, the study found. Teen girls suffering from depression or anxiety were the most likely to benefit."This suggests that melatonin might be responsible for the reduced self-harm rates, but we cannot rule out that the use of other psychiatric medications or psychotherapy may have influenced the findings," said senior researcher Sarah Bergen, from the department of medical epidemiology and biostatistics at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm,...

Does Exercise Really Help Your Brain? Jury Still Out

27 March 2023
Does Exercise Really Help Your Brain? Jury Still OutMONDAY, March 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- It’s long been thought that working out helps a person stay sharp, but a new review argues there’s little solid scientific evidence for the mental benefits of physical exercise.Individual clinical trial results have tended to support the idea that regular exercise helps maintain brain health.But a combined review of 109 trials involving more than 11,000 healthy folks found evidence for that notion is weak overall, according to findings published March 27 in Nature Human Behavior.“There is little evidence for a positive relationship between regular physical exercise and improved cognition in healthy people,” said lead researcher Luis Ciria, a postdoctoral researcher with the Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center at the University of...

Sen. Mitch McConnell Leaves Rehab, Heads Home After Concussion

27 March 2023
Sen. Mitch McConnell Leaves Rehab, Heads Home After ConcussionMONDAY, March 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Sen. Mitch McConnell is back home more than two weeks after he fell at a private dinner and was hospitalized with a concussion and broken rib. The Senate Minority Leader spent five days in the hospital and the remainder of the 2-1/2 weeks following his fall in inpatient physical therapy. “I’m in frequent touch with my Senate colleagues and my staff,” McConnell said in a statement released Saturday. “I look forward to returning in person to the Senate soon.”McConnell said he resumed talking directly with his team leadership last Tuesday, saying he was “eager” to return. McConnell, 81, was injured March 8 at a private dinner at a Washington hotel. He’s not the only senator currently out for illness. Sen. Dianne Feinstein...

AHA News: A Decade After Her Baby's Heart Surgery, a Surgeon Fixed the Same Problem in Her Heart

27 March 2023
AHA News: A Decade After Her Baby`s Heart Surgery, a Surgeon Fixed the Same Problem in Her HeartMONDAY, March 27, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Cynthia Felix Jeffers was a baby when her 12-day-old sister died from a congenital heart defect.She was 22 when her brother, a week shy of 20, died from the same condition.Cynthia, meanwhile, grew up in New York City being told there was nothing wrong with her heart. Doctors insisted her shortness of breath was caused by asthma. Even though inhalers provided no relief, tests showed her heart was fine.At 27, she had a son. Elijah was nearly 1 when his pediatrician detected a heart murmur. Further testing revealed he was born with a version of the same problem that claimed the lives of her siblings.Elijah had a hole in the center of his heart called an incomplete atrioventricular septal defect, or AVSD. The problem can affect...

COVID in Pregnancy Might Raise Odds for Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Sons: Study

27 March 2023
COVID in Pregnancy Might Raise Odds for Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Sons: StudyMONDAY, March 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Boys born to women who had COVID-19 during pregnancy may be at risk for developmental delays, a new study suggests.Delays in speech and motor function were the most commonly diagnosed conditions in these children at 12 months. They were seen in boys but not in girls, the study authors said."These findings suggest that male offspring exposed to SARS-CoV-2 in utero may be at increased risk for neurodevelopmental disorders," said lead researcher Dr. Andrea Edlow. She is an associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology at Harvard Medical School, in Boston.However, she added, "The motor and speech delays noted in our study do not, per se, reveal anything about risk for autism, ADHD [attention-deficit/hyperactivity...

Sleep Apnea in Childhood Could Affect Developing Brain

27 March 2023
Sleep Apnea in Childhood Could Affect Developing BrainMONDAY, March 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Teenagers with the nighttime breathing disorder sleep apnea may have brains that look a little different from their peers', a new study suggests.Researchers found that among nearly 100 teens who underwent brain scans, those with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) tended to have thinner tissue at the brain's surface, and some signs of inflammation in a brain area key to memory and learning.Exactly what those brain structure differences mean is not yet clear, said senior researcher Dr. Raanan Arens, chief of respiratory and sleep medicine at Children's Hospital at Montefiore in New York City.But the findings -- recently published in the journal Sleep -- do suggest that OSA can lead to observable alterations in kids' brains.Studies estimate that...

Black Americans Would Reap Biggest Health Boon From...

MONDAY, March 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- While all Americans could benefit from proposed new limits on what’s called PM2.5 air pollution, new research indicates the change has the potential to...

Tick Bites Can Trigger Meat Allergy: What You Need to Know

MONDAY, March 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- If you are experiencing mysterious recurrent vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain, you may want to consider that a tick could be responsible.When the...
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