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FRIDAY, March 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Have you ever been in a social situation where you felt nervous? Maybe starting a new job caused you to sweat a lot on your first day. Or going to a party where you didn’t know anyone gave you a nervous stomach.These are normal feelings that most people experience at different times in their lives. But social anxiety is a much different experience. It can be debilitating and interfere with simple, day-to-day activities like going to work, attending social gatherings or even going to the store.What is social anxiety?Experts from the Anxiety and Depression Association of America describe social anxiety as “intense anxiety or fear of being judged, negatively evaluated or rejected in a social or performance situation.” Fear of appearing...

FRIDAY, March 3, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Hispanic people born in the United States may be at higher risk for multiple chronic diseases than their peers born in other countries, new research suggests.Compared to first-generation Hispanic people born elsewhere, those born in the U.S. showed an unfavorable blood cardiometabolic profile associated with obesity, diabetes, chronic kidney disease and asthma, according to findings presented Thursday at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health conference in Boston. The findings are considered preliminary until the full results are published in a peer-reviewed journal.The longer foreign-born Latinos live in the U.S., the more prone they are to developing diseases that may...

FRIDAY, March 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- America’s aging population means that more families are soon going to be grappling with a heartbreaking issue -- a loved one living with dementia who then develops cancer.These families will have to work their way through a series of tough decisions regarding screening, treatment and end-of-life care, a new report warns.People with dementia already start out at a disadvantage as far as cancer is concerned, researchers say.They are more likely to have their cancer reach an advanced stage before it’s diagnosed, and they also tend to receive less extensive treatment, according to the report recently published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.“It's diagnosed much later in patients who have dementia, so their symptoms are worse and...

FRIDAY, March 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Alarmed by the increasing spread of medical misinformation, 50 U.S. medical and science organizations have announced the formation of a new group that aims to debunk fake health news.Called the Coalition for Trust in Health & Science, the group brings together reputable associations representing American academics, researchers, scientists, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, drug and insurance companies, consumer advocates, public health professionals and even medical ethicists.A small sampling of the groups that have currently signed on includes the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American College of Physicians, the American College of Preventive Medicine, the American Psychological Association, the American Medical Association, the...