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TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Though BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations are associated with breast and ovarian cancer in younger women, those over 50 continue to have a high risk of breast cancer.That’s true even if they didn’t have breast cancer earlier, new research shows.“What is striking about our results is that breast and ovarian cancers were the most frequently observed cancers occurring and that is concerning, considering we know how to reduce the risk of cancer in women who have these genetic risk factors,” said study leader Kelly Metcalfe, a professor on the University of Toronto faculty of nursing.To study this, her team followed more than 2,200 women between 50 and 75 years of age from 16 countries. These women were aware they had a BRCA mutation and had no...

TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Pedestrian deaths have surged on U.S. roads in recent years, and they are climbing again.Pedestrian deaths hit a 40-year high in 2021, and numbers for the first half of 2022 were up about 5% over the same period in 2021, according to a new Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) analysis.It cites a variety of contributors, including heavier vehicles that are more likely to injure or kill people on foot. Roads, meanwhile, are designed to prioritize fast-moving traffic over the slower speeds that are safer for pedestrians, according to the GHSA.Many parts of the United States lack adequate sidewalks, crosswalks and lighting, the group noted.In addition, dangerous driving surged at the start of the pandemic and has not abated.“There is a...

TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- If you’re struggling to find ways to get a good night’s sleep, you may not want to use YouTube videos as a resource.Researchers found what they described as an alarming amount of medical misinformation in YouTube videos about sleep disorders."What's tricky is that so much of health information is very nuanced, and a lot of popular YouTube videos have clickbait and appeal to shorter attention spans," said lead study author Rebecca Robbins. She is an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School and investigator in the division of sleep and circadian disorders at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Boston. "People today often want very bite-sized pieces of information. However, science is fundamentally more nuanced than a one-liner or the...

MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Work isn’t always easy, but sometimes it becomes almost unbearable. You might experience a constellation of symptoms, including emotional exhaustion, a reduced sense of personal accomplishment and cynicism, which affects how you interact with others in the workplace.This is a condition known as burnout and though it’s not listed in the diagnostic manual used by psychiatrists, it is a workplace-associated condition, according to the World Health Organization, said Dr. Jessi Gold, a member of the American Psychiatric Association’s Council on Communications. “There are lots of reasons why it happens. It depends on the person and how work is impacting them,” said Gold, who is also an assistant professor of psychiatry at Washington...