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FRIDAY, July 8, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Calli Varner set the clock early so she could pack up after a relaxing Thanksgiving stay with her parents last November in her childhood home in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. After a week of holiday indulgence, she was eager to go back to her usual healthy meals and frequent spin classes.It was Sunday morning, and she and her cat, Lieutenant Dan, would soon start the nearly four-hour drive home to Scottsdale. Varner was 35 and had lived on her own since leaving for college at age 18.When she woke up, Varner felt a little numbness in her left hand. When she reached for her phone, it fell out of her hand.She went into the kitchen to ask her mother a question. She couldn't get the words out."What's wrong with you?" her mother asked."I...

FRIDAY, July 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Thursday that the state will spend $100 million to produce its own insulin.The innovative push comes after years of astronomical prices for the drug have made it nearly impossible for many people with diabetes to afford the critical medicine."Nothing epitomizes market failures more than the cost of insulin," Newsom said in a video posted on Twitter. "Many Americans experience out-of-pocket costs anywhere from $300 to $500 per month for this lifesaving drug. California is now taking matters into our own hands."As part of the state's new budget, $50 million will go directly to the development of low-cost insulin products, according to Newsom, while the other $50 million will be used to start construction...

FRIDAY, July 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- More than 6,000 monkeypox cases in 59 countries have surfaced since the outbreak began in May, the World Health Organization confirmed Thursday.The United Nation's health agency reported a 77% rise in cases on Thursday, with cases in nine additional countries. So far, the cases have been concentrated in Europe and Africa. Ten countries that had earlier cases have not reported any new ones in a few weeks.In the United States, 700 monkeypox cases had been reported as of July 7, with the most cases confirmed in New York and California.WHO also reported two additional deaths related to the virus. Both were in parts of Africa, bringing the total number of deaths to three. The origin of the outbreak is still considered mysterious. In the West, the...

FRIDAY, July 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Poor mental and physical health among older adults can sometimes trace back to childhood abuse, a Canadian study suggests.The study, published online July 7 in the journal Aging and Health Research, found that people who were physically abused during childhood were twice as likely to experience anxiety and depression later in life. They were also significantly more likely to develop physical illnesses such as diabetes, cancer, migraines, arthritis and heart disease."Sadly, our findings suggest that the traumatic experience of childhood physical abuse can influence both physical and mental health many decades later," said lead author Anna Buhrmann, a research assistant at the Institute of Life Course & Aging at the University of Toronto. "It also...