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TUESDAY, June 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The first reported case of a cat giving COVID-19 to a person shouldn't alarm pet owners, but a Canadian expert says it's a reminder to take precautions."I think it's important for us to recognize this virus still can move between species," veterinary specialist Dr. Scott Weese recently told the New York Times. The case involving spread of SARS-CoV-2 from a cat to a veterinarian in Thailand didn't come as surprise because pet-to-human transmission has long seemed possible, according to Weese, a professor at the University of Guelph's Ontario Veterinary College. He is also director of the university's Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses.For the last two years, Weese and his colleagues have done extensive research on transmission of COVID...

TUESDAY, June 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Sodas and other sugar-sweetened drinks may raise a woman's odds of developing liver cancer, new research suggests.A study of more than 90,000 postmenopausal women found that those who drank at least one sugar-sweetened beverage a day had a 78% higher risk, compared with those who drank fewer than three a month."Our findings suggest sugar-sweetened beverages are a potentially modifiable risk factor for liver cancer," said senior author Dr. Xuehong Zhang, an assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston. "If our findings are confirmed, reducing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption might serve as a public health strategy to reduce liver cancer burden," he said.Even though...

TUESDAY, June 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The expression "plays well with others" is often tossed around to describe people who are less likely to ruffle feathers, and new research shows these sandbox skills really matter.It turns out that kids who play well with others in preschool are less likely to experience mental health issues as they grow up.The findings have important implications for the millions of kids who were isolated during their formative years due to pandemic lockdowns, said Laura Gray, a psychologist at Children's National in Washington, D.C., who had no ties to the new study. "We are seeing global delays in social skills for a lot of kids due to missed social opportunities during COVID-19, but kids are resilient so they are learning but are just a little bit...

TUESDAY, June 14, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- LGBTQ people may celebrate as one during Pride Month. But when the topic is health, experts say it's crucial to acknowledge differences.Too often, LGBTQ people are considered one entity, "as if they all have the same issues, all have the same needs," said Dr. Carl Streed Jr., assistant professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. "But that is not at all the case."The latest Gallup poll combined with census data puts the number of LGBTQ adults living in the U.S. at around 18 million, Streed said. So it might be obvious that broad labels would not apply to all. But Streed, who also is the research lead for the Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery at Boston Medical Center, said that not only is each...