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2022

AHA News: 5 Barriers to Eating a Heart-Healthy Diet That Have Nothing to Do With Willpower

AHA News: 5 Barriers to Eating a Heart-Healthy Diet That Have Nothing to Do With WillpowerFRIDAY, March 25, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- The major ingredients of a heart- and brain-healthy diet are fairly well-established: fruits and vegetables, whole grains, beans, nuts, fish and low-fat dairy. Research shows people who stick to this eating pattern are less likely to get sick and more likely to live longer free of chronic disease.So why isn't everyone eating this way?Making lifestyle changes can be difficult, even when we know we should. But often, it's not just about willpower. Research shows a slate of intertwined barriers, some obvious and some more under the surface, that can severely impact access to healthy choices and contribute to health disparities.They are "part of a really big picture related to our food environment," said Penny Kris-Etherton, a...

Health Experts Support End to Masks, Tests for Air Travel

25 March 2022
Health Experts Support End to Masks, Tests for Air TravelFRIDAY, March 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. airline companies want an end to mask and COVID testing rules for air travel -- and many top infectious disease and public health experts agree with them.The chief executives of the country’s largest airlines asked President Joe Biden in a letter this week to let federal mask mandates at airports and on planes lapse next month, along with COVID-19 testing requirements for international travelers.The American Public Health Association (APHA) is "supportive of this request," said its executive director, Dr. Georges Benjamin."We think that as you look at the trajectory of the disease in the United States, it's on a downward slope," he said. "There's no question that they can lift the mask mandate."Experts also see little reason to keep...

FDA Authorizes More E-Cigarette Products

25 March 2022
FDA Authorizes More E-Cigarette ProductsFRIDAY, March 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized several tobacco-flavored vaping products made by the company Logic on Thursday, and added that it would soon announce whether other big-name brands can continue to sell their products in this country.The agency said it has acted on approximately 99% of the nearly 6.7 million e-cigarette products submitted for authorization, including denial orders for more than 1 million products. The agency has yet to rule on on products from Juul Labs, which controls 42 percent of the electronic cigarette market.“We know that there is a demand among adult smokers to use e-cigarette products to try to switch from more harmful combusted cigarettes, but millions of youth are using these products and getting...

Mental Decline Can Follow a Heart Attack

25 March 2022
Mental Decline Can Follow a Heart AttackFRIDAY, March 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- As if recovering from a heart attack wasn't hard enough, new research shows many patients may suffer severe thinking declines.Researchers in Poland found that in the six months after a heart attack, 50% of patients experienced some decline in thinking, memory and ability to perform basic tasks."Assessment of cognitive status isn't a routine clinical practice among cardiology patients, so our knowledge of it is largely unknown," explained lead researcher Dr. Dominika Kasprzak, a cardiologist at the J. Strus Hospital in Poznan. "We have a lot of unanswered questions, so further study is necessary to investigate these problems."Still, there is a high prevalence of thinking dysfunction in patients following a heart attack, she said. "These...

TB Cases Declined in U.S. During Pandemic

25 March 2022
TB Cases Declined in U.S. During PandemicFRIDAY, March 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Reported cases of tuberculosis (TB) dropped significantly across the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, but delayed or missed diagnoses may have contributed to the decline."Delayed or missed tuberculosis disease diagnoses are threatening the health of people with TB disease and the communities where they live," said Dr. Philip LoBue, director of the division of tuberculosis elimination at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "A delayed or missed TB diagnosis leads to TB disease progression and can result in hospitalization or death — and the risk of transmitting TB to others," LoBue explained in a CDC news release.According to preliminary data published March 24 by the CDC, reported TB cases plunged 20% in 2020 and...

Noisy Neighborhood? It Could Raise Your Odds for Heart Attack

25 March 2022
Noisy Neighborhood? It Could Raise Your Odds for Heart AttackFRIDAY, March 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Living in a noisy neighborhood may not only cost you sleep, it could also increase your odds for a heart attack, researchers say.They concluded that 1 in 20 heart attacks in New Jersey were associated with noise from highways, trains and air traffic."When people talk about pollution, they're usually talking about particles in the air or water," said lead author Dr. Abel Moreyra, a professor of medicine in the cardiology division at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, N.J."But there are other forms of pollution, and noise pollution is one of these," Moreyra explained in a news release from the American College of Cardiology.Noise can cause chronic stress, sleep problems and conditions such as anxiety and depression,...

Not Just COVID: Humans Pass Many Illnesses to Wild Animals

25 March 2022
Not Just COVID: Humans Pass Many Illnesses to Wild AnimalsFRIDAY, March 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The spread of a virus from animals to people and back again is not unique to COVID-19 and has occurred at least 100 times, according to a new study.This so-called disease "spillback" has recently attracted significant attention due to the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in farmed mink, lions and tigers in zoos and wild white-tailed deer in the United States and Canada.Some data suggest deer have given the virus back to humans in at least one case, and there is concern that reservoirs of the virus in animals might provide it with an opportunity to mutate into new variants that could be passed back to people."There has understandably been an enormous amount of interest in human-to-wild animal pathogen transmission in light of the pandemic," said study...

You've Had Foot Surgery: How Long Until You're Active Again?

25 March 2022
You`ve Had Foot Surgery: How Long Until You`re Active Again?FRIDAY, March 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Most people who have had major foot surgery are able to return to the activities they enjoy, but it may take a long time, new research suggests.The study included 82 adult patients who had surgery to correct a form of "flatfeet" called progressive collapsing foot deformity."[It's] a debilitating condition marked by several progressive deformities that require a combination of extensive reconstructive procedures, from cutting and reshaping bones in the foot to rerouting tendons in the fallen arch," said senior researcher Dr. Scott Ellis. He is an orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. "Although patients can expect to eventually resume at least light to moderate physical activity, the recovery period can take...

'Magic Mushroom' Therapy: Does It Interact With Other...

FRIDAY, March 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Psilocybin, the psychedelic substance in "magic" mushrooms, is generating lots of interest as a potential treatment for a host of mental ills, but new...

Drink Up!  Daily Coffee Tied to Longer, Healthier Life

THURSDAY, March 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In yet another finding that highlights the health perks coffee can brew, new studies show that having two to three cups a day not only wakes you up,...
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