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TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- At the 142-year-old Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton, New Jersey, the 1,500-member congregation has learned that tending only to spiritual needs is not enough.So, the predominantly Black church works together through its nonprofit Shiloh Community Development Corporation to address spiritual, physical and mental health, said the Rev. Darrell Armstrong, who leads the church and is executive director of the corporation."You don't find in most schools of religion an intense focus on bridging religion and mental health," said Armstrong, who arrived at Shiloh in 2000 and has a particular interest in strengthening family health. His mother was addicted to cocaine, and he spent most of his childhood in foster care or living with...

TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday gave the green light to the sale of beef from gene-edited cattle."Today's decision underscores our commitment to using a risk and science-based, data-driven process that focuses on safety to the animals containing intentional genomic alterations and safety to the people who eat the food produced by these animals," Dr. Steven M. Solomon, director of the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine, said in an agency news release. "We expect that our decision will encourage other developers to bring animal biotechnology products forward for the FDA's risk determination in this rapidly developing field, paving the way for animals containing low-risk IGAs [intentional genomic alterations] to more efficiently...

TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Here's more evidence of the toll that COVID-19 takes on the human brain: A new study finds biomarkers of neuron damage and brain inflammation in the blood are associated with brain function changes in both hospitalized COVID-19 patients and people with long COVID.Combined blood biomarker evidence of damage to neurons and activation of cells -- indicating brain inflammation -- was associated with symptoms of anxiety in people with long COVID.The study could prove important, because it points to a real biological basis for long COVID symptoms, which are sometimes dismissed in people who experience a myriad of physical and psychological ills after recovery from COVID.It "suggests there is a true relationship" between brain issues triggered by...

TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The lost hour of sleep when clocks spring forward for daylight saving time on Sunday, March 13 can pose risks to your heart -- but there are ways to protect yourself.A number of studies have found an increase in heart problems and stroke after the spring time change, according to the American Heart Association.One study from New York found that hospital admissions for the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation (a-fib) rise Monday to Thursday after the springtime switch, but it doesn't occur when daylight saving time ends in the fall.A Michigan study found a 24% increase in heart attacks on the Monday after the spring switch, compared with a 21% reduction in heart attacks on the Tuesday after the fall time change.And Finnish researchers...