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2021

Diet High in Processed Meats Could Shorten Your Life

Diet High in Processed Meats Could Shorten Your LifeWEDNESDAY, March 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- That piece of sausage you're about to enjoy? You may want to put it down for something healthier.New research found an association between eating even small amounts of processed meats, 150 grams (a little over 5 ounces) per week, and a higher risk of major heart disease and death.But not all meat is bad: The study, which includes data from 21 countries, also found that eating up to 250 grams (just under 9 ounces) per week of unprocessed meat, even red meat, was neutral in terms of cardiovascular disease.Why are processed meats, such as hot dogs, cold cuts and bacon, considered to be so unhealthy?"We believe this might be the result of food preservatives, food additives and color because if you compare, cholesterol and saturated fat in...

He Watched His Hospitalized Son Battle COVID-Linked Illness

31 March 2021
He Watched His Hospitalized Son Battle COVID-Linked IllnessWEDNESDAY, March 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In January, the coronavirus swept through Brian and Maria Padla's family of seven in Philadelphia, starting with their oldest daughter, 16, and then infecting Brian, Maria, and their four younger children.The virus seemingly came and went without much fanfare for the family. During their two-week-long quarantine, the kids spent a day or two with runny noses and low-grade fevers. Brian and Maria felt a bit worse, and their symptoms lasted longer, but it was still only a mild illness in their experience. Then, on Feb. 11 – almost exactly four weeks to the day when the Padlas were first struck by COVID-19 – their youngest son, 4-year-old James, came down with another illness.They would later find out that James had multisystem inflammatory...

Can a Drug Help Prevent Diabetic Vision Loss?

31 March 2021
Can a Drug Help Prevent Diabetic Vision Loss?WEDNESDAY, March 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The overall eye health of people with diabetes benefits from preventive drug injections directly into the eyeball, but it's too soon to tell whether such treatment will better preserve their vision long-term, new clinical trial results show.Regular injections of aflibercept (Eylea) caused a more than threefold reduction in blood vessel leakage inside the retina, and a more than twofold reduction in abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, researchers reported. The study was supported by the National Eye Institute, part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, and published March 30 in JAMA Ophthalmology.But over two years, patients given preventive injections of the drug didn't score better on vision tests than others who only received...

Healthy Living in Middle Age Really Pays Off in Senior Years

31 March 2021
Healthy Living in Middle Age Really Pays Off in Senior YearsWEDNESDAY, March 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Live well, live longer.New research offers more evidence that the mantra rings true: People who got regular exercise and ate a healthy diet in middle age had a reduced risk of serious health problems as seniors."Health care professionals could use these findings to further promote and emphasize to their patients the benefits of a healthy diet and a regular exercise schedule to avoid the development of numerous chronic health conditions in the present and in later life," said study author Vanessa Xanthakis, an assistant professor of medicine and biostatistics in the Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology at Boston University School of Medicine.Her team analyzed long-term data from nearly 2,400 Americans in a large ongoing U.S....

Most Parents Skip Child Car Seats When Using Uber, Lyft

31 March 2021
Most Parents Skip Child Car Seats When Using Uber, LyftWEDNESDAY, March 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Many U.S. parents don't use child safety seats when they take ride-share vehicles like Uber or Lyft with their young children, a new study finds."Our results are concerning, as ride-share services are increasingly popular," said senior study author Dr. Michelle Macy, a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago."Car accidents remain the leading cause of death for children under 10 years old, and traveling without the recommended child restraint system increases the risk for serious injury or death in a crash," she explained."Importantly, our findings suggest that even parents who usually use child car seats face barriers to doing so in ride-share vehicles," Macy said in a hospital news...

Research Reveals How Aspirin Helps Prevent Colon Cancer

31 March 2021
Research Reveals How Aspirin Helps Prevent Colon CancerWEDNESDAY, March 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- New research offers insight into why regular, long-term use of low-dose aspirin may reduce the risk of death from colon and rectal cancers. Resarchers found that aspirin prevents blood cells called platelets from producing an enzyme that allows them to clump together. Tumor cells can attach to these clumps and spread (metastasize) throughout the body."Aspirin inhibits platelet activation, which also could inhibit metastases," said lead author Jane Figueiredo, director of Community and Population Health Research at the Samuel Oschin Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.The use of non-aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen, acetaminophen and naproxen wasn't associated with better...

Even in a Pandemic, Child Vision Tests Are Crucial

31 March 2021
Even in a Pandemic, Child Vision Tests Are CrucialWEDNESDAY, March 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- It's critical for parents to maintain their children's vision checkups during the COVID-19 pandemic, an expert says. "All children should have their eyes checked by their pediatrician at regular intervals, even if they don't have any symptoms," said Dr. Samantha Feldman, a pediatric ophthalmologist at the Krieger Eye Institute in Baltimore. "Part of the reason that vision screening is so important is because it gives us the opportunity to detect and treat patients that otherwise may be at risk of permanent and lifelong visual disability," she said in a LifeBridge Health news release. Screening is necessary because your child may not be able to describe vision problems to you. "They might not even know their eyesight isn't normal because it...

Black Adults Face 4 Times the Odds for Stroke as Whites

30 March 2021
Black Adults Face 4 Times the Odds for Stroke as WhitesTUESDAY, March 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Once Black Americans reach age 40, their blood pressure often begins a rapid climb, putting them at significantly higher risk of stroke than their white counterparts, a new study warns.Middle-aged Black people have roughly four times the stroke risk faced by white Americans, according to the analysis of data from nearly 5,100 patients."High blood pressure is the single most important risk factor for stroke," noted lead author Yariv Gerber, who added that it is a "dynamic risk factor that changes over time, for better or worse." For Black Americans, high blood pressure typically begins at an earlier age, has a longer duration, and is more severe, he added. Gerber -- head of the School of Public Health at Tel Aviv University in Israel -- led...

When Pot Use Starts in Teens, Drug Addiction More...

TUESDAY, March 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Teens who try marijuana or other drugs are at greater risk of developing a drug addiction than those who wait a few years before experimenting with...

Obesity Tied to Shorter Survival in Cancer Patients

TUESDAY, March 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity may shorten the lives of patients with certain types of cancers, but not others, a new research review concludes.The analysis, of more than 200...
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