Latest Health News

TUESDAY, June 27, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- At school dismissal one sunny October day in Pineville, Louisiana, then-9-year-old Anniston Fairbanks was headed toward her ride home when she realized she'd left her hoodie in her classroom. She ran back inside to retrieve it.When Anniston returned to the carpool line, she slid into the back seat of a pickup truck between her brothers, Cason, 11, and Garison, 7. Reaching for the seat belt, she felt dizzy. Then she slumped over.Cason shook her. "You're not asleep," he said. "Stop playing."Anniston's face turned purple. The driver, a physician's assistant, pulled her into the passenger's seat. He gave her several rescue breaths, reviving her. Then they went to the hospital.Blood, neurological and cardiac tests showed no signs...

TUESDAY, June 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A trendy form of intermittent fasting does seem to help people lose some weight — though it may be no better than old-fashioned calorie counting, a new clinical trial suggests.Researchers found that the tactic — called time-restricted eating — helped people with obesity drop around 8 pounds, on average, over one year. That was right on par with a second study group who went the traditional route of calorie counting and portion control.Time-restricted eating is a form of intermittent fasting where people limit themselves to eating within a certain time window each day. Outside that window, they swear off everything other than calorie-free drinks.The main selling point of time-restricted eating is its simplicity: Instead of laboriously...

TUESDAY, June 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Public health officials are warning doctors, especially those in southern states, to be on the lookout for local spread of malaria after five cases have been reported in the United States in the past two months. This is the first time there has been local spread in this country since 2003. Four of the cases were found in Florida and the fifth was in Texas, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a health alert it issued Monday. "Despite these cases, the risk of locally acquired malaria remains extremely low in the United States," the agency added in its alert.A parasite causes malaria, which is spread by a tropical mosquito, and causes fever, chills and a flu-like illness. It can also cause severe complications and...

TUESDAY, June 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Dr. Anthony Fauci, best known for his public health leadership during the pandemic, will become a professor at Georgetown University starting next week. Fauci will work in both the Division of Infectious Diseases in the School of Medicine and at the McCourt School of Public Policy.“I am delighted to join the Georgetown family, an institution steeped in clinical and academic excellence with an emphasis on the Jesuit tradition of public service,” Fauci said in a statement released Monday. “This is a natural extension of my scientific, clinical and public health career, which was initially grounded from my high school and college days where I was exposed to intellectual rigor, integrity and service-mindedness of Jesuit...