Month: October 2024

A new test called CheekAge, based on a quick swab of cells in the mouth, might someday be used to predict how long a person has to live, developers report. … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

NEW YORK, Sept. 30 (UPI) — Adults who engaged in intermittent fasting along with standard nutritional counseling gained better control of their blood sugar and lost more fat than those … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

Sept. 30 (UPI) — The U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday said it was in conversation with Rwandan health officials amid an outbreak of Marburg virus. The central … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

More than 14 million seniors a year take a tumble, and those falls can be life-changing. “The relationship between falls and dementia appears to be a two-way street,” said Molly … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

A shorter course of post-mastectomy radiation doesn’t jeopardize a patient’s chances of successful breast reconstruction, a new study finds. About 40 percent of people with breast cancer have mastectomies, followed … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

Death rates are declining among U.S. women with breast cancer. But the disease is turning up more often in women under age 50. View original article Contributor: Roni Caryn Rabin

No new treatments for schizophrenia have been approved in nearly three decades, but that changed on Sept. 26, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Cobenfy for the psychiatric disorder. Developed by Karuna Therapeutics, which was subsequently acquired by Bristol Myers Squibb, the drug works in an entirely different way from existing medications … Read more