You know all those hours you log in at the gym and the small fortune you’re dropping on skin cream? If you’re not taking care of your hands, you’re still spilling the beans on just how many candles will be burning on your next birthday cake. “Hands not only are susceptible to the first signs …
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Weight-Loss Drug, Approved for Adults, Shows Promise in Kids
Nov. 10, 2022 — The prospect of being involved in a research program that might help her lose weight intrigued Emmalea Zummo. At 15, the self-assured, energetic teenager from Jeanette, PA, weighed 250 pounds – enough to be considered obese. The trial she learned about through her endocrinologist was for a drug called semaglutide. Before …
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Your Smartphone Is a Haven for Allergens
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Nov. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) — That smartphone in your hand could be triggering your allergies, a new study by an 18-year-old high school student suggests. A science fair project by Hana Ruran, of Hopkinton, Mass., found that cellphones are often loaded with cat and dog allergens, bacteria and …
What’s Medical about Marijuana?
Nov. 10, 2022 – I was in the exam room, saving my big question for last, as one does. It was my first meeting with my new primary care doctor in Colorado, and I was impressed with his fluid citations and advice from recent studies on heart disease, exercise injuries, and musculoskeletal pain – three …
Exercising When You Have Pulmonary Hypertension
Because pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) often causes shortness of breath, swelling, and fatigue, exercise may seem like the last thing you should do. But the right kind — with your doctor’s OK — can help symptoms and boost quality of life. How Exercise Helps Almost any way you slice it, exercise is good medicine. “We …
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Living My Life to the Fullest With Pulmonary Hypertension
By Nicole Creech, as told to Hallie Levine When I was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension (PH) at age 36, I was terrified. But then I remembered this wasn’t my first rodeo: I was born with sickle cell disease, and doctors said I wouldn’t live past the age of 15. I was well versed on how …
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Health Challenges Facing Aging Latinos
Alicia Arbaje, MD, PhD, MPH, associate professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, talks to WebMD about the health challenges of elders in America’s many Hispanic communities. This interview was edited for length and clarity. WebMD: What’s the best way to refer to people with Hispanic roots or identities in a medical context? …
Doctor’s Office Stress Test Could Gauge Your Heart Risk
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Evaluating a person’s psychological stress can be a good way to gauge their risk of heart and blood vessel disease, new research suggests. And a brief questionnaire could help with the assessment, the study findings showed. “Our study is part of the accumulating …
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Fatal Heart Infections Linked to Opioid Abuse Have Tripled Among Young Americans
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. opioid epidemic has been heartbreaking — literally. Young adults’ risk of dying from a devastating infection of the heart has doubled to tripled in the United States during the past two decades, a new study reports. Researchers ascribe the increase in …
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Targeting Key Cells in Spinal Cord Got Paralyzed Patients Walking Again
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In an advance in treating spinal cord injuries, researchers have pinpointed nerve cells that are key to allowing people with paralysis to walk again. The findings come, in part, from nine patients involved in an ongoing Swiss study that is seeking to restore …
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Long COVID Patients Find Aid and Risk in Online Support Groups
Nov. 9, 2022 — Jill Sylte wrote that she would not have made it through long COVID without her Facebook support group, Survivor Corps. “It has helped me so much, by being able to be in touch with other long hauler members,” the Pensacola, FL, woman wrote in a comment on a group post in March. …
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Long COVID Patients Find Aid and Risk in Online Support Groups
Editor’s note: Find the latest long COVID news and guidance in Medscape’s Long COVID Resource Center. Nov. 9, 2022 — Jill Sylte wrote that she would not have made it through long COVID without her Facebook support group, Survivor Corps. “It has helped me so much, by being able to be in touch with other long …
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