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07 Aug

The Truth About Potatoes and Diabetes Risk

A new study finds eating too many French fries ups the odds of type 2 diabetes but swapping them for whole grains offers protection from the common blood sugar condition.

06 Aug

Too Much Screen Time Linked to High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol in Kids

A new study in the Journal of the American Heart Association finds excessive, recreational screen time puts children and teens at greater risk for cardiometabolic diseases.

05 Aug

Ditching Ultra-Processed Food Helps Move the Scale Faster

In a new study, people lost twice as much weight on a diet with minimally processed foods compared to one with ultra-processed foods.

Staying Active Might Slow Parkinson's Progression

Staying active might slow the brain changes associated with Parkinson’s disease, a new study says.

Parkinson’s patients who kept active by walking, doing household chores and participating in recreational activities experienced slower brain changes in areas tied to memory, mood and attention, researchers reported Aug. 6 in the ...

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August 8, 2025
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Verbal Abuse As Damaging As Physical Abuse To Children's Mental Health

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”

This old saying is just plain wrong, a new study argues.

Verbal abuse inflicted in childhood can harm a person’s future mental health as much as physical abuse, researchers reported Aug. 5 in the journal BMJ Open.

Verbal abuse incre...

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August 8, 2025
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AI Chatbots Easily Misled By Fake Medical Info

Ever heard of Casper-Lew Syndrome or Helkand Disease? How about black blood cells or renal stormblood rebound echo?

If not, no worries. These are all fake health conditions or made-up medical terms.

But artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots treated them as fact, and even crafted detailed descriptions for them out of thin air, a new s...

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August 8, 2025
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Could CAR-T Therapy Be a Cure for Lupus? Early Trials Show Promise

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease with a spectrum of very different manifestations and variable severity.

This makes the condition difficult to diagnose and treat, with a goal of putting the disease into remission more so than curing it.

The most common symptoms of lupus are joint pains and swelling...

Dr. Amit Saxena, Director of the Lupus Clinical Research Program at NYU Langone Health HealthDay Reporter
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August 8, 2025
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1 in 10 Americans Has Used GLP-1 Drugs For Weight Loss, Survey Says

More than 1 in 10 Americans have used a GLP-1 drug for weight loss, a new survey by the RAND research group reveals.

About 12% say they’ve tried GLP-1 drugs, like Ozempic, Wegovy or Zepbound, with rates of use highest among people ages 50 to 64, survey results show.

“Of all demographic groups, women between the ages of 50...

Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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August 8, 2025
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California Wildfires May Have Caused Hundreds More Deaths

Wildfires that tore through Los Angeles early this year may have caused hundreds more deaths than official reports show, new research suggests.

While the fires were said to have taken 31 lives, a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association estimates that about 440 more deaths may be linked to the d...