THURSDAY, Sept. 6, 2018 (American Heart Association) — Achieving victory in a high-stakes competitive sport like professional women’s basketball takes a lot of heart — in every sense of the word. So, as the WNBA championship finals begin Friday, it makes sense that maintaining good health, cardiovascular and otherwise, has been a top priority for…
DetailsTHURSDAY, Sept. 6, 2018 (HealthDay News) — An experimental single-dose flu drug shows promise as a new way to alleviate the misery of influenza, researchers say. The drug — called baloxavir — worked better than no treatment in one phase of a new study. The study also found it as effective as the current standard…
DetailsTHURSDAY, Sept. 6, 2018 (HealthDay News) — There is no evidence to support the widespread use of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs to prevent heart disease and stroke in old and very old people, Spanish researchers say. For the new study, the investigators analyzed data from nearly 47,000 people aged 75 and older with no history of…
DetailsWEDNESDAY, Sept. 5, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Is it time to let procrastinators off the hook? The inclination to delay things rather than get right to work on them may be hardwired into some people’s brains, and not the product of a flawed character, German researchers suggest. The findings come from brain scans of 264…
DetailsWEDNESDAY, Sept. 5, 2018 (HealthDay News) — The more a middle-aged or elderly woman walks, the less likely she is to have heart failure, a large new study reveals. Heart failure is the leading cause of hospitalization among people aged 65 and older. Researchers say the findings are a first and concern otherwise healthy, postmenopausal…
DetailsWEDNESDAY, Sept. 5, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Couch potatoes, take note: Sedentary living has put more than one quarter of the world’s adults at risk for serious disease, a new study says. More than 1.4 billion adults face a higher risk for heart disease, diabetes, dementia and certain types of cancer because they get too…
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