Health

I’m going to tell you something few people will. In fact, it’s the final menopause taboo: something considered so private (or shameful?) that you’ll rarely – if ever – hear it discussed, even by your closest friends.But it could change your life and improve your health. It is this: masturbation is medicine. And women, but particularly those…

Summary: A new study investigates the brain’s mechanisms behind deep focus. The research employs fMRI to explore low-frequency fluctuations in brain networks during focused and less-focused states.The team discovered that certain brain networks synchronize and desynchronize, affecting an individual’s ability to maintain attention. This insight…

The outbreak of dengue fever that has unfolded in Latin America over the past three months is staggering in its scale — a million cases in Brazil in a matter of weeks, a huge spike in Argentina, a state of emergency declared in Peru, and now another, in Puerto Rico.It forewarns of a changing landscape for the disease. The mosquitoes that spread…

US News By Natalie O'Neill Published April 10, 2024, 4:47 p.m. ET New Yorkers should stay away from wildlife after several cases of bird flu were discovered in a Manhattan park, health experts warned Wednesday. Wild geese, a peregrine falcon and a red-tailed hawk have tested positive for the…

Two people in Illinois were hospitalized after they received injections of what may have been a counterfeit version of Botox. On April 8, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) sent out a press release asking health care facilities to be on the lookout for people who show symptoms of “botulism” after two people reported receiving…

Hesitancy around vaccines has spilled over to pet owners in recent years, sparking concern about the resurgence of rabies, a virus that's nearly always fatal.Some pet owners argue against vaccinating dogs – over concerns that vaccines shorten the canines' lifespans or beliefs that vaccines can cause autism in dogs. But autism's spectrum of…

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Recently, birds have reportedly been getting sick and dying at increasing rates in the eastern part of Virginia, including Hampton Roads, according to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, or DWR. This phenomenon is likely being caused by H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza, according to preliminary…

Many people consume more sugar than they realize. In fact, most U.S. adults consume as much as 17 teaspoons (68 grams) of added sugar daily. That’s more than three times the American Heart Association's recommended limit of 6 teaspoons (25 g) of added sugar for women per day and double the 9 teaspoon limit (36 g) set for men. What’s more,…

The number of men diagnosed with prostate cancer worldwide is projected to double to 2.9 million a year by 2040, with annual deaths predicted to rise by 85%, according to the largest study of its kind.Prostate cancer is already a major cause of death and disability, and the most common form of male cancer in more than 100 countries. But with…

The first patient to receive a kidney transplanted from a genetically modified pig has fared so well that he has been discharged from the hospital on Wednesday, just two weeks after the groundbreaking surgery.The transplant and its encouraging outcome represent a remarkable moment in medicine, scientists say, possibly heralding an era of…