Guys, listen up: There’s another reason to limit your intake of sugary or artificially sweetened sodas: It might contribute to heart failure. Researchers followed the food habits of 42,000 Swedish men over 12 years and found that men who drank at least two sweetened beverages a day had a 23 percent higher risk of going into heart failure.
Recently, doctors in Napa, Calif., found a tapeworm in a man’s brain that nearly killed him. And there are other equally disturbing parasites to worry about, some more common than you think.
Six Southern Nevada hospitals are among hundreds of U.S. facilities that will pay a total of more than $250 million stemming from allegations that they implanted cardiac devices in Medicare patients in violation of coverage requirements.
From an early age, we’re taught that breathing is part of our autonomic nervous system, like digesting food, so unless there’s a problem, it’s not something we need to think about. But, unlike digestion, we actually have the ability to control our respiration — and for good reason. Arguably, the way we breathe has the power to impact every aspect of our health and wellness, from how we think and feel to how we move.
In the season premiere of “The Simpsons” on Sunday, Homer Simpson will be diagnosed with a pretty unusual health condition: narcolepsy.
The company that hiked the price of Daraprim, a drug used to treat AIDS patients, is backing off.
Minnesota health officials are investigating a salmonella outbreak that they have linked to Chipotle restaurants in the state.
A California produce company is recalling cucumbers imported from Mexico amid concerns they could be the source of a salmonella outbreak that has killed one person and infected at least 285 people in 27 U.S. states, authorities said.
Chad Groeschen was working on an outdoor deck for a client a few weeks ago when his left eye started itching. He chalked it up to allergies at first, and then to a sinus infection after his eye got goopy and he could not see out of it. He had no idea his contact lenses were the problem.
Smokers who keep smoking, and those who quit, will all gain weight over time, but those who smoked the most before quitting may gain more, a new study suggests.
