(Alex Matthews-King/ The Independent) — People taking a widely used class of medication prescribed for anxiety, nerve pain or epilepsy are up to 26 per cent more likely to die by suicide, a study has warned.
British researchers, led by Oxford University, have called for a review on the use of gabapentinoid drugs in treating young people …
(Wency Leung/ Globe and Mail) — The federal government has released a long-awaited national dementia strategy, providing a road map for the first time for how it intends to address a costly and rapidly growing public health concern.
But while dementia experts welcomed the strategy as an important initial step, some emphasized the government …
(Serena Gordon, HealthDay News) — If you dread seeing the doctor and your blood pressure reading always seems to be high at the doctor’s office, a new review says you should take those elevated readings seriously.
The problem is called white-coat hypertension (because of doctors’ traditional white coats) and it may signal …
(Julia Jacobo/ ABC News) — The consumption of plastic has become unavoidable in recent years, but a new report is proving just how much humans are ingesting on a regular basis.
People are consuming about 5 grams of plastic every week, which is the equivalent of a credit card, according to an analysis by the World Wildlife Fund and carried …
(Glen Pyle/ The Conversation) — Hormone replacement therapy for post-menopausal women was once seen as a fountain of youth. Studies showed regular estrogen supplementation decreased the risk of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in women.
This idea came crashing down in 2002 when the Women’s Health Initiative trial …
(Tauren Dyson/ UPI) — Eating a chicken could raise a person’s “bad cholesterol” to similar levels as eating a steak, contradicting long-thought ideas about health differences between the meats, new research suggests.
Researchers found eating white meat poultry may raise low-density lipoprotein levels in the …
(L.F. Carver/ The Conversation) — How old do you feel inside? Not your chronological age (that pesky number on your birthday cake) but how old is the real you, the person inside?
In North America, we generally group people into socially constructed age ranges such as: childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood and old …
(Padma Nagappan/ Everyday Health) — Statins like Lipitor and Crestor are widely used as the first line of defense in treating high cholesterol, but not everyone can take them. Muscle pain is the most common side effect, and some patients can also experience inflammation in the liver, increased blood sugar levels that could lead to type …
(Thompson Reuters/CBC News) — More than a million people worldwide catch a sexually transmitted infection every day, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
Four infections — chlamydia, gonorrhea, trichomoniasis and syphilis — account for a combined total of more than 376 million new cases annually, the WHO said in …
(Caitlin Gallagher/ Hello Giggles) — Does it feel like the whole world has gone keto? Yeah, we hear you. From social media posts to news coverage to celeb testimonials, the keto diet is the trendiest trend of 2019. There are plenty of reasons to try keto, but there are just as many (or more) reasons to skip it. If you’re lost in a sea of carbohydrate …