It’s the All-American food: Cook your hamburger thoroughly
As you slide the spatula under that hamburger, you might be thinking about that great sandwich. You might be more concerned about something else: E. coli…
Month: January 2025
Headaches linked to inactivity
Norwegian surveys of more than 68,000 people show that being sedentary may increase the risk of developing frequent headaches. Over an 11-year period,…
Healthier turkey sandwich
If you’ve added a few extra pounds over the holidays, you may want to cut calories and preserve the taste of foods at the same time. When it comes to a…
January is National Blood Donor Month: Blood banks begin search for donors
For children, January is a month for sledding and building snowmen. For blood banks it is a time of searching. With snowstorms, holidays, increased…
Keep your feet warm; avoid a cold
A number of studies show that feeling generally cold outside or indoors will not cause a cold. Having cold feet, however, can make you more likely to get…
Weight loss drugs may help lower cancer risk
Drugs in the GLP-1 agonist class such as Ozempic and Wegovy have already transformed diabetes and obesity treatment, and now researchers say that they may…
Alzheimer’s drug trial halted
Texas-based biotechnology firm Cassava Sciences has halted an advanced clinical trial for the experimental Alzheimer’s drug simufilam after it failed to…
Study: Vaping has immediate negative health effects
New research presented recently at the Radiological Society of North America’s annual conference showed that e-cigarette users experience immediate…
How to save your back and your heart but still shovel the snow
The white stuff drifting down is beautiful. But you have to get rid of it, and start getting rid of it very soon. Shoveling snow is a physically demanding…
Fat cell memory linked to obesity
You can look at a donut and gain five pounds. Funny — but maybe even a tiny bit true. A new study published in the journal Nature hints at a correlation…