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Mayo Clinic Minute: What standing on one leg can tell you about how well you’re aging

Mayo Clinic News Network – Measuring how well you are aging can be as simple as balancing or standing on one leg. It may not be easy for everyone to maintain balance on one leg, but according to Mayo Clinic research, it can be a reliable measure of neuromuscular aging for both men and women. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Kenton Kaufman, the W. Hall Wendel Jr. Musculoskeletal Research Professor who is behind the study,...

What Is An Umbilical Hernia?

Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS), New York – For most people who are living with the discomfort of an umbilical hernia, surgery is recommended to repair the problem. At Mount Sinai, our expert surgeons have extensive experience in procedures to treat umbilical hernias, using minimally invasive methods whenever possible. About Umbilical Hernias  An umbilical hernia is a weakness that develops in the abdominal wall through and around the belly button, called the umbilicus. A bulge or sac...

Want to Live Longer? You Better Start Moving—All Day Long.

Scientists crunched the numbers to come up with the single best predictor of how long you’ll live—and arrived at a surprisingly low-tech answer.

How worried should we be about “Disease X”?

Patients are being run through a battery of tests to see if the disease can be identified.

Kelly Ann Powers, Fox News Commentator Who Shared Her Health Crises With Viewers, Dies at 45

She was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, in 2020, and used her platform to talk about cancer research.

Inside the descent of a Colorado dentist accused of fatally poisoning his wife

Craig has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other charges in the death of his wife, Angela Craig, who was 43.

Lou Carnesecca, 99, “A Prodigious Winner”

Over two tours at St. John’s helm, from 1965-70 and 1973-92, he posted a ledger of 526-200, including 18 NCAA Tournament appearances.

China Virus Remains In Skull For Years After Infection: Study

Researchers from Helmholtz Munich and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat (LMU) found that SARS-CoV-2 spike protein remains in the brain's protective layers -- the meninges, and the skull's bone marrow for up to four years after infection.

Reversing Time From Within: Can Gut Bacteria Delay Aging?

Studies show that maintaining microbial balance in older adults can potentially improve immune response, reducing susceptibility to infections and age-related diseases.

AIDS-Preventing Shot Would Cost $40,000 Per Year; Who Should Pay?

HIV experts say lenacapavir is more expensive than it needs to be: The US pharmaceutical company Gilead charges more than $40,000 per person per year for the treatment.

Biden, Harris let millions of criminal aliens in to America. This is the Biden-Harris legacy.

Criminals are more emboldened than ever in New York's Upper West Side.

Flashing Amber Lights on Tractor-Trailers: Bending the Rules to Prevent Rear-End Crashes

Arnold & Itkin – Rear-end accidents involving large trucks are not only one of the most common types of traffic collisions, but they are also often the most likely to cause catastrophic injury or death. A smaller vehicle, if it rear-ends a truck, will sustain damage at the front of the vehicle and may “underride” or go underneath the trailer. Even if the driver directly behind a semi manages to stop in time, the driver behind...

Stress and inflammation may help trigger Parkinson’s disease

GLOBAL NEWS – Environmental factors like prolonged stress, chronic inflammation and toxic exposure could play a key role in triggering Parkinson’s disease, even in people without genetic risk, a Canadian study has found. A team from McGill University in Montreal published a paper last month in Nature Neuroscience that may have uncovered a new link between the immune system and the development of Parkinson’s disease. The researchers discovered that an immune response plays a crucial...

Widespread salmonella outbreak in US traced to cucumbers grown in Mexico

SunFed Produce, LLC repeatedly calls is contaminated produce "American cucumbers" despite the fact the records show they were all grown in Mexico. – HEADLINE HEALTH 
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