Once you hit your 50s, Landsverk says, even moderate drinking can wreak havoc on the body. “Alcohol, besides the vascular damage and dementia risks, increases the risk of breast cancer, esophageal cancer and liver cancer (after disease),” she said. Because cancer risk drastically increases as we age, adding any amount of alcohol into the mix will only further increase that …
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There were nearly 70,000 cases of uterine cancer in 2024, according to the National Cancer Institute. Uterine cancer involves cancer of what many folks think of as the womb, “or the place where a pregnancy is housed and grows,” said Dr. Ami Vaidya, a gynecological cancer doctor at Hackensack Meridian Health in New Jersey. “The uterus has two components; there’s …
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A new study has revealed that ‘highly intense’ grief can send you to an early grave. The findings come from a Danish study of 1,735 bereaved relatives, with an average age of 62, which looked at the link between mortality and intensity of grief. Researchers measured how intensely people experienced grief by using the Prolonged Grief-13 Scale. The bereaved with the highest …
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A first-of-its-kind at-home test can reveal whether a person suffers from endometriosis, a condition that leaves patients suffering from debilitating pain and without a diagnosis for up to a decade. Endometriosis is a condition that causes tissue similar to the lining of the uterus, or endometrium, to grow outside the uterus. It affects at least 11 percent of American women, …
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About one in two adults is infected with a virus that can cause cold sores, fever and blisters in the mouth. But now, researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) suggest that oral herpes, caused by herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1), could also raise the risk of suffering from the life-altering condition multiple sclerosis. In a new study, scientists gene-edited …
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When astronauts return from the International Space Station, many have noticed an unexpected side effect of their mission, their eyesight has changed. This phenomenon, affecting about 70% of astronauts on long duration missions, has NASA scientists working to understand why weightlessness affects how we see. Dr. Sarah Johnson noticed it first during her six month stay aboard the ISS. She …
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A British woman nearly died after contracting an infection that strikes at least 15 million American women annually, leaving her a quadruple amputee. Kim Smith is now a quadruple amputee, having lost both her hands at the wrists and her legs above the knee after a urinary tract infection went untreated for too long, morphing into life-threatening sepsis. UTIs are …
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Prediabetes affects a third of people in the United States and most of them will develop Type 2 diabetes, yet effective dietary intervention strategies remain limited. Pistachios have shown promise in improving markers of diet quality, yet little is known about how they influence the gut microbiome – a key player in glucose regulation and inflammation. A new study led by Kristina Petersen, associate …
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