Author: Medical Daily

Researchers have uncovered an unexpected link between early-life diseases and lifetime childlessness in couples. In a study, the research team analyzed the association between 414 early-life diseases and childlessness in over 2.5 million people born in Finland and Sweden. They found a “significant” link between 74 early-life diseases and the chance of being childless throughout…

A new study has revealed a concerning pattern in the eating habits of U.S. adults. An average adult in the U.S. takes a meal’s worth of snacks every day. These less nutritional snack choices constitute almost a quarter of daily caloric intake, and approximately one-third of daily added sugar, the study says. Researchers from Ohio…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a warning, alerting healthcare providers of the “urgent need” to enhance vaccine coverage for respiratory illnesses amid a surge in cases across the U.S. “In the past 4 weeks, hospitalizations among all age groups increased by 200% for influenza, 51% for COVID-19, and 60% for…

It is not just what we eat that affects our heart health but the timings at which we have our meals. Researchers have now found the optimal meal timings that can help reduce cardiovascular disease risk. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a group of disorders that affect the heart and blood vessels, including heart attacks and…

The New Year offers a blank page and a fresh start in your life. However, it’s easier to say “New Year, New Me” than to actually do something about it. Revitalizing your well-being is about setting goals and arming yourself with the arsenal you need to achieve them. If you’re ready to revitalize your well-being…

Long-COVID, a condition in which the symptoms last for months after SARS-CoV-2 infection, affects approximately 10–20% of people. Researchers have now found a similar condition, called “long flu,” wherein people hospitalized with seasonal influenza suffer long-term negative health effects. Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs St. Louis…

Do you share your birthday month with your mom or child? It’s a surprisingly common phenomenon, according to a new recent study that uncovered patterns in human birth seasonality. It turns out that women are more likely to have children in the same month as their birth, and births within immediate families tend to cluster…

Women with suicidal thoughts face an increased risk of ideation or planning of suicide in the days around menstruation, a study has revealed. A research team from the University of Illinois, Chicago, examined how suicidal thoughts and related symptoms fluctuated with the menstrual cycle in a group of 119 participants. The findings were published in…

Researchers have discovered an interesting paradox about people with hypochondriasis, an anxiety disorder that causes extreme fear of illnesses. People with hypochondriasis are at greater risk of death from all causes, a study has revealed. Health anxiety, or hypochondriasis, is an extremely rare anxiety disorder that causes unrealistic fear in people about illnesses. People with…

Millions of people worldwide, particularly in the regions across the Western Hemisphere, have been infected with dengue fever this year, marking “the most dengue in recorded history.” Around five million cases of dengue fever and 5,500 deaths have been reported across 20 countries in 2023, the highest ever since record-keeping began in 1980. Of these,…