Over two percent of men and women in the US will be diagnosed with bladder cancer during their lifetime, based on 2017 to 2019 data.... Read More
Cranberries and UTIs
Why are urinary tract infections much more common among women than men? First, women get UTIs more often because a woman’s urethra (the tube extending from the bladder to where urine exits the body) is shorter than a man’s urethra.... Read More
Hot Tub Perils
Higher temperatures posed little health risk. But when subjects stood up to exit the tub, systolic blood pressure dropped dramatically, nearly twice as much in the hotter water compared to the 104-degree temperature. ... Read More
New COVID Variant
The WHO has listed the omicron subvariant XBB.1.16, known as “Arcturus,” as a variant under monitoring since March 22. Experts say this variant has a higher transmissibility rate than previous strains but doesn’t appear more dangerous.... Read More
AI Can Predict Lung Cancer
Researchers introduced the term artificial intelligence in the 1950s. AI is the science and engineering of making intelligent machines, especially intelligent computers.... Read More
Sunscreen’s Hidden Risks
One in five Americans will get skin cancer by age 70. Sunscreen can lower this risk and help prevent premature skin aging (age spots and wrinkles, for instance).... Read More
Magnetic Stimulation & Depression
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain to improve symptoms of major depression, especially when other treatments haven’t been effective. ... Read More
Smell to Fight Dementia?
Dementia is a general term for loss of memory, language, problem-solving, and other thinking abilities that are severe enough to interfere with daily life.... Read More