Health

The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) recently reported the state's first measles case of the year, identifying the patient as a child under 4 years old who recently traveled internationally. While the department released limited information about the patient, it confirmed the child lives in the northwest region. Health officials are coordinating efforts to identify anyone who might have been exposed, according to a news release from VDH.Measles outbreaks have been declared […]

Vitamin D is widely known for boosting bone health, muscle strength and immune function, but it also has a range of other benefits — including cancer prevention.A new study published in the journal Nutrients suggests that the common vitamin is effective in preventing and treating colorectal cancer.Hungarian researchers conducted a meta-analysis of 50 previous studies that included more than 1.3 million participants, focusing on vitamin D’s potential effects on cancer […]

Joe Rogan has joined the growing tribe of teetotalers.On a recent episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience," the podcaster, 57, said he has given up drinking alcohol."I think I’m done," he said. "For no reason, other than that, it’s not good for you."ALCOHOL LINKED TO BRAIN DAMAGE FOR HEAVY DRINKERS, STUDY FINDSRogan noted that he didn’t have to quit and that he enjoyed it, but that the days after drinking […]

Jennifer Aniston is revealing how she managed to get over her fear of flying, as flight anxiety heightens amid recent aviation news.In a recent interview with Travel + Leisure, the actress, best known for her role as Rachel Green in "Friends," shared that although she loves to travel, she has an "extreme fear of flying."Aniston would follow small rituals while boarding an airplane, including tapping the outside of the aircraft […]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is coming under fire for not publicizing its own report into an E. coli outbreak last year that spread across 15 states and infected 89 people, one of whom died.The outbreak was linked to romaine lettuce — with the first case being recorded in St. Louis County in Missouri in early November 2024 — but the agency was unable to confirm the source in its […]

A new drug has shown promise in combating Parkinson’s disease while minimizing unwanted side effects.The once-daily pill, tavapadon, was found to relieve symptoms — including stiffness, coordination, tremors and movement — for a longer period of time for patients who were also taking at least 400 mg of levodopa a day and were experiencing "motor fluctuations," which are periods of time when the medication wears off and symptoms return, according […]

The first generation that has been exposed consistently to digital technology has reached the age where symptoms of dementia tend to emerge. Some have claimed that digital technology could negatively impact cognitive abilities, but researchers from Baylor University have discovered just the opposite."You can flip on the news on just about any day and you’ll see people talking about how technologies are harming us," said study co-author Michael Scullin in a […]

New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed climbing autism rates among children.In 2022, a surveillance program called The Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network began monitoring children aged 4 to 8 across 15 U.S. states, focusing on multiple benchmarks of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).Among 8-year-old children, researchers found that one in 31 children — more than 3% of America's kids — had ASD.BILL GATES […]

Measles cases have continued to surge in Texas since the outbreak first began in late January.State health officials reported 561 confirmed cases across 23 counties on Tuesday, an increase of 20 from April 11. Cases in Gaines County, the center of the outbreak in west Texas, jumped from 355 to 364, according to Reuters, citing the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). The county now accounts for nearly 65% of […]