health news daily

Fox News Host Confronts Lindsey Graham on GOP’s Abortion Position

Violin09/04/2023 75 Views

Fox News host Shannon Bream pressed Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, on Sunday about whether the GOP’s message on abortion was “costing the Republican Party.”

Anti-abortion advocates celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which last June overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that previously guaranteed reproductive rights to women across the United States, as a major victory. The ruling allowed states to make their own laws regarding the medical procedure, with many Republican-led states quickly moving to either ban or place significant restrictions on abortion in the months following the ruling.

…

4 min read

Health News

Ontario to end program providing health care to uninsured residents

Violin03/04/2023 45 Views

The Ontario government will be ending a program that provides free-of-charge health-care services to uninsured people at the end of the month, something doctors say is extremely concerning for marginalized communities.

In March 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic was first slim up, the ministry of health established temporary funding for doctors to provide health-care providers to treat those without coverage under the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP).

The program allowed anyone to access “medically necessary physician and hospital services.”

In a memo sent to Ontario hospitals and health providers, and provided to CTV News Toronto, the government said this funding

…

6 min read

Health News

What causes eczema can be in the water we breathe, new science suggests

Violin01/04/2023 87 Views

Chemicals that spew from vehicle exhaust and are used to make a variety of common products — from spandex to memory foam mattresses — can cause eczema in infancy, according to research from the National Institutes of Health.

“We have solid data establishing that pollutants are very likely behind increasing cases of atopic dermatitis,” Dr. Ian Myles, chief of the Epithelial Research Unit in the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology. (Disclosure: I participated in a clinical trial run by Myles in 2018.)

Atopic dermatitis, more commonly known as eczema, is an incredibly

…

4 min read

Health News

After heart attack, woman promotes heart health

Violin30/03/2023 65 Views

Cindy Bruce’s heart journey started five years ago. Now, the 66-year-old is sharing her story as a way to raise awareness for heart disease and stroke.

“I woke up on a Friday morning feeling OK, then something had changed and I had some tightness in my chest, like I needed to stretch,” Bruce explains. “I had no idea it was a heart attack. I didn’t think a healthy woman of 61, at the time, could have a heart attack like that.”

Bruce says his family has no history of heart disease. Nevertheless, something didn’t feel quite right, so she went

…

3 min read

Health News

Improve the health of Indigenous people and culture by decolonizing tobacco, says Cree doctor

Violin23/03/2023 130 Views

High rates of smoking among Indigenous people not only pose serious risks to personal health, but also culture, according to a Cree (nehiyô) doctor in Alberta.

“The number one way that we can ensure people are healthy is to stop smoking,” according to Dr. James Makokis, who is from the Saddle Lake Cree Nation and works in Kehewin Cree Nation and south Edmonton.

First Nations people off reserve are almost twice as likely to smoke as non-Indigenous people, according to Public Heath Canada. According to a 2016 report, half of First Nations men (50 per cent) and women (49 per

…

4 min read

Health News

WHO says the world is consuming way too much salt

Violin17/03/2023 129 Views

Too much salt is killing us — and we need to stop looking away from the problem, according to a new report from the World Health Organization.

The world is not on track to achieve the goal of a 30 per cent reduction in sodium intake by 2025, the report found, and if we don’t take drastic steps to reduce our salt intake quickly, it could lead to millions of unnecessary deaths .

“Unhealthy diets are a leading cause of death and disease globally, and excessive sodium intake is one of the main culprits,” Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General,

…

4 min read

Health News

Keto-style diet may be tied to heart disease

Violin08/03/2023 56 Views

A low-carb, high-fat “keto-like” diet may be linked to higher levels of “bad” cholesterol and double the risk of cardiovascular events such as blocked arteries, heart attacks and strokes, according to new research.

“Our study found that regular consumption of a self-reported diet, low in carbohydrates and high in fat was associated with increased levels of LDL cholesterol — or “bad” cholesterol — and a higher risk of heart disease,” lead study author Dr. . Iulia Iatan with the Healthy Heart Program Prevention Clinic, St. Paul’s Hospital and University of British Columbia’s Center for Heart Lung Innovation in Vancouver said

…

6 min read

Health News

Heart-healthy habits linked to a longer life without chronic conditions

Violin07/03/2023 65 Views

A woman wearing leggings and workout clothes runs up a staircase in the rain at night — A study found that heart-healthy lifestyle habits described in the American Heart Association’s Life’s Essential 8, such as physical activity and quality sleep, are associated with a longer lifespan and more years spent free of chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes and cancer. urbazon/Getty Images

The American Heart Association’s Life’s Essential 8 is a concept that defines cardiovascular health based on four modifiable behaviors, such as physical activity and sleep, and four modifiable biometric measures, such as weight, blood glucose, and blood lipid levels, that impact cardiovascular health.
The composite cardiovascular health score measured using the

…

6 min read