Want To Lose Weight? Eat A Boring, Repetitive Diet, Researchers Suggest

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• March 30, 2026
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Want to lose weight? A boring, repetitious meal plan might help, researchers say.

Sticking to the same sort of meals day in and day out appears to help people drop more pounds, researchers reported in the journal Health Psychology.

Folks who followed routi...

Night Shifts Are Tough On People With Type 2 Diabetes, Study Says

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• March 30, 2026
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Folks working a night shift have a harder time managing their type 2 diabetes, a new study says.

Health care workers with diabetes – mainly nurses and midwives – have blood sugar levels that fluctuate more widely during a night shift, researchers reported rec...

Electronic Paperwork Increasing Burnout Risk Among Young Doctors

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• March 30, 2026
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An overload of electronic paperwork is increasing the risk of burnout among young doctors, a new study says.

Nearly one third of medical residents regularly spend hours upon hours after their shift filling out electronic health records, a practice they call “pajama...

Kratom Cases Surging In U.S.

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• March 30, 2026
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Kratom is becoming an increasing health threat in the U.S., with hospitalizations and calls to poison centers skyrocketing over the past decade, a new study says.

Calls to poison centers about the herbal supplement increased more than 1,200% between 2015 and 2025, resear...

Study Links High Antioxidant Intake To Changes in Offspring Development

• HealthDay Staff HealthDay Reporter
• March 29, 2026
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Antioxidants are often seen as a good, simple way to boost health, but taking too many may come with some risks, new research suggests.

A study from Texas A&M University found that high doses of certain antioxidants may affect sperm and lead to developmental changes ...

Even Mild Oxygen Loss in Preemies' First Hours Poses Lifelong Brain Risks: Study

• Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
• March 28, 2026
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Many babies born prematurely experience a brief lack of oxygen while in intensive care, and new research suggests it can affect learning and memory into their teens and beyond.

"Just one bad day in the NICU could be all it takes to change the trajectory of brain developm...

$3M Verdict Links Social Media to Anxiety and Depression

• HealthDay Staff HealthDay Reporter
• March 27, 2026
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What happens when scrolling never really stops? For one young woman, it led to anxiety, depression and a loss of self-worth.

In a landmark case, jurors found that Meta and YouTube were negligent in the design and operation of their social platforms, contributing to the h...

The White House Delays CDC Pick

• HealthDay Staff HealthDay Reporter
• March 27, 2026
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) remains without a permanent leader.

It has had three different leaders during the current Trump administration and on Wednesday, the White House missed its deadline for nominating a candidate.

Federal law li...

New COVID 'Cicada' Variant Is Spreading — What Experts Want You To Know

• HealthDay Staff HealthDay Reporter
• March 27, 2026
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Another new COVID variant is starting to spread.

Health officials say the variant — known as BA.3.2 or "Cicada" — has been quietly circulating for years but is now being detected more often in the United States and around the world.

The U.S. Centers for...

Family Caregivers Provide $1 Trillion In Annual Labor, AARP Says

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• March 27, 2026
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Family caregivers provide more than $1 trillion in labor every year in the U.S., most of it unpaid, a new AARP report says.

Their work forms the backbone of the nation’s long-term care system and is essential to helping millions of American seniors maintain their i...

Want A Bootlicking Yes Man? Ask An AI Chatbot For Advice, Study Warns

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• March 27, 2026
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AI chatbots might seem like good buddies who provide smart advice, but they’re really more like a creepy hanger-on telling you what you want to hear, a new study warns.

Chatbots tend to act like overly agreeable and sycophantic "yes men" when people ask for advice ...

Specially Coated Implants Better For Breast Cancer Patients, Study Finds

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• March 27, 2026
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Specially coated breast implants can help ward off hard, painful scar tissue in breast cancer patients after mastectomy, a new study says.

Less scar tissue forms around silicon breast implants coated with a spongy outer layer of polyurethane, compared to implants without...

At-Home Chemotherapy Is Safe, Feasible, Pilot Study Indicates

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• March 27, 2026
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Cancer patients receiving chemotherapy spend hours in hospitals or care centers, biding their time while IVs drip tumor-killing chemicals into their veins.

But that might soon be a thing of the past for some patients, a new Mayo Clinic study says.

Chemotherapy can ...

New Cholesterol Guidelines: What Patients and Caregivers Need to Know

• Dr. Ami Bhatt HealthDay Reporter
• March 27, 2026
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The American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and nine other leading medical organizations have updated guidelines for managing cholesterol and lipids.

The update is the most comprehensive revision in recent years. These changes have implications fo...

What You Do While Sitting Could Predict Dementia Risk

• Deanna Neff HealthDay Reporter
• March 27, 2026
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Most health advice says to stand up more, but a groundbreaking study suggests that what you do while sitting down might be just as important for your long-term memory.

Researchers in Sweden, Australia and Brazil found that passive sitting — like zoning out in front...

Healthy Lab Results May Mask Future Risks for Kids with Obesity

• Deanna Neff HealthDay Reporter
• March 27, 2026
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For parents of a child with obesity, a normal lab report from the pediatrician may suggest that their weight isn’t yet a problem.

But even if the child’s blood pressure is steady and their sugar levels are fine, those encouraging results — called metabo...

Bees and Hummingbirds May Be Consuming Small Amounts of Alcohol

• HealthDay Staff HealthDay Reporter
• March 26, 2026
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Bees getting buzzed? It may sound like a joke, but when bees and hummingbirds visit flowers, they're often consuming small amounts of alcohol alongside the yummy nectar.

A new study from the University of California, Berkeley, found that many flowers have small amounts o...

FDA Warns Biotech Firm Over Cancer Drug Claims

• HealthDay Staff HealthDay Reporter
• March 26, 2026
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned a biotech company about claims that its bladder cancer drug could treat and prevent multiple types of cancer.

The agency sent a warning letter Tuesday to ImmunityBio, saying recent statements about its drug Anktiva w...

Two States Sue Cord Blood Company Over Misleading Claims

• HealthDay Staff HealthDay Reporter
• March 26, 2026
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Two states are suing a major cord blood storage company, claiming it misled parents about the benefits of saving their newborn’s stem cells.

Texas filed a lawsuit last month against Cord Blood Registry (CBR), and Arizona filed a similar case last year. Officials sa...

New WHO Guidance Aims To Speed Tuberculosis Testing

• HealthDay Staff HealthDay Reporter
• March 26, 2026
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging countries to move faster to detect and treat one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases: Tuberculosis (TB).

On March 24, a day widely recognized as World TB Day 2026, the agency released new guidance supporting si...