Opening Up, Sharing Can Be Best Thing For Stroke Survivors, Study Says

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• January 29, 2026
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Dr. Dipika Aggarwal found her life turned upside down following her 2019 stroke.

At just 38, the neurologist from Kansas City, Missouri, went from a thriving career to months in intensive rehab, followed by isolation during the COVID lockdown.

“I lost my prof...

Strep Throat: What It Is, Symptoms, Causes, and Living With It

• Dr. Sarah Adams, retired primary care pediatrician HealthDay Reporter
• January 29, 2026
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Strep throat is a common throat infection that often causes a sore throat, fever and trouble swallowing. It tends to come on quickly and may feel worse than a typical cold. While strep throat is most common in children and teens, people of all ages can get it.

The good n...

Electromagnetic Pulses Aid Stroke Recovery, Trial Results Indicate

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• January 29, 2026
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Stroke survivors might benefit from electromagnetic pulses that stimulate their brains and spur on their recovery, a new study says.

This treatment — called electromagnetic network-targeted field (ENTF) therapy — significantly reduced disability in stroke sur...

Driving Habits Provide Window Into Seniors' Brain Health

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• January 29, 2026
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Larry Duncan valued driving as part of his independence.

But Duncan — a retired business owner from Pinehurst, North Carolina — started to become more nervous behind the wheel prior to his diagnosis with Alzheimer’s disease in 2023.

“Larry w...

Opinion: When Doctors Disagree: Understanding Different Medical Opinions

• Elspeth Davies, Qualitative Researcher, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford HealthDay Reporter
• January 29, 2026
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Why can’t doctors agree on what’s best for you? If you’ve ever received mixed advice from doctors or seen differing opinions expressed by professionals in the news, you’re not alone.

One specialist may strongly recommend a screening test, medicat...

New Discovery Could Change How Asthma Is Treated, Scientists Say

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• January 28, 2026
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Scientists may have uncovered a new cause of asthma that could change how the disease is treated.

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, say they’ve identified previously unknown molecules that may play a major role in asthma-related inf...

Thousands of Kaiser Nurses Walk Out in California and Hawaii

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• January 28, 2026
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More than 31,000 nurses and health care workers walked off the job Monday morning at Kaiser Permanente facilities across California and Hawaii, calling for safer staffing levels and better pay.

The strike affects at least two dozen hospitals and hundreds of clinics, maki...

Slippery Streets After Winter Storms Raise Risk of Falls, Doctor Warns

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• January 28, 2026
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After a winter storm, sidewalks, parking lots and stairways can quickly turn into slip hazards, even after plows and salt trucks have passed.

"An invisible patch of ice is an accident waiting to happen," Dr. Aleksey Dvorzhinskiy, an orthopedic trauma surgeon at the Hospi...

Stress Linked to Earlier Deaths Among Black Americans, Study Shows

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• January 28, 2026
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Years of stress linked to racism, hardship and discrimination may explain nearly half the gap in life expectancy between Black and white adults, a new study finds.

The research — published Jan. 26 in JAMA Network Open — shows that long-term stress ra...

Tobacco Companies Flouting Instagram Restrictions To Target Young People, Study Argues

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• January 28, 2026
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U.S. tobacco companies are flouting policies intended to shield young people from pro-tobacco messaging on Instagram, a new study says.

Such messaging is supposed to be “age-gated” on Instagram, with access denied to people under 21, researchers said.

B...

One Simple Step At Bedtime Might Help Fight Glaucoma, Experts Say

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• January 28, 2026
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One simple step at bedtime can help people with glaucoma slow the progression of their eye disease, a new study says.

Sleeping without pillows might help lower patients’ internal eye pressure, which when elevated in glaucoma can cause optic nerve damage and irrever...

Night Owls Have Worse Heart Health, Study Finds

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• January 28, 2026
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Do you prefer to stay up late, living it up through the night while everyone else is snoozing away?

You might be doing your heart health a disservice, a new study says.

Middle-aged and older night owls appear to have worse heart health, likely due to unhealthy life...

Cutting Salt In Prepared Foods Can Protect Nations' Heart Health, European Studies Find

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• January 28, 2026
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You might not notice a pinch of salt missing from your bread, sandwich or pizza, but your body definitely will, according to a pair of new European studies.

Efforts to lower sodium levels in packaged and prepared foods are expected to improve heart health in both France ...

Early Language Intervention Helps Most Non-Speaking Children With Autism

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• January 28, 2026
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Early treatment can help most non-speaking children with autism gain some verbal ability, a new study says.

Following early intervention, about two-thirds of non-speaking kids with autism gained the ability to use single words, researchers recently reported in the Jo...