Hardly the first study to scrutinize the health issues related to artificial sweeteners, a recent study has found that consuming high amounts of low- and no-calorie sweeteners is associated with an accelerated rate of cognitive decline. That led the researchers behind an updated study, published last month in the journal Neurology, concluded that there could…
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The Trump administration has recently spent more time talking about COVID-19 than it has about cyclosporiasis, the intestinal illness that’s become a growing threat to public health nationwide
Michigan health officials confirmed the first two deaths connected to the ongoing national outbreak of cyclosporiasis, the parasitic infection known for causing explosive diarrhea
The Ohio Department of Health is urging people to keep produce in their diet, despite fears of infection from the gut-churning parasite surging in the United States and commonly linked to fresh fruits and vegetables
For most of his life, teenager Connor Dalby could not walk by himself. As a baby, he experienced 50 to 100 seizures per day, his mother, Kelley Del Real, tells KPBS’ Heidi de Marco. Antiseizure drugs offered little relief. He was not expected to live past his fourth birthday due to his extremely rare genetic mutation,…
A child with a few light-brown spots on the skin may not appear seriously ill. Yet what looks like harmless birthmarks could be the earliest sign of Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), a lifelong genetic disorder that can affect nearly every organ system in the body. Despite being one of the world’s most common rare diseases,…
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, claiming more lives annually than cancer and accidents combined, with more than 130 million adults living with some form of cardiovascular disease. Yet an equally urgent, and often overlooked, dimension of this crisis is the bidirectional relationship between behavioral health and heart health.…