How to Keep Those Blood Vessels Pumping

SATURDAY, Jan. 18, 2020 -- Want to know how to avoid blood clots and varicose veins?

One physician offers some tips on how to keep your blood vessels healthy.

Could a Switch to Skim Milk Add Years to Your Life?

THURSDAY, Jan. 16, 2020 -- If you want to slow down the aging process, it might not hurt to replace whole milk with skim, new research suggests.

The study of over 5,800 U.S. adults found that those who regularly indulged in higher-fat milk had shorter telomeres in their cells -- a sign of accelerated "biological aging."

College Students Picking Pot Over Drinking in States Where It's Legal

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2020 -- Are college students choosing marijuana instead of booze when both are legal?

New research suggests they are: In states where pot is legal, college kids use it more, but binge-drink less.

Fewer Childhood Cancer Survivors Getting Hit by Heart Troubles

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2020 -- Since the 1970s, serious heart disease among childhood cancer survivors had declined remarkably, a new study finds.

The decline suggests that efforts to make cancer treatments, including radiation, less toxic are paying off, researchers say.

Sepsis Causes Far More Deaths Worldwide Than Thought

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2020 -- Sepsis kills more than twice as many people worldwide as once believed, and children in poor regions account for an excessive number of such deaths, researchers say.

Sepsis is an out-of-control immune response to infection that harms organs. People who survive sepsis can have lifelong disabilities.

Fish Oil Supplements Might Help Men Become Dads

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2020 -- Couples struggling to get pregnant might want to add a little more fish in their diet, a new study says.

Young men who take fish oil supplements appear to have better sperm quality and higher testosterone levels than those who don't, as well as larger testicles, researchers report.

Do You Take Warfarin? Time of Day Might Not Matter

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2020 -- Patients taking the blood thinner warfarin have been told that it should be taken at night, but a new study found the time of day doesn't matter.

"Whether warfarin is taken in the morning, or the evening, its therapeutic effect is the same," said lead researcher Dr. Scott Garrison, an associate professor of family medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.

How Mom-to-Be's Worry Over Birth Defects Can Harm Baby

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2020 -- Hearing that your unborn baby has congenital heart disease can be traumatic, but now new research suggests that if you experience stress, anxiety or depression afterward it could affect your baby's brain development.

Congenital heart disease (structural problems with the heart) is the one of the most common birth defects.

Even Untrained Dogs Seem to Know Human Gestures

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2020 -- There's more evidence that the canine-human bond is a tight one: New research finds that stray dogs pick up on human commands, even though they haven't been trained.

Of the untrained dogs in the study, 80% went to the place a person pointed to. This suggests dogs understand complex gestures by watching humans, which might be a clue to reducing conflict between stray dogs and people, researchers in India say.

AHA News: Before Grabbing a Grapefruit, Understand Its Power

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2020 (American Heart Association News) -- Grapefruit looks sweet and friendly, but you might have heard it possesses powers far beyond those of ordinary produce.

Some of that reputation is fact, and some is myth.