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Vitamin D, a nutrient known for promoting bone health, might not be effective in protecting all seniors from injury.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released a draft recommendation this week advising against the use of vitamin D for preventing falls and fractures in postmenopausal women and men over 60 years old.
A panel of 16 medical experts reviewed the benefits of taking vitamin D with or without calcium supplements for individuals who live independently.
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The USPSTF concluded that these supplements offer no «net benefit» for the prevention of falls and fractures based on evidence that vitamin D and calcium don’t lower the risk for generally healthy individuals without other deficiencies or medical conditions.
Vitamin D is a nutrient that is essential for building and maintaining healthy bones, according to Mayo Clinic.
«That's because your body can only absorb calcium,..

The holiday season can be a stressful time for everyone — but particularly for those living with dementia, as well as their caregivers and loved ones.
Statistics show that an estimated 6.7 million people over 65 in the U.S. have Alzheimer's disease, the most common type of dementia.
Meanwhile, nearly 90% of U.S. adults report experiencing stress during the holiday season, according to the American Psychological Association.
15 HOLIDAY GIFTS FOR DEMENTIA PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS: 'COGNITIVELY APPROPRIATE'
«The holiday season can be confusing and overwhelming for those living with dementia, as well as a stressful time for their family caregivers who care for them every day,» said Jessica Corona-Irwin, an Ohio-based registered nurse and certified dementia practitioner at Remo Health, a virtual dementia care company.
«One reason for this is that the holiday season often involves changes in daily routines,» she told Fox News Digital. «People living with dementia often need to ..

An Alabama woman has successfully received a gene-edited pig kidney transplant at NYU Langone Health.
This was the seventh pig organ transplant completed by NYU Langone surgeons.
Towana Looney, 53, miraculously walked out of the hospital just a few days following the procedure.
MASSACHUSETTS MAN, RECIPIENT OF FIRST SUCCESSFUL PIG KIDNEY TRANSPLANT, IS DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL
In an NYU Langone press conference, Looney expressed feeling «overjoyed» and «blessed to have received this gift – a second chance at life.»
«I want to give courage to those out there on dialysis,» she said.
Dr. Marc Siegel, Fox News senior medical analyst and NYU Langone clinical professor of medicine, joined «America Reports» on Wednesday to share how this should bring hope for the future of transplant medicine.
«We have a great shortage of body organs,» he said. «And even if we get people to donate, we’re still going to have a big shortage … so we’ve got to do something.»
WOMAN WHO RECEIVE EXPERIMENTAL PIG KIDN..

Bird flu (H5N1) continues to spark warnings around the country.
On Dec. 13, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the country’s first severe case of bird flu in a human.
The patient, who lives in southwestern Louisiana, is currently hospitalized, according to a release from the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH).
BIRD FLU SURGES IN SEVERAL US STATES WITH REPORTS OF NEW OUTBREAKS: 'GETTING WORSE'
The infected person is known to have been exposed to sick and dead birds that are «suspected to have been infected,» the same source stated.
The LDH is working with the CDC on genomic testing of the virus infecting the hospitalized patient. Fox News Digital reached out to the department for comment.
There have been a total of 61 human cases throughout the country since April 2024.
No human-to-human transmission has been reported, leading the CDC to maintain its stance that risk to the public is low.
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President-elect Donald Trump wants to do away with daylight saving time (DST), a move that some experts say could improve health and wellness.
Trump announced the goal in a post on Truth Social last Friday.
«The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t!» he wrote. «Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation.»
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With rare exceptions, the vast majority of the U.S. follows DST, which mandates adjusting clocks forward one hour in the spring (the second Sunday in March) to extend daylight during summer evenings.
In the fall (the first Sunday in November), the clocks are turned back to standard time.
The practice was first introduced in 1918 with the Standard Time Act, a wartime measure designed to conserve energy during World War I, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.
It was aga..

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New research has revealed that a common medication might not be safe for everyone.
Acetaminophen, brand name Tylenol, is a pain reliever and fever reducer that's often included in other drugs, such as cold and flu medicines.
The U.K.-based study — published in Arthritis Care & Research, an official journal of the American College of Rheumatology — analyzed the safety of the drug in older individuals.
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The researchers looked at data for more than 180,000 acetaminophen users compared to 400,000 non-users from 1998 to 2018.
The findings revealed that the use of acetaminophen – sometimes also called paracetamol – was associated with an increased risk of serious medical complications.
This includes peptic ulcer bleeding, uncomplicated peptic-ulcers, lower gastrointestinal bleeding, heart failure, hypertension and chronic kidney disease.
In a University of Nottingham press release sent to Fo..

California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency due to H5N1, more commonly known as avian influenza or bird flu.
The emergency follows an outbreak of the virus among dairy cows in Southern California farms, according to the news release on the governor’s website.
After initially being reported in Texas and Kansas in March, bird flu has been confirmed in cattle across 16 U.S. states, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported.
BIRD FLU CAUSES DEATHS OF CATS AND ZOO ANIMALS AS VIRUS SPREADS IN US
There have been no cases of human transmission of bird flu in California, the release stated, with all infections linked to exposure to infected cattle.
«This proclamation is a targeted action to ensure government agencies have the resources and flexibility they need to respond quickly to this outbreak,» Governor Newsom said in a statement.
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