Aging is something that none of us can avoid but also a reality that we can prepare for. With age comes a greater possibility of being diagnosed with diseases like dementia. According to the World Health Organization, nearly 10 million new cases crop up across the globe annually. Dr. Natali Edmonds, a geropsychologist, joined Cheddar News to provide some tips on identifying early signs of dementia and to discuss home-care options that might make life easier for people, such as aging parents of adults, who might be suffering from cognitive degenerative disease.
It’s been a month since a Maryland man became the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig –- and hospital video released Friday shows he’s working hard to recover.
CVS Health is pulling from its shelves some cough-and-cold treatments that contain an ingredient that has been deemed ineffective by doctors and researchers.
October is Breast Awareness Cancer Month as the disease affects millions of American families. Elissa Kalver, founder of Wegotthis.org, joined Cheddar News to explain how breast cancer inspired her to create her own nonprofit and provided some details of her personal battle while maintaining a family.
With warmer oceans serving as fuel, Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from wimpy minor hurricanes to powerful and catastrophic, a study said Thursday.
