KAYSVILLE — If there’s one thing that Aubry Alldredge can’t get enough of, it’s friends. And these days, the 22-year-old from Kaysville is collecting more and more friends as a certified UpBeat Barre instructor, who recently became the first individual with Down syndrome to become certified.For the past several years, Alldredge has been attending classes … Read more
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! If you’re a woman who regularly reaches for coffee throughout the day, you may want to think twice about that next cup — or consider switching to tea.Researchers at Flinders University reported in a study published in the journal Nutrients that high coffee consumption may be associated … Read more
Plenty of dental issues can feel like no big deal, at least at first. The symptoms don’t always hurt and may not even catch your attention. “A lot of times patients don’t realize they have a problem in their mouth because they don’t look so closely,” said Steven Katz, immediate past president of the American … Read more
Aging comes with the risk of some well-known physical changes. But one to keep an eye on — because it’s linked to serious complications such as frailty, falls and fractures — is sarcopenia. This is a gradual loss of muscle mass that actually begins around age 30. After that, you lose about 3 to 5 … Read more
People without memory loss will be offered an experimental Alzheimer’s drug that could stop the development of the condition before dementia symptoms emerge.Healthy middle-aged people deemed to have a higher risk of developing the condition will be eligible to participate in the trial, which is being run by an NHS trust as part of an … Read more
BURLINGTON, N.C. (WTVD) — A Burlington teen died Monday after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba, and his family is still seeking answers about how he became infected.Health experts say the illness is seen in fewer than 10 cases a year. The family of Moises Ponce Mendoza says the 17-year-old died at a hospital in Chapel … Read more
A New Hampshire man, at death’s door 1 ½ years ago, said Friday he could now have “decades” left after surviving a record 271 days with a transplanted pig kidney — in a procedure that could offer new hope to countless other patients. When Tim Andrews and doctors first started discussing a pig transplant in … Read more
Scientists in China have identified a previously unknown tick-borne virus that can cause flu-like illness, fatigue and gastrointestinal symptoms, according to a new study. The newly discovered virus, the Asian longhorned tick nairovirus (ALTNV), which is part of the orthonairovirus group, has also been found to cause thrombocytopenia (reduced blood platelet counts) and laboratory evidence … Read more
A local coroner has said that an infant from the Amish community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, has died of measles.County coroner Stephen Diamantoni shared the finding Friday after state officials last month announced that two people with measles infections had died. This is the first time the county coroner has confirmed that a child died … Read more