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13 May
Maryland Woman Has Rare Spinal Tumor Removed Through Her Eye Socket
In a groundbreaking procedure, surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center have removed a large spinal tumor through a 19-year-old patient’s eye.
12 May
Mother of Twins Receives Life-Saving Double Lung Transplant after Cancer Diagnosis
A new mother of twins from Berlin finds a miracle in Chicago after being diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine save her life with a double-lung transplant.
09 May
14 Types of Cancer Are on the Rise in People Under 50, Study Finds
Certain types of cancer are becoming increasingly common in people under 50, according to new research. These include breast, colon, kidney and uterine cancer.
Family Doctors Find It Tough To Talk Sex With Patients
WEDNESDAY, May 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Sex is an important part of people’s health, but family doctors find it tougher to counsel and treat patients for sexual health matters, a new study says.
General practitioners are 77% less likely than OB/GYNs to inquire about sexual problems when taking a patient’s medical histo...
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Sports, Exercise Protects Mental Health Of Growing Kids
WEDNESDAY, May 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Exercise and sports appear to help kids avoid mental health problems as they grow into young adults, a new study says.
Young children who participated in sports teams and physical education classes were less likely to develop problems like depression, anxiety and addiction as they aged into ...
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AI Can Catch Hard-To-Detect Breast Cancers In Mammograms
Artificial intelligence (AI) can help prevent breast cancers that develop between routine mammograms, by catching ones that trained radiologists would overlook, a new study says.
Incorporating AI into mammography could help reduce the number of interval breast cancers by 30%, researchers reported recently in the Journal of the National...
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More U.S. Teens Getting Weight-Loss Surgery
WEDNESDAY, May 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More U.S. teenagers are getting weight-loss surgery, despite the discovery of new drugs like Ozempic/Wegovy that help people drop pounds surgery-free, a new study says.
Weight loss surgeries for teens increased 15% between 2021 and 2023, researchers reported earlier this month in The Jou...
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Drug Effective Against Early Migraine Symptoms
Migraines don’t just cause headaches.
These attacks often are accompanied by symptoms like light and sound sensitivity, nausea, neck pain and dizziness.
What’s more, those non-headache symptoms tend to crop up before a full-fledged migraine headache takes root.
But now, researchers say they’ve discovered an al...
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Weight Gain, Delayed Motherhood Linked To Breast Cancer Risk
WEDNESDAY, May 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Significant weight gain paired with delayed or foregone motherhood nearly triples a young woman’s risk of later breast cancer, a new study says.
Women were 2.7 times more likely to develop breast cancer if they:
Had a more than 30% increase in weight after age 20.
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