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20 Oct
More teens are quitting HS sports saying they don’t look right for the sports based on what they see in the media and social media, according to a new study.
19 Oct
In a new study, participants recently infected with COVID-19 were six times more likely to develop Guillain-Barré syndrome, where the immune system attacks the nerves.
18 Oct
A new study finds adults with ADHD are nearly 3 times more likely to develop dementia compared to those without the condition.
Are you one of the estimated 104,000 Americans who lives within six miles of factories that spew organic chemicals into the air?
New rules issued Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency might make your life healthier, agency officials said.
The new rules "will significantly reduce toxic air pollution from chemical plants, in...
Health care cost and access are not the only barriers women face in getting lifesaving mammograms, a new government report finds.
Food insecurity, lack of transportation, less hours at work and feelings of isolation also can keep women from getting screened for breast cancer, researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preven...
There’s no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy increases the risk of childhood autism, ADHD or intellectual disability, the largest study to date on the subject has concluded.
The analysis of more than 2.4 million children born in Sweden included siblings not exposed to the drug before birth, researchers said.
Siblings...
Changes to the federal program that helps pay for groceries for low-income moms and their young children means that soon these families will have access to more fruits, vegetables and whole grains, U.S. health officials said Tuesday.
The final rule changes for the program known as WIC make an increase in monthly cash vouchers for frui...
For people struggling with both diabetes and a common type of heart failure, the weight-loss drug Wegovy may do more for their health than help them shed pounds, new research suggests.
In the study, published Saturday in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers reported that the drug helped people with type 2 diabetes who...
People who've survived a heart attack and have been given a stent may be better off quitting low-dose aspirin a month after the procedure, a new study finds.
The strategy is "beneficial by reducing major and minor bleeding through one year by more than 50 percent," said study lead author Dr. Gregg Stone, a professor of medicine (cardiology...
Some slow-growing cases of leukemia don’t need constant surveillance by cancer specialists, a new study claims.
Low-risk patients with slow-growing chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and no symptoms fared well even after they stopped seeing doctors for specialized blood tests, researchers report.
The patients had fewer hospital vis...
Pregnancy transforms women's bodies in many obvious ways, but new research suggests it may also accelerate aging.
Women who had been pregnant appeared to be biologically older than women who had never carried a child, the genetic analysis revealed.
Further, more pregnancies meant more aging.
“Our findings suggest that pregnan...
Removal of armpit lymph nodes can leave many breast cancer patients with lingering lymphedema, a painful and unsightly swelling of the arm.
Now, new Swedish research may help narrow down which patients require extensive lymph removal, based on the number and size of tumors infiltrating lymph nodes, and which do not.
The findings were...
A custom-made anti-tumor vaccine added to standard immunotherapy was twice as likely to shrink liver cancer as when a patient received immunotherapy alone, a new study shows.
The vaccine could help liver cancer patients live longer, as fewer than one in 10 survive five years after their diagnosis, the researchers noted.
In fact, abou...
Spring is in the air, and along with it loads of tree, grass and weed pollen.
Sneezing, watery and itchy eyes, runny nose and all the other miseries of seasonal allergies can prevent a person from fully enjoying the season of rebirth.
Worse, seasonal allergies also can trigger or worsen asthma, or lead to health problems like sinus a...
A blood test appears capable of detecting early-stage pancreatic cancers with up to 97% accuracy, a new study reports.
The test looks for eight small RNA particles and eight larger DNA markers shed by pancreatic cancers, which together create a genetic “signature” for the disease, researchers said.
Currently, it’s tough to catc...
MONDAY, April 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Today is your last chance until 2044 to see a total eclipse of the sun in the continental United States.
But be sure to protect your eyes if you plan to watch the moon block the sun's rays, briefly plunging Earth into temporary darkness.
"The eclipse will last a few minutes," said Dr. ...
Younger generations are aging more rapidly, and this could be leading to an increased risk of cancer, a new study says.
People born in or after 1965 are 17% more likely to be experiencing accelerated aging compared to seniors born between 1950 and 1954, researchers found.
That faster aging is associated with a higher risk of certain ...
New research questions the effectiveness of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's accelerated drug approval program after finding that many cancer drugs remain unproven five years later.
The study, published Sunday in the Journal of the American Medical Association and presented simultaneously at the American Association of Canc...
A pancreatic cancer vaccine has continued to protect a small group of patients from their cancer coming back, three years after receiving the jab, a new study says.
Eight patients have not had their pancreatic cancer recur for three years after their immune systems responded to the vaccine, which is called autogene cevumeran, researchers r...
Just a little exposure to secondhand smoke may increase your risk for the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation (A-Fib), a new, large study suggests.
People who have A-Fib, the world's most common heart rhythm disorder, are five times more likely to have a stroke than their healthy peers.
While passive smoking has been link...
A new oral vaccine could prove a potential alternative to antibiotics for people with recurring urinary tract infections, a new study says.
More than half of patients with recurring UTIs (54%) wound up infection-free for nine years after receiving the oral spray vaccine, with no notable side effects, researchers report.
“Before hav...
MONDAY, April 8, 2024 (HealthDay news) -- A new vaccine might be able to block the toxic effects of the animal tranquilizer xylazine, which is being added to illicit drugs and increasing overdose risk.
The vaccine trains the immune system to attack the drug, and has been effective in animal trials, researchers said.
“We demonstrate...
Pancreatic cancer patients may do better if they receive an immunotherapy drug as well as chemotherapy in preparation for surgery, new research suggests.
Pancreatic cancer is one of the toughest to treat. Only 12% of patients live more than five years after diagnosis. Most therapies -- including chemo, targeted therapies and immunotherapi...