Online Tool Helps Younger Adults Plan For Their Long-Term Heart Health

Usually, it’s not until late middle age that folks start worrying about heart disease.

But a first-of-its-kind online calculator is now available to help adults as young as 30 forecast their risk of heart problems decades out, researchers reported Nov. 17 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

This tool ...

New AI Might Boost Liver Donations By Highlighting Best Potential Donors

Artificial intelligence (AI) might help more donated livers reach recipients in a usable state by predicting how soon an organ donor will die after being taken off of life support, a new study says.

The time between removal of life support and death can’t exceed 30 to 45 minutes, or transplant surgeons will reject a donated liver bec...

Drugs Rarely Become Available In Lower-Income Countries Where They're Tested, Study Says

Pharmaceutical companies are using the citizens of lower-income countries as guinea pigs to test cutting-edge drugs headed mainly for the United States and other well-off nations, a new study says.

Only a quarter of medicines tested in other countries wound up available to the citizens there within five years of the drugs’ approval b...

Agriculture Linked To Melanoma Cluster In Pennsylvania

A melanoma cluster found in the heart of Pennsylvania farm country has highlighted potential links between agriculture and skin cancer.

Adults 50 and older living in a 15-county stretch of south-central Pennsylvania were 57% more likely to develop melanoma than people living elsewhere in the state, researchers reported Nov. 14 in the journ...

Cheetos & Doritos Get Dye-Free Makeover With New ‘Simply NKD’ Line

Bright orange fingers may soon be less common for some snackers.

PepsiCo announced that it will begin selling new versions of Cheetos and Doritos that contain no artificial colors or flavors.

The line, called "Simply NKD," hits store shelves Dec. 1 and includes four products:

• Doritos Simply NKD Nacho Cheese

Washington Reports First Human Case of Rare Bird Flu Strain

A Washington state resident has become the first person in the United States to test positive for a rare bird flu strain that has never before been found in humans.

The older adult, who has underlying health problems, was hospitalized in early November after developing a high fever, confusion and trouble breathing.

“This is a s...

FDA Limits Duchenne Gene Therapy After Two Teens Die of Liver Failure

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is tightening restrictions on a gene therapy used to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy after two teenagers died from liver failure linked to the medication.

The FDA decision limits the use of Elevidys, made by Sarepta Therapeutics, to boys who are 4 years and older who can still walk, the agency ...

Deadly Ebola-Like Marburg Virus Infects 9 in Ethiopia, WHO Confirms

At least nine people in southern Ethiopia have been infected with Marburg virus, a deadly illness similar to Ebola.

This marks the country’s first known outbreak of the highly contagious disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health has also confirmed the cases.

WHO director gener...

Keto Diet Stops A Young Girl's Epileptic Seizures

Alana “Lani” Silverberg was a real firecracker with a big personality at age 3 — until she started having seizures.

The sweetheart swiftly turned quiet, cranky, sleepless and fatigued, worn down by her seizures.

“It was every parent’s nightmare. Lani was having one large seizure a week. At one point, we ...

Diabetes Drug Quells Weight Loss Among Kids On Bipolar Meds

A diabetes drug can help manage weight gain among children prescribed medications to treat bipolar disorder, a new study shows.

Second-generation antipsychotics like aripiprazole, risperidone and quetiapine are often effective in treating mood disorder, but they also can lead to substantial weight gain, researchers said.

But the diab...

Hit HBO Series Doubled Internet Searches For An Addictive Benzodiazepine

Life imitates art, the saying goes, but does that extend to TV depictions of prescription drug misuse?

The last season of the HBO hit series "The White Lotus" might have inadvertently increased interest in a powerful anti-anxiety medication, a new study says.

Internet searches regarding lorazepam doubled following the series’ t...

Ultra-Processed Foods Linked To Colon Cancer Risk

Younger adults who eat lots of ultra-processed foods are more likely to develop polyps that can become colon cancer, a new study says.

Women under 50 whose diets contained the largest amounts of ultra-processed foods had a 45% higher risk of developing pre-cancerous polyps in their colon, researchers reported Nov. 13 in JAMA Oncology