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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.
More middle-aged Black and Native Americans are now falling prey to “deaths of despair” than whites, a new study finds.
These deaths -- from suicide, drug overdose and alcoholic liver disease -- initially had been more common among whites.
But a new analysis has determined that deaths of despair have skyrocketed for Black and Nat...
Phillips Respironics, the company responsible for the recall of millions of defective sleep apnea machines since 2021, must overhaul its production of the machines before it can resume making them in the United States, federal officials announced Tuesday.
Under a settlement reached with the company, Phillips must revamp its manufacturing a...
Most seniors have embraced “doc-in-a-box” strip mall clinics and urgent care centers as a means of getting prompt medical care, a new poll has found.
About 60% of people ages 50 to 80 have visited an urgent care center or a retail health clinic during the past two years -- even though those sort of options weren’t available earlier i...
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it has finalized a first-ever rule that will drastically lower the amount of PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," in the nation's drinking water.
“Drinking water contaminated with PFAS has plagued communities across this country for too long,” EPA Administrator Micha...
Early-onset arthritis may hit as many as one in every four young people who undergo anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgeries, new research warns.
The arthritic pain emerges within 6 to 12 months post-surgery, according to Michigan State University (MSU) researchers.
Many of these cases occur in people under 40 and ...
Wegovy, Ozempic and other drugs known as GLP-1 analogues have become wildly popular for controlling diabetes and helping folks lose weight.
There were concerns that longer term use of the drugs might raise users' odds for thyroid cancer, but a Swedish study of more than 435,000 people finds no evidence to support that notion.
“Ma...
A new drug can slash triglyceride levels nearly in half by targeting a genetic driver of high fat levels in the bloodstream, researchers said.
The injectable drug, olezarsen, lowered triglyceride levels by 49% at the 50 milligram (mg) dose and by 53% at the 80 mg dose compared to a placebo, researchers reported April 7 in the New Engl...
Teenagers suffering from anxiety, depression or bipolar disorder are likely to have a tougher time getting their driver’s license, a new study finds.
Teens and young adults with these types of mood disorders are 30% less likely to obtain a driver’s license than peers without a mood disorder, researchers report April 8 in the journal <...
Beta blockers appear to be useless when prescribed to heart attack survivors who aren't suffering from heart failure, a new clinical trial indicates.
The study calls into question the routine of prescribing beta blockers to all patients following a heart attack, which has been standard care for decades, researchers said.
About 50% of...
Using AI to track fragments of tumor-associated DNA in the blood, scientists say they may be close to an accurate test for a silent killer: Ovarian cancer.
It's the fifth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Ovarian tumors are often lethal because they typically doesn't cause symptoms in their early, more treatable stages.
The “gig economy” could be setting up many young adults for drinking problems later in life, a new study warns.
People who take poorly paid temp jobs as freelancers or independent contractors are 43% more likely to develop an alcohol-related illness than those with full-time permanent employment, researchers found.
Those illnesse...
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...