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07 Sep
Pregnant women with high levels of PFAS chemicals commonly found in consumer products may experience weight and heart issues later in life.
05 Sep
A new study finds people who use their cellphone on a regular basis are more likely to be diagnosed with coronary heart disease, atrial fibrillation, heart failure and stroke. Poor sleep and mental distress linked to cellphone use may play a role.
04 Sep
Researchers find no link between semaglutide, the main ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, and depression, suicidal thoughts or behaviors in patients with no prior history of the conditions.
Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter September 7, 2024
As a new federal regulation that requires mammography centers to tell their patients how dense their breasts are takes effect, experts explain what breast density is and why it is important.
The American College of Surgeons' National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) standards, revised last year to focus on p... Página completa
Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter September 6, 2024
As mpox continues to spread in Africa, Congolese authorities said Thursday that the first batch of vaccines have arrived in that country's capital.
The shipment comes three weeks after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in 12 African countries a global health emergency.
The 100,000 doses of Jynneo... Página completa
Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter September 6, 2024
It seems like a kind of superpower, but scientists say they've used a common food dye to render the skin of a mouse transparent, revealing the workings of blood vessels and organs underneath.
It's not yet clear if the procedure could work on human skin, which is thicker than that of a mouse. But the prospect is tantalizing, researchers sai... Página completa
Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter September 6, 2024
As news of yet another senseless school shooting makes headlines, a new report finds the number of children who lose their lives to injury and gun violence has risen in almost all states since 2018.
Rates of deaths caused by injuries overall have also risen, with firearms being the leading cause of those injuries in many states, report a ... Página completa
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter September 6, 2024
People who live in areas with more nighttime light pollution could be at increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease, particularly those in middle age, a new study says.
Nightly light pollution is more strongly linked to Alzheimer’s disease in people 65 and older than other known risk factors like alcohol abuse, kidney disease, depre... Página completa
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter September 6, 2024
An epidemic of high blood pressure is occurring in young adults and children in the United States, a pair of new studies show.
Nearly a quarter of people ages 18 to 39 have high blood pressure, with readings above the healthy level of 130/80, the first study found.
Blood pressure is even a problem for school-age children, according ... Página completa
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter September 6, 2024
PFAS “forever chemicals” could cause pregnant women to experience long-term weight gain, increasing their risk of obesity in middle age, a new study warns.
Women with higher levels of PFAS in their blood during early pregnancy weighed more at the age of 50 than those with low levels, researchers reported Sept. 5 in the Jour... Página completa
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter September 6, 2024
People are encouraged to monitor their blood pressure at home, but many folks will find that household blood-pressure cuffs are literally a bad fit, a new study warns.
For as many as 18 million U.S. adults -- nearly 7% of adults -- at-home blood pressure cuffs are either too small or too large to provide reliable results, according to find... Página completa
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter September 6, 2024
A distinct brain pattern appears to make some people more likely to develop depression, a new study indicates.
“Deep” functional MRI brain scans revealed that a brain feature called the salience network is nearly twice as large in people with depression than in those without the condition, researchers reported Sept. 4 in the jo... Página completa
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter September 6, 2024
Saltwater nose drops can reduce the length of a kid’s cold by two days, a new study demonstrates.
“We found that children using saltwater nose drops had cold symptoms for an average of six days, where those with usual care had symptoms for eight days,” said researcher Dr. Steve Cunningham, a professor of pediatric respira... Página completa
Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter September 6, 2024
Gene therapy may restore vision to children and adults robbed of their sight by a rare inherited condition called Leber congenital amaurosis, researchers report.
The illness is caused by mutations in the GUCY2D gene, which is critical to producing proteins that enable vision. People with this form of Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA1) typic... Página completa
Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter September 5, 2024
Just 5.9% of American middle and high school students now vape, a big drop from the 7.7% who did so a year ago, new government data shows.
Put another way, about 1.6 million youth now say they used e-cigarettes at least once over the past month, compared to 2.1 million in 2023.
Among those who say they vape, 23.6% said they do it on ... Página completa
Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter September 5, 2024
The maker of the ADHD drug Vyvanse has been given approval by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to make more of the medication as a shortage of the critical drugs continues.
Following a request from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in July, the DEA said Thursday that Takeda Pharmaceuticals may now increase its production limi... Página completa
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter September 5, 2024
States with the most severe abortion restrictions are the least likely to offer support to struggling families, a new study has found.
Anti-abortion states tend to have assistance programs that exclude many families on the fringes, because participants are required to be poorer to qualify, researchers found.
These states also are les... Página completa
Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter September 5, 2024
Too many U.S. seniors are skipping their prescription meds due to cost, and the problem is most acute among the poor and chronically ill, new data shows.
Almost all (88.6%) Americans age 65 or older have been prescribed at least one prescription medicine, according to 2021-2022 data from an annual federal survey.
That percentage ris... Página completa
Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter September 5, 2024
City living may be tough on couples wanting to conceive: New data shows that air pollution appears to be linked to lower fertility in men, while noisy traffic could harm the fertility of women.
“If our results are confirmed in future studies, it suggests that political implementation of air pollution and noise mitigations may be impo... Página completa
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter September 5, 2024
The stereotype of the slacker stoner might not be too far off the mark, a new study shows.
People who use weed are prone to workplace absenteeism -- and the more problematic the cannabis use, the more likely they are to skip work, results showed.
“These findings underscore the importance of developing and implementing strategie... Página completa
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter September 5, 2024
Thinking about quitting smoking?
There are three top ways to help you stop, a new review finds.
According to the study, folks wanting to quit should turn to:
Varenicline, a prescription nicotine-blocking drug sold under the brand names Chantix and Champix
Cytisine, a plant-based compound sold as an over-t... Página completa
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter September 5, 2024
An AI-enhanced digital stethoscope can help doctors detect a potentially deadly form of heart failure that can occur late in pregnancy, a new clinical trial reports.
The AI-driven stethoscope was 12 times more likely than traditional methods to spot heart pump weakness tied to peripartum cardiomyopathy, an uncommon form of heart failure li... Página completa
Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter September 5, 2024
'Fetch': It's not just for dogs.
New research finds that lots of cats -- 41% -- love retrieving toys tossed by their human.
“Although cats and dogs are very different in many aspects of their behavior and in how they ended up being companion animals, we find it fascinating that so many of them share this very interesting behav... Página completa
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