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SATURDAY, Sept. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Most parents want their children to live carefree lives, so a diagnosis of childhood cancer is devastating. Fortunately, pediatric cancers are rare. Yet it doesn’t hurt to be watchful for the warning signs, suggest experts in childhood cancer from Penn State Health. TheContinue Reading

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FRIDAY, Sept. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Black Americans and Mexican Americans typically develop type 2 diabetes up to seven years earlier than their white counterparts, a new study finds. In all, more than 25% of adults in the two groups reported being diagnosed with diabetes before age 40, andContinue Reading

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THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Until now, folks suffering from hearing loss typically have had to fork out thousands of dollars for a device that could be adjusted only by a professional audiologist. No wonder that only one-quarter of the nearly 29 million U.S. adults who could benefitContinue Reading

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THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Leaky heart valves can put pregnant women at serious risk, according to a large study that runs counter to established practice. The condition used to be considered relatively harmless during pregnancy. But this analysis by Johns Hopkins University researchers of more than 20,000Continue Reading

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TUESDAY, Sept. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — If you have fallen arches, you know just how debilitating they can be. Now, doctors have some new guidance on which patients with this condition — also called flat feet — would benefit most from surgery. “Roughly half of patients will need surgery,”Continue Reading

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FRIDAY, Sept. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Radiologists still outperform artificial intelligence (AI) when it comes to breast cancer screening, a new paper shows. Many countries have mammography screening programs to detect and treat breast cancer early. However, examining mammograms for early signs of cancer means a lot of repetitiveContinue Reading

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TUESDAY, Aug. 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Many seniors who undergo surgery after breaking a hip continue to take opioids long after being released from the hospital, new research indicates. After tracking nearly 30,000 U.S. older patients, investigators found that nearly 17% were still taking opioids as much as halfContinue Reading

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TUESDAY, Aug. 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Many parts of the United States saw a significant drop in breast cancer screening of older low-income women during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research shows. The analysis of data from 32 community health centers that serve low-income people found that breast cancer screeningContinue Reading

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FRIDAY, Aug. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A first-of-a-kind nerve stimulation treatment for people who have problems moving their arms after a stroke has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. “People who have lost mobility in their hands and arms due to ischemic stroke are often limitedContinue Reading