TUESDAY, June 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Maternal mortality rates in the United States continue to exceed those in other wealthy nations, with most women dying during pregnancy and childbirth in ways that were preventable, a new report shows. In 2022, U.S. women had a death rate from complications ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning parents about a goat milk infant formula potentially tainted with a bacterium that’s very dangerous to babies. Crecelac brand formula, already under recall since May 24, could contain Cronobacter, which “can cause bloodstream and centralContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In just one year, U.S. deaths linked to the use of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) jumped by a third, according to the latest report from the Consumer Product Safety Commission. With another summer set to begin and ATVs brought out of storage, the agencyContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Following the fall of Roe v. Wade in the summer of 2022, there’s been a surge in women from as far away as Texas and Florida traveling to Washington state to have a legal abortion, new data shows. The study focused on theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Newer epilepsy drugs taken while pregnant won’t affect the creative thinking of children, an effect that had been observed in older medications, a new study reports. Researchers found no difference in creativity scores at age 4 between kids of mothers with epilepsy andContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Women who get an epidural during delivery appear to have a marked reduction in serious complications the first few weeks after giving birth, a new study shows. A painkilling epidural can reduce risk by 35% in women for complications like heart attack, heartContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Does advising your teen sometimes feel like talking to the proverbial brick wall? Don’t fret: New research shows that even when your preteen or teen gives your advice a flat “no way,” your counsel is probably having an impact. It may simply beContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Louisiana has become the first state to pass a law that designates abortion pills as dangerous controlled substances. Once Gov. Jeff Landry signs the bill into law, as he is expected to do, possession of the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol without a prescriptionContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Most young breast cancer survivors can go on to have children despite the effects of their lifesaving treatment, a new study shows. About 73% of breast cancer survivors attempting to conceive achieved a pregnancy and 65% had a live birth, researchers report. ThoseContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A mom or dad who vapes at home might be setting their child up for eczema, new research suggests. In a study involving data from over 35,000 U.S. households, children with a parent who used e-cigarettes had a 24% higher odds for eczemaContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — TikTok is full of fun memes, pranks, dances and challenges — and illicit vaping product sales targeting teenagers, a new study reports. Advertising and sales of vaping products is common on the video-sharing platform, according to findings published May 23 in the journalContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Doctors have long known that excessive marijuana use can trigger psychosis, especially in the young. But new research suggests the link is stronger that ever imagined before. Teens who use cannabis face 11 times the odds for a psychotic episode compared to teensContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Fetal exposure to fluoride from a mom-to-be’s drinking water might raise the odds for physical and mental health issues in toddlers, new research suggests. The study, which was funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, wasn’t designed to prove cause-and-effect. However, researchersContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The nation’s top pediatrics group has reversed its decades-old position on HIV-positive mothers breastfeeding their infants. The American Academy of Pediatrics now says it’s generally safe for moms with HIV to breastfeed or provide breast milk to babies if their infection is properlyContinue Reading