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THURSDAY, March 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Subtle changes in the brain during pregnancy may help explain why some women develop postpartum depression. A study published March 5 in Science Advances found that women with signs of depression after childbirth had increased volume in two brain areas involved in emotionContinue Reading

WEDNESDAY, March 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Men with strong, fast-swimming sperm may not only have better fertility but also longer lives, a new study suggests. Researchers tracked more than 78,000 men over 50 years and found that those with higher sperm motility — the ability of sperm to swimContinue Reading

TUESDAY, March 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Tossing and turning more as you age? You’re not alone — and experts think they know why. Dr. Shelby Harris, a sleep psychologist in White Plains, N.Y., explained that stress, sleep structure and hormonal changes can impact sleep as people age. “As weContinue Reading

FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Hours after billionaire Elon Musk told the president’s Cabinet that the U.S. had quickly restored previously canceled aid to fight Ebola in Uganda, the Trump administration officially ended at least four of five U.S.-funded Ebola contracts in the country. The contracts were justContinue Reading

FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — About two-thirds of Americans are getting too little or too much sleep, risking their health, a new study suggests. In fact, people not getting the right amount of sleep – seven to nine hours a night – had a 29% increased risk ofContinue Reading

THURSDAY, Feb. 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Protein shakes and pre-workout mixes are popular among gym-goers, but they might signal a deeper issue for some young adults. A study published Feb. 19 in the journal PLOS Mental Health linked use of multiple muscle-building supplements to muscle dysmorphia, a body image disorderContinue Reading

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Trump administration changed course on Tuesday, deciding to keep the government’s free COVID test program running, just minutes before the website, COVIDtests.gov, was set to shut down. Earlier that day, The Washington Post reported that officials were preparing to end the programContinue Reading

TUESDAY, Feb. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order withholding funding from schools and universities that require students to be vaccinated against COVID. The move is part of Trump’s larger efforts to roll back vaccine mandates, despite studies showing that they help increase vaccination ratesContinue Reading

TUESDAY, Feb. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Federal funding for medical research has dropped by roughly $1 billion this year, raising alarm among universities, medical centers and lawmakers who warn the shortfall could slow progress in cancer, diabetes and heart disease research. The National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) grant reviewContinue Reading

THURSDAY, Feb. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vocal vaccine skeptic and activist lawyer, was confirmed Thursday as the nation’s new health secretary. The Senate voted largely along party lines to put Kennedy at the helm of the $1.7 trillion U.S. Health and Human Services Agency.Continue Reading

MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth pig kidney transplant in the U.S. The recipient of the genetically modified pig organ was a 66-year-old man with kidney failure, surgeons said. The transplant, performed in late January, came shortly after aContinue Reading

MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Learning a second language may seem like an unusual approach to treating autism, but research points to surprising benefits of becoming bilingual. “If you have to juggle two languages, you have to suppress one in order to use the other,” said researcher LucinaContinue Reading

MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The head of the United Nations AIDS agency (UNAIDS) is warning that a major spike in HIV infections and deaths could occur if the U.S. follows through on freezing foreign aid for HIV programs. UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima told the Associated PressContinue Reading