MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Most Americans understand how deeply the dangerous opioid fentanyl has permeated the illicit drug market. Now, it’s even infiltrated the bodies of Gulf of Mexico dolphins. Researchers at Texas A&M University report that they’ve detected traces of fentanyl in the blubber of 30Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Most children and teenagers can shake long COVID within a couple of a years, a new, reassuring study finds. About 70% of children and teens diagnosed with long COVID recover from the disorder within 24 months of their initial infection, researchers reported Dec.Continue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Even when e-cigarettes are nicotine-free, they have an immediate effect on blood vessels, a new imaging study shows. “E-cigarettes have long been marketed as a safer alternative to regular tobacco smoking,” said Dr. Marianne Nabbout, a resident at University of Arkansas for MedicalContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — It might sound counterintuitive, but new research shows that when Long COVID strikes, younger patients appear more prone to severe symptoms than older folks. That’s tough on society as a whole, the study’s lead author said. “The impact of Long COVID is causingContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Although the United States has made significant headway in curbing cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke exposure, a new report finds deep divisions remain and they run along predictable fault lines. Disparities in tobacco use continue to persist by income and occupation, geography, education,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Two Wyoming abortion bans, including the first state law to prohibit the use of abortion pills, violate the state’s constitution, a judge ruled Monday. In her decision, Judge Melissa Owens, of Teton County District Court, wrote that both a ban on medication abortionContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More than half of all American adults, almost 137 million people, could be candidates for the blockbuster GLP-1 drug semaglutide, a new analysis finds. Sold as Ozempic for treating diabetes and Wegovy to spur weight loss, the medication could be indicated for thoseContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As Africa continues to battle an outbreak of the newer “clade Ib” strain of mpox, California officials have confirmed the first known U.S. case of this strain of the virus. The subtype of clade I mpox virus has already caused widespread misery inContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — One in five cases of dengue fever can be linked to climate change, and future surges in the mosquito-borne virus are inevitable, a new study says. About 19% of current dengue cases can be tied to climate change, which has expanded the areaContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Florida resident Joshua Walker isn’t concerned his health will take a hit from all the cakes, pies, cookies and candy that will tempt him during holiday gatherings. That’s because he’s armed with a solid diet and exercise routine that will allow for aContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More people in rural America are dying from heart disease, a new study says. Heart disease deaths increased among 25- to 64-year-olds in U.S. rural areas by about 21% between 2010 and 2022, researchers report in the Journal of the American College ofContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More than 1 in 5 Americans likely suffer from long COVID, a new AI-assisted review has found. The analysis suggests that nearly 23% of U.S. adults experience the symptoms of long COVID, according to results published Nov. 8 in the journal Med. That’sContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — After “Friends” star Matthew Perry was found dead in his home jacuzzi just over a year ago, an autopsy later pinpointed the main cause of death as an acute ketamine overdose. The coroner’s report determined that high blood levels of ketamine, an anestheticContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Four cases of the more infectious variant of mpox have been reported in the U.K., making it the first cluster of infections that have surfaced outside of Africa. British authorities announced the first case in that country last week, saying the person was beingContinue Reading