SUNDAY, Aug. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Scientists suspect African apes’ historic fondness for noshing on fermented fruit from the forest floor triggered a genetic change that helps explain why modern-day humans digest alcohol so well. But they never had a name for it, so it didn’t get the focusContinue Reading
SATURDAY, Aug. 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Two cats were rushed to a North Carolina veterinary hospital after eating dog allergy medication and suffering serious kidney damage. Both cats recovered with dialysis, but experts now warn that chewable Apoquel, a drug meant for dogs, could be dangerous — even deadlyContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Ever heard of Casper-Lew Syndrome or Helkand Disease? How about black blood cells or renal stormblood rebound echo? If not, no worries. These are all fake health conditions or made-up medical terms. But artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots treated them as fact, and evenContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Cardiac arrest is defined as a sudden stop in heart function. Essentially, the pumping function of the heart is compromised, oftentimes due to a dangerous malfunction of the heart’s electrical system. Cardiac arrest can be fatal if not immediately treated with cardiopulmonary resuscitationContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Some people find that when they stand, their hearts tend to race and they get dizzy and lightheaded. This is due to a rare condition called postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or POTS – and doctors think they’ve found a potential treatment. An establishedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Thinking about using a CPAP machine to quell sleep apnea? It’s not necessarily a good idea for everyone, a new evidence review argues. This common treatment for sleep apnea might increase some folks’ risk of heart attack, stroke and heart-related death, according toContinue Reading
TUESDAY, August 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — C. diff, which is short for Clostridioides difficile, is a type of bacteria that may cause serious problems in the digestive system. It is one of the most common causes of diarrhea linked to antibiotic use, particularly in hospitals and health care facilities.Continue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Popular freeze-dried fruit snacks sold at Sam’s Club are being recalled because of possible listeria contamination. Doehler Dry Ingredient Solutions, LLC is recalling some 15-count boxes of “Member’s Mark Freeze Dried Fruit Variety Pack” after internal testing found the presence of Listeria monocytogenes,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An Ohio couple has welcomed a healthy baby boy from an embryo frozen for more than three decades, setting what doctors believe is a new world record. Lindsey and Tim Pierce’s son was born last Saturday after developing from an embryo frozen inContinue Reading
SUNDAY, August 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A scientific expedition into a region of the Pacific Ocean named for Hades, Greek god of the underworld, has uncovered an other-worldly ecosystem 30,000 feet deep. “It’s a totally new thing that has not been seen before,” said Dominic Papineau, an exobiologist atContinue Reading
SATURDAY, August 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — To fend off predators, millipedes release defensive compounds that could one day play a part in treating pain and neurological diseases. “These compounds are quite complex, so they’re going to take some time to synthesize in the lab,” said chemist Emily Meyers, whoseContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — President Donald Trump has introduced a new effort to help Americans more easily share their health records with doctors, using new technology and artificial intelligence (AI) tools. “Today the dream of easily transportable, electronic medical records finally becomes a reality,” Trump said duringContinue Reading
Organization wants to reach all patients with blood cancersContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — There’s potentially exciting news from a trial conducted in monkeys: A single shot of gene therapy given to newborn monkeys appears to shield them from HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, for at least three years. Of course, studies conducted in animals don’tContinue Reading