A California mom gave birth to a baby that gestated outside her uterus: www.healthday.com/health-news/...

Air pollution might play a role in people’s risk for developing autoimmune diseases like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, a new study says. #Medsky #PublicHealth www.healthday.com/health-news/...

Georgia-based Suzanna’s Kitchen is recalling about 62,550 pounds of fully cooked, bone-in breaded chicken because the label does not list soy, a common food allergen. #recall www.healthday.com/health-news/...

A new report from the Pew Research Center found that most teens in the U.S. use YouTube and TikTok every day, and about 1 in 5 say they’re on one of those platforms almost constantly. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

For decades, fluoride in drinking water has helped protect kids’ teeth from cavities. But as some states move away from adding fluoride to public water, dentists say parents may need to take extra steps to keep children’s pearly whites healthy. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

A new study found that women with very early-stage DCIS who took tamoxifen alone had higher recurrence rates than expected. youtu.be/BxuHU5Kb_pM #DCIS #BreastCancer #LowRiskDCIS #BreastCancerResearch #Oncology #MedicalOncology #BreastCancerAwareness #CancerResearch #Tamoxifen

Most people in the United States are happy with their health insurance, according to a new national poll, but many still struggle with denied claims, delays and rising costs. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

Kids’ behavioral problems account for a growing chunk of their health care costs, a new study says. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

The support of a beloved partner can dramatically improve recovery for people who’ve had a heart attack, heart failure or other heart-related emergency, researchers reported today in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

Pregnant women who get the COVID-19 vaccine are less likely to have a preterm birth, a new study says. #Medsky #PublicHealth www.healthday.com/health-news/...

Tailoring breast cancer screening to a woman’s individual cancer risk might work better than annual mammograms, a new study says. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

About 1 out of 5 (20%) people 50 and older who use weed reported they’d driven while high at least once during the past year, a new study shows. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

Parents can better defuse their kids’ temper tantrums with the help of AI-powered smartwatch monitoring, a new study says. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

Medical marijuana is often seen as a safer, natural way to ease pain, anxiety or sleep issues. But a large new review suggests that for many of these uses, the science simply isn’t there. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

#COVID-19 vaccines given to children last fall helped keep many out of emergency rooms (ER) and urgent care, new data shows. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved two new antibiotics to fight gonorrhea: Zoliflodacin and gepotidacin. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

In a new study, women with uterine fibroids had an 81% higher risk of suffering a heart attack, stroke or other major cardiovascular event within 10 years. youtu.be/ol-kSaxMhTY #UterineFibroids #WomensHealth #HeartDisease #CardiovascularHealth #FibroidsAwareness #HeartHealth

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering adding the strongest safety warning available to COVID-19 vaccines. #Medsky #PublicHealth #Health www.healthday.com/health-news/...

Alcohol significantly increases a person’s risk of developing a wide range of cancers, and that risk rises further as more is imbibed, new research shows. #Medsky www.healthday.com/health-news/...

Folks with #diabetes might fare better if health care professionals pick out and deliver their groceries, a new study says. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

Doing nothing at all to manage a common fetal heart defect might improve the survival odds of babies born prematurely, compared to treatment with drugs, a new clinical trial suggests. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

It’s safe to slowly taper some people off antidepressants after their depression fades, rather than continuing the drugs indefinitely, a new evidence review says. #mentalhealth #Medsky #PublicHealth www.healthday.com/health-news/...

Farm kids tend to have far fewer allergies than urban children, and a new study offers one possible explanation: The milk provided by breastfeeding moms. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

Most people receiving shock therapy for mental health problems aren’t receiving any sort of psychological counseling before having their brains zapped, a new study says. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Dec. 11 that it is reviewing a proposal to allow bemotrizinol in sunscreens sold in the United States. #PublicHealth www.healthday.com/health-news/...

Americans may be getting older and need help doing things that were once routine, but a new survey finds only a fraction of seniors see themselves as having a disability. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

South Carolina health officials say a #measles outbreak is growing amid holiday travel and low vaccination rates, and they warn the spread could continue for weeks. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

An at-home device that sends a gentle electrical current to the brain to help treat depression has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). www.healthday.com/health-news/...

Smokers who use cigarettes and vape devices interchangeably might not be doing themselves as much of a disservice as once feared, a new study says. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

A new study finds acupuncture may help breast cancer survivors struggling with attention, memory and other cognitive problems. youtu.be/6gQIRjqUueE #breastcancer #breastcancersurvivor #chemoBrain #brainfog #acupuncture #integrativeoncology #cancersurvivorship #breastcancerresearch

Virtual nurses aren’t an effective way to help hospitals deal with a lack of staffing, a new study says. #Medsky #PublicHealth www.healthday.com/health-news/...

A bionic hand that’s controlled by an artificial intelligence (AI) program, but under the direction of the amputee, provides the best approximation of normal hand dexterity, researchers said Dec. 9 in the journal Nature Communications. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

People could learn within 15 minutes whether they are infected with hepatitis C, thanks to a rapid test developed by Northwestern University. #Medsky www.healthday.com/health-news/...

More than half of people with a rare life-threatening bleeding condition received lasting relief from an experimental antibody treatment, clinical trial results show. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

Lower doses of a drug used to treat melanoma can provide better results while reducing side effects, a new study shows. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

The U.S. suicide rate dipped slightly in 2024, offering a small but hopeful improvement after years of increases, according to new provisional data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). www.healthday.com/health-news/...

Federal regulators have begun a safety review of two #RSV medicines used to protect infants, even though no safety problems have been reported. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

A new study found that simply imagining a good interaction with a person can change your feelings toward them as well as how your brain stores information about them. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

Federal officials say the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing reports of possible deaths in adults and children following COVID-19 vaccination. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

Researchers look at how 10 common activities affect low back pain over the short and long term. youtu.be/tRi7fZ3qoUg #lowbackpain #backpainrelief #backpainresearch #painmanagement #spinehealth #chronicpain #backflareups

Contrast chemicals injected into people for medical imaging scans are likely contributing to water pollution, a new study says. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

Nearly a third of families develop serious financial difficulties while their child receives chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common childhood cancer, new research shows. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

#Leukemia poses a considerably higher risk to Black patients compared to white patients, a new study says. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

Children who spend a lot of time on Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter or Messenger gradually become less able to focus and pay attention, researchers reported in a new study. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

Children of depressed parents are more likely to develop depression themselves, and a new study suggests this risk might be tied to one specific symptom of #depression. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

People hospitalized for a debilitating migraine should receive targeted nerve blocks rather than IV opioids to quell their pain, according to a major update of treatment guidelines. #Medsky www.healthday.com/health-news/...

A new study suggests popular GLP-1 drugs, like #Ozempic and #Zepbound, may not lower cancer risk as some had hoped. #Medsky www.healthday.com/health-news/...

A landmark study finds Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange face a significantly higher risk of developing myelodysplastic syndrome. Researchers hope this finding helps veterans get the health and disability benefits they’ve been denied for 50 years. youtu.be/xhMRDef8_kY #AgentOrange #MDS

Taking opioids may make some patients more likely to develop Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, a new study says. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

For decades, the CDC has released a yearly report tracking abortion trends across the country. But this year’s report has been delayed until spring, and the agency says internal changes and staffing issues are to blame. www.healthday.com/health-news/...