THURSDAY, July 31, 2025 (HeathDay News) — Scientists say the average person may be inhaling microscopic, lung-penetrating plastic particles at a rate that’s 100 times what was previously assumed: 68,000 per day. “Everywhere we look, we find microplastics, even in the air we breathe inside our homes and cars,” saidContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Women are less likely than men to receive multiple sclerosis (MS) meds that could help them manage the disease and delay disability, a new report finds. It could be that some women in their childbearing years are hesitant to use certain drugs inContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — After months with an appointed caretaker, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finally has an official director. Dr. Susan Monarez, who became the agency’s acting director in March after anti-vaccine skepticism tanked President Donald Trump’s original nominee for the post,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is looking to remove the legal underpinning for most regulations against climate change. If approved, the EPA’s proposal would rescind the 2009 decision that set forth a legal basis to regulate greenhouse gases as pollutants. Known asContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Health officials have confirmed Wisconsin’s first human case of West Nile virus in 2025. The case was found in Barron County, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) said. Mosquitoes collected in both Milwaukee and Lafayette counties have also tested positive for theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — University of Colorado football coach Deion Sanders says he is now cancer-free after an unexpected battle with bladder cancer. Now he’s encouraging others to take charge of their health. Sanders, 57, spoke openly Monday at a news conference about what he went through,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Firefighters work hard saving lives, and in process put their own lives at heightened risk from skin, kidney and other types of cancers, a new American Cancer Society (ACS) study finds. “Although this isn’t favorable news, this study shines a spotlight on theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — If you’ve had a heart attack or are in heart failure, doctors often prescribe cardiac rehabilitation to strengthen your heart. A new study contends that these programs are also appropriate for folks with the common irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation (A-Fib), and mayContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — You try one of the new blood-based tests for colon cancer, and unfortunately, the results come back “abnormal.” Those are alarming findings, of course. But for too many U.S. patients, no further steps are taken, a new study finds. “Blood-based colorectal cancer screeningContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Experts already know that high consumption of ultra-processed foods is bad news for your health, and new research suggests these foods can raise risks for a major killer: lung cancer. Besides the fact that ultra-processed foods are often high in salt, sugar andContinue Reading