WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Use lifestyle interventions to show no signs of type 2 diabetes for at least three months? There’s a code for that: E11.A. Starting Oct. 1, 2025, a new diagnosis code was added to the detailed list of codes used by health care providers:Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Starting in 2026, restaurant chains in California will be required to list major food allergens on their menus in a first-of-its-kind law. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill Monday, making California the first state to require allergen labeling for restaurants with 20 orContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Emergency responders to the World Trade Center collapse on 9/11 have a nearly tripled risk of lung cancer, a new study says. The toxic dust and fumes that lingered over Ground Zero likely boosted lung cancer rates among rescue workers, researchers reported thisContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — School is back in session and with it, the beginning of the cold and flu season. Unfortunately, air purifiers aren’t likely to reduce the risk of children’s exposure to respiratory viruses in the classroom, researchers reported Oct. 10 in JAMA Network Open. EvenContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A newly trained AI might be able to help identify children who are at risk of sepsis within the next 48 hours, researchers say. The AI pointed out kids at risk for an infection leading to life-threatening organ dysfunction, after being trained onContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — ADHD appears to enhance creativity, a benefit that comes if a wandering mind is nudged in the right direction, a pair of new studies have concluded. Folks with more symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder score higher on creative tests, researchers reported SaturdayContinue Reading
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Loneliness or social isolation might lower a cancer patient’s odds of survival, according to a new evidence review. Cancer patients who feel lonely appear to have a higher risk of death, both from their malignancy and from other health problems, researchers reported Oct.Continue Reading
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TUESDAY, Oct. 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic “keto” diet may help protect young animals from the lasting effects of stress experienced before birth, new research suggests. The findings, presented Sunday at the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) conference in Amsterdam, add to growing evidence that dietContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Health officials in several states are battling new measles outbreaks that have forced hundreds of unvaccinated students into quarantine. In northwestern South Carolina, 153 unvaccinated children are under a 21-day quarantine after exposure to the virus in Greenville and Spartanburg counties, according toContinue Reading