WEDNESDAY, March 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Black babies and children are more than twice as likely to die as white kids, and that gap has grown since the 1950s, a new study says. Black kids died at a rate 2.15 times that of white children in the 2010s, researchersContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The first sign of seizures for Amanda Bradbury were auras in her vision that cropped up around age 19. Then came frequent bouts of anxiety, struggling to maintain focus and follow conversations, forgetting things, and having difficulty speaking or even swallowing. “One ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Colon cancer is a particularly deadly form of the disease, the second most common cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. But patients diagnosed with colon cancer also need to be concerned about their heart health, especially if they’re younger adults, a newContinue Reading
Medication approved for uUTIs in women and pediatric patients aged 12 years and olderContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — If you’re one of the 15 million people who shared your DNA with 23andMe, stop whatever you’re doing. Experts say now is the time to delete your data. The genetic testing company filed for bankruptcy March 23 and is looking to sell itsContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — President Donald Trump has chosen Susan Monarez to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) permanently. She has served as acting director since January. If approved by the Senate, Monarez would become the first person without a medical degree toContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Novo Nordisk, a Danish pharmaceutical company, has signed a major deal worth up to $2 billion for the rights to a new obesity and diabetes drug, the company announced March 24. The drug, called UBT251, is being developed by United Bio-Technology (Hengqin) Co.,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, March 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A high-tech T-shirt loaded with sensors can help track patients’ vital signs after their release from a hospital, researchers say. The shirt could help people return home sooner to recover, based on findings from a small group of patients who wore the gadget-filledContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Statins are very cheap and highly effective cholesterol-lowering drugs — but high-risk heart patients may have an even better option, a new evidence review says. Combining statins with another drug, ezetimibe, significantly reduces the risk of death in patients with clogged arteries, accordingContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The final days of acclaimed actor Gene Hackman are heart-rending — a man with Alzheimer’s disease wandering his home for nearly a week after the untimely death of his wife, before collapsing himself. Experts have speculated that Hackman, 95, might have died fromContinue Reading