RFK Jr. Says New HHS Decisions No Longer Required to Be Open for Public Comment
2025-03-03
Newly appointed health secretary believes processing the comments under the Richardson Waiver puts too heavy a burden on the departmentContinue Reading
Longtime NIH Leader Francis Collins Retires
2025-03-03
MONDAY, March 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Dr. Francis Collins, the famed geneticist who led the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for 12 years and helped guide the U.S. through the COVID pandemic, has stepped down. Collins, who’s 74, announced his retirement over the weekend, praising the NIH staff inContinue Reading
Electric Vehicle Fires May Raise Cancer Risk for Communities
2025-03-03
MONDAY, March 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — As electric vehicles (EVs) become more common on roads, they bring new health concerns for firefighters and the community, new research shows. Researchers at the University of Miami’s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center found that EV fires expose firefighters, vehicle owners and community residentsContinue Reading
Duke Doctors Perform First Living Mitral Valve Transplant
2025-03-03
MONDAY, March, 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — In a groundbreaking series of surgeries, doctors at Duke Health have successfully performed the world’s first living mitral valve replacement, saving the lives of three young girls across North Carolina. The procedure became possible after 11-year-old Journi Kelly, from Wilson, N.C., received aContinue Reading
Exercise Boosts Mental Health Of Women With Chronic Pelvic Pain
2025-03-03
MONDAY, March 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Physical activity can improve the mental well-being of women living with chronic pelvic pain disorders like endometriosis and uterine fibroids, a new study says. Activities like brisk walking or aerobic exercise caused measurable improvements in women with pelvic pain, researchers reported in theContinue Reading
Patients Devastated When Docs Dismiss Autoimmune Ailments As Psychosomatic
2025-03-03
MONDAY, March 3, 2025 — A patient with multiple autoimmune diseases can remember the exact moment a doctor tore their heart out. “One doctor told me I was making myself feel pain, and I still can’t forget those words,” the patient remembered. “Telling me I’m doing it to myself hasContinue Reading
Death Risk Doubled For ER Patients On Psychedelics
2025-03-03
MONDAY, March 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — People who land in the ER after using hallucinogens are more than twice as likely to die in a handful of years, a new study says. Psychedelics users treated at a hospital are 2.6 times more likely than average folks to die fromContinue Reading
Instagram, TikTok Feature “Overwhelmingly” Misleading Medical Info
2025-03-03
MONDAY, March 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Heard the latest on social media about testosterone testing, full-body MRI scans, “egg timer” female fertility tests or gut microbiome analysis? If so, you’ve more than likely been exposed to misinformation, a new study suggests. Analysis of nearly 1,000 Instagram and TikTok postsContinue Reading
Injectable Drug Resolves Dangerous Food Allergies In One-Third Of Kids
2025-03-03
MONDAY, March 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More than a third of food-allergic kids were able to eat full servings of their trigger foods after treatment with an injectable asthma drug, new clinical trial findings report. In all, 36% of children treated with omalizumab (Xolair) for a year successfully ateContinue Reading
Seniors Overlooked By Suicide Prevention Programs
2025-03-03
MONDAY, March 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Suicide prevention campaigns are overlooking seniors, even though people 75 and older have the highest rates of suicide for any age group, a new study says. None of the seven most prominent suicide prevention programs include any messaging aimed at at-risk seniors onContinue Reading