FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — While cancer death rates have fallen among Americans generally over the past two decades, a new study finds Black Americans are still more likely than whites to die from the disease. There has been some improvement in closing the gap — in 2000,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A universal coronavirus vaccine could have saved millions of lives and billions of dollars if one had been available prior to the pandemic, a new study argues. Further, a universal vaccine — one that targets parts of the virus common to all coronavirusesContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic, which have become a wildly popular way to lose weight or battle diabetes, show no link to suicidal thoughts or actions, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. “Our preliminary evaluation has not found evidence that useContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Childhood cancer survivors are at increased risk of developing heart failure later in life, due to the chemotherapy that was used to save their lives. But an already approved drug might help reduce that risk, according to a new report published Jan. 9Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Imagine easing a fear of heights by getting over a phobia of spiders. That might sound odd, but it works, researchers report. Folks who use exposure therapy to overcome one phobia can find themselves less afraid of other things, according to the resultsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Women who’ve survived breast cancer may want to up their dietary intake of soy, nuts, beans and whole grains, a new analysis finds. A higher intake of soy compounds called isoflavones was especially tied to better odds that cancer would not return, accordingContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Lung cancer patients who are unsuitable candidates for surgery may have a new, effective treatment option, researchers report. In a small study — just 28 patients — investigators found that delivering higher but less frequent doses of radiation therapy, along with standard chemotherapy,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More than a few folks are considering a cosmetic skin procedure to enhance their looks heading into 2024. Botox, fillers and lasers are common means to sculpt a person’s appearance, but dermatologists recommend a comprehensive approach under the care of a qualified specialist.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Sickle cell disease is one of many chronic health conditions that dramatically increases the risk of hospitalization and death in people infected by COVID-19. Unfortunately, folks with sickle cell disease are much less likely to have received the best protection available to themContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — U.S. doctors are prescribing antifungal creams to patients with skin complaints at rates so high they could be contributing to the rise of drug-resistant infections, new research shows. These are “severe antimicrobial-resistant superficial fungal infections, which have recently been detected in the UnitedContinue Reading