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SATURDAY, Sept. 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Blood cancer is not a diagnosis anyone wants to receive, but understanding the different types of this disease and how best to catch them early is essential, one expert says. First, blood cancers are far more common than you might think: One personContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The first new type of medication in decades to help fight against schizophrenia was approved on Thursday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Cobenfy (xanomeline/trospium chloride) could bring patients what they’ve long hoped for: A means of easing the hallucinations and “voices”Continue Reading
FRIDAY, September 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In a sign that climate change may be fueling heat illnesses in kids, a new study reveals that such visits to two Texas children’s emergency rooms spiked 170% between 2012 and 2023. Study leader Dr. Taylor Merritt, a resident pediatrician at UT SouthwesternContinue Reading
FRIDAY, September 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Folks who depend on e-bikes and powered scooters to get around know they might get hurt, but they might be surprised by just how likely that really is. Rates of injury on the trendy transportation devices skyrocketed between 2019 and 2022, Columbia UniversityContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Grandma’s pill organizer. Fido’s pain medication. A tossed-away tissue. All are potential sources of opioid poisoning for young children, researchers at the New Jersey Poison Control Center report. Their five-year look at 230 cases of opioid exposure in children between 1 month andContinue Reading
FRIDAY, September 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Patients with opioid use disorder who receive higher doses of a drug to treat their addiction are more likely to have positive results, a new study finds. Daily doses of the drug buprenorphine is a standard treatment for opioid use disorder, and theContinue Reading
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FRIDAY, Sept. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An experimental monoclonal antibody treatment appears to ease the digestive disorder ulcerative colitis in patients who’ve failed other medications, a new trial shows. The treatment, tulisokibart, spurred remission of symptoms in more than a quarter of patients, compared to only 1.5% of thoseContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Chroming, where toxic fumes from common household items are inhaled for a quick high, is on the rise among youth and TikTok may be to blame, new research suggests. In findings that are to be presented Saturday at the American Academy of PediatricsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — If you think it isn’t important to start breastfeeding your newborn while still in the hospital, think again. New research shows that infants who were exclusively fed breast milk during their hospitalization right after birth were 22% less likely to develop asthma inContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Laws that ban assault weapons do indeed protect children from dying in mass shootings, but the same can’t be said for more common types of gun restrictions and regulations, new research shows. “Mass shootings are horrific events. We found that large capacity magazineContinue Reading