TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For the second time this year, the Senate plans to vote Tuesday on a law that would create a nationwide right to IVF. The bill was already blocked by Republicans earlier this year, but Democrats are hoping to use this second vote toContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — That plastic wrap you find around the food you eat is far from benign: A new study shows that more than 3,600 chemicals leach into food during the packaging process. Of that number, 79 chemicals are known to cause cancer, genetic mutations, and endocrineContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Millions more people will die annually from antibiotic-resistant infections over the next 25 years unless steps are taken to counter this growing health threat, a new study warns. The number of deaths linked to antibiotic-resistant bacteria is projected to grow to 8.2 millionContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As wildfires continue to burn across parts of California, a new study finds that smoke from these blazes and other air pollution could be harming kids’ mental health. Repeated exposure to high levels of particle pollution increases kids’ risk of depression, anxiety andContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Brain training aimed at improving memory can ward off symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease for years, a new study claims. Seniors experienced a slower decline in their memory and thinking abilities after undergoing brain training, compared to others who didn’t get the training, researchersContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Most parents are placing their kids in harms’ way by moving them out of their car booster seat too soon, a new study warns. Four out of five parents moved their kid out of a booster seat before the child was big enough,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A small clinical trial suggests that a duo of drugs can extend survival for people battling advanced kidney cancer. Researchers at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, N.Y., developed the new regimen, a combination of pazopanib (Votrient) and bevacizumab (Avastin). Pazopanib is fromContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For the first time, scientists have detected microscopic microplastics lodged in the human brain. Researchers in Germany and Brazil say that 8 out of 15 autopsied adults had microplastics detected within their brain’s smell centers, the olfactory bulb. The particles were likely breathedContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Fatty liver disease linked to diabetes and obesity can easily progress to liver cirrhosis, but new research suggests that GLP-1 medicines like Ozempic can help stop that. In a new decades-long study, veterans with diabetes and what’s known as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liverContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People with rare genetic variants linked to degenerative brain disorders like Parkinson’s disease are at increased risk of developing ALS, a new study finds. Further, having these genetic variants increases the risk of a person having faster-progressing ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) and dyingContinue Reading