TUESDAY, Oct. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A recently approved targeted chemotherapy drug can significantly extend the lives of advanced breast cancer patients who have developed tumors in their brains, new clinical trial results show. On average, patients receiving the drug Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) survived more than 17 months withoutContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — AI isn’t ready to run a hospital’s emergency room just yet, a new study concludes. ChatGPT likely would ask for unnecessary x-rays and antibiotics for some patients, and admit others who don’t really need hospital treatment, researchers reported Oct. 8 in the journalContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The recent approval of a new epinephrine nasal spray gives patients a powerful new way to keep life-threatening allergic reactions at bay. But that doesn’t mean folks no longer have to worry about anaphylaxis. According to the American College of Allergy, Asthma andContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Generations of parental warnings may not be wrong: A massive study of available data finds teens who use marijuana have significantly worse outcomes at school. Data from 63 studies involving almost 440,000 youths found “cannabis use during adolescence is probably associated with lowerContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A simple blood test may help doctors decide the best way to treat a man with advanced prostate cancer. A phase 3 clinical trial has shown that circulating tumor cell (CTC) counts can predict which men are likely to respond to standard treatmentContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Checking your blood pressure at home? Pay attention to arm position. A new study by Johns Hopkins researchers confirms that it makes a “huge difference” when it comes to getting an accurate measurement. And, the authors add, health care providers need to beContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — So much for the idea that most people born today will live 100 years or more. New research shows that the dramatic increases in life expectancy seen during the 19th and 20th centuries have slowed considerably. In the world’s longest-living populations, life expectancyContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A pair of American scientists have won the 2024 Nobel Prize in medicine for their discovery of microRNA, tiny genetic molecules that play a crucial role in how genes shape the body. The research of Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun “revealed a newContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In findings that suggest inroads are being made in the battle against America’s opioid epidemic, new government data shows a 10% drop in overdose deaths. The statistics, compiled by states and posted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, show just overContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Even as folks in North Carolina continue to clean up following the devastation of Hurricane Helene, a new health danger has emerged: The massive flooding that swept away roads and towns also uprooted the underground nests of yellow jackets, bees and other stingingContinue Reading