SATURDAY, June 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Tending to a teething baby is tough: Parents want to help, but might not be sure how. Teething typically begins around 4 to 7 months of age, as the 20 or so “baby teeth” that will emerge by the age of 3 beginContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a controversial settlement that drug maker Purdue Pharma had reached with victims of the opioid epidemic. The ruling threatens a massive bankruptcy plan that would have protected the Sackler family, which controls the company, againstContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As a summer wave of COVID infections rolls across the country, U.S. health officials have recommended that all Americans over the age of 6 months get one of the updated COVID vaccines when they become available this fall. The recommendation was issued ThursdayContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has sent a warning letter to one of America’s biggest bakeries, asking the company to stop claiming there are allergens such as sesame or nuts in products when in fact they are not there. In a statementContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Specific types of gut bacteria appear to be linked to compulsive eating, a new study reports. Researchers found that one type of gut bacteria — the Proteobacteria family — is abundant in people and mice with an addiction to food. Other types ofContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 28, 20204 (HealthDay news) — An immunotherapy/chemotherapy combo drug can help early-stage breast cancer patients remain cancer-free following treatment, a new trial shows. The combo drug, Kadcyla, is already approved to treat patients with advanced HER2-positive breast cancer, researchers said. The new results show that stage 1 breastContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The spread of H5N1 avian flu to dairy cows has health experts and many Americans on edge, and now a new study finds the virus stays viable on milking equipment for at least an hour. “Dairy cows have to be milked even ifContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Exposure to air pollution as a child increases an adult’s risk of bronchitis, a new study warns. Young adults with bronchitis symptoms tended to have been exposed during childhood to two types of air pollutants, researchers found: Particle pollution from dust, pollen, wildfireContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A new “microrobot” pill may help tame inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a new study in mice suggests. The pill significantly reduced IBD symptoms in mice and promoted the healing of damaged colon tissue without toxic side effects, researchers reported June 26 in theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Scientists have documented the first case of Down syndrome in Neanderthals, a finding which also supports the notion that these cousins of modern man were capable of providing care and support to a vulnerable member of their group. “The results have significant implicationsContinue Reading