TUESDAY, July 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More Florida teens are roaming the streets packing heat, a new study says. Handgun carrying among Florida middle and high school students increased by 65% between 2002 and 2022, researchers reported July 7 in the journal Pediatrics. Teenage girls, middle school students andContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A single mood disorder might have driven a rapid increase in Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana program, a new study says. Enrollment dramatically spiked after officials added anxiety to the list of conditions that could be treated with medical weed, researchers reported July 7 inContinue Reading
Trump administration’s denial of visas for citizens of certain countries preventing medical residents from filling critical positions in U.S. hospitalsContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — What does it take to be considered “cool”? A new international study may have the answer — and it turns out cool people tend to act the same way no matter where they live. Researchers from universities in Chile, the United States andContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 7, 2025 — Two babies in Oregon got sick with lead poisoning after eating baby food from Target that was previously recalled, Oregon health officials said. The food was part of the Good & Gather brand sold at Target stores and made by the company Fruselva. It wasContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Adults as young as 50 may now qualify for an RSV vaccine if they have certain health conditions, according to a quiet update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This marks a change from the CDC’s previous recommendation, whichContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Folks who work out to ease their rheumatoid arthritis (RA) symptoms might find some relief from an unexpected source – a blood pressure cuff. People who apply pneumatic cuffs to a limb while working out experience reduced pain and improved strength and physicalContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune condition that mainly affects the skin. When you have psoriasis, your immune system sends signals to your skin cells to grow too fast. Normally, skin cells take about a month to form and rise to the surface. InContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — About 1 in 6 older adults takes daily aspirin to prevent heart disease, even though stricter guidelines say it’s not for everyone, a new study says. Worse, nearly a quarter of those folks started taking aspirin without a doctor’s recommendation, and about 1Continue Reading
MONDAY, July 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Radiation therapy to treat cancer might be a double-edged sword that increases the risk posed by other malignant tumors, a new study argues. While radiation is often used alone or in combination with other treatments to control cancer, high doses of radiation canContinue Reading