WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Misuse of illicit prescription drugs is falling dramatically among U.S. high school students, a new study says. The percentage of seniors who say they’ve misused prescription drugs in the past year has dropped to 2% in 2022, down from 11% back in 2009,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 doesn’t raise a person’s risk of developing chronic fatigue syndrome more than any other infectious disease, a new study finds. The rate of chronic fatigue syndrome following a brief illness was roughly the same between people who caught COVID and those whoContinue Reading
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WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Arizona health officials are reporting an increase in hantavirus infections, which are spread by rodents and can cause severe respiratory illness. In a recent health alert, the Arizona Department of Health Services announced there have been seven confirmed cases and three deaths inContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Just two shots a year of an HIV treatment provided complete protection against infections in highly at-risk women, researchers reported Wednesday. In the study of about 5,000 women in South Africa and Uganda, those given injections of lenacapavir were 100% protected, while roughly 2% ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As marijuana loses much of its stigma and laws around its use relax, Americans are increasingly consuming it medically and recreationally. Americans with diabetes are no exception, a new study finds. The number of adults with diabetes who said that they’d used cannabisContinue Reading
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WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Black Americans are almost a third more likely to die from colon cancer than their white peers, and one key to closing that divide could be better cancer screening, a new report finds. That means getting Black Americans quality colonoscopies and other formsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The knee develops differently in men and women, with sex-specific distinctions in the joint appearing as early as childhood, a new study finds. Taking these differences into account among girls could help prevent knee arthritis for women later in life, researchers say. Gender-basedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Youngsters so sick they’ve needed treatment in an ICU appear to bear the scars of that experience years later, a new study finds. Children and teenagers treated in an intensive care unit have a significantly higher risk of developing a mental illness asContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Online retail giants like Amazon have made it easier for people to buy what they want when they want it, but that convenience comes at a cost to people’s health, a new study says. Huge warehouses that support online shopping increase air pollutionContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Having high blood pressure in adulthood greatly raises the odds for multiple types of stroke, a new study confirms. “Our results suggest that early diagnosis and sustained control of high blood pressure over the lifespan are critical to preventing stroke, ischemic stroke andContinue Reading