FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new drug to treat patients with an advanced form of deadly lung cancer. Importantly, tarlatamab (Imdelltra) is only for patients who have exhausted all other options to treat extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, May 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, setting the stage for a significant shift in the nation’s drug policy. In a proposed rule sent to the federal register, officials acknowledge the medical uses of marijuanaContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Life expectancy around the world is expected to increase by nearly 5 years in men and more than 4 years in women during the next three decades, researchers predict. These increases are expected to be in countries where life expectancy typically is shorter,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, May 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Cutting-edge cancer treatments are essentially useless for patients barely clinging to life, a new study shows. Chemotherapies, immunotherapies, targeted therapies and hormone therapies do not improve survival rates in patients with very advanced tumors near the end of life, according to findings publishedContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The smell of food is appetizing when you’re hungry. At the same time, it can be a turnoff if you’re full. That’s due to the interaction between two different parts of the brain involving sense of smell and behavior motivation, a new studyContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Kids and young adults who use social media for seven or more hours per day have double the risk of taking up vaping or smoking or both, new research shows. The study is based on a survey of almost 11,000 young British peopleContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Men are more vulnerable than women to the debilitating effects of diabetes, a new long-term study finds. Overall rates of diabetes are similar between men and women, according to the report published May 16 in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. ButContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Sleepaway camp can be a lot of fun for kids, but only if they’re ready for the experience. And that’s the tough part — figuring out as a parent when a child is ready to stay away from home, and what they’ll needContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Mice, rats and other wildlife can pick up bacteria called leptospira from water or soil and excrete it in urine. If your dog contacts any soil or water contaminated by the germ (especially if they have an open wound) they can easily developContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An experimental drug can help patients better live with a genetic condition that causes the heart to enlarge and thicken, a new clinical trial shows. People with the condition, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), were able to take in and use significantly more oxygen whileContinue Reading