FRIDAY, Feb. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Despite stereotypical images of addicts injecting heroin and then dying, new government research finds that smoking drugs such as fentanyl is now the leading cause of fatal overdoses. In the new research, published Thursday in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, scientists from theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Medication abortion can be delivered safely and effectively using telemedicine, a large, new study concludes. Women who received abortion pills through the mail following a video visit with a doctor fared just as well as women who visited a clinic, researchers report Feb.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People who’ve suffered a moderate to severe traumatic brain injury have a greatly increased risk of brain cancer, a new study of military service members finds. Brain cancer is relatively uncommon, occurring in fewer than 1% of people in the United States, researchersContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) —When grandparents can lend a hand with little ones, moms are less likely to battle depression. And, in turn, they are less likely to take antidepressants, Finnish researchers report in the Feb. 15 issue of the journal Population Studies. Based on a study thatContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Big cats may be more attuned to humans than you think: New research shows that lions, tigers and cheetahs can recognize familiar human voices and tell them apart from strangers. Investigators found consistent evidence of voice recognition among 25 big cats of variousContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A little-known pesticide is likely present in the bodies of most U.S. residents, raising concerns of potential reproductive and developmental problems, researchers report. In the study, the pesticide chlormequat was found in four out of five people they tested. “The ubiquity of thisContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A standard blood test can reveal whether a person is at high risk of having a heart attack within six months, a new study shows. Researchers identified dozens of biomarkers in blood linked to the risk of a first heart attack, according toContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 16, 2024 (HealthDay news) — A drug first developed to treat cocaine addiction might also help slow the spread of advanced colon cancer, a new study suggests. The drug vanoxerine appears to suppress cancer stem cell activity by essentially rewiring gene networks critical to tumor growth, the researchersContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Women with HIV experience accelerated DNA aging, potentially leading to poorer physical function sooner in life than expected, a new study says. Markers of aging measured in blood revealed that women with HIV age faster than their chronological age, according to results publishedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Mick worked in a factory boiler room in the 1970s, where he was exposed to asbestos. He didn’t think much of it until 2018, when he began to feel ill and dropped more than 40 pounds. The diagnosis: malignant mesothelioma, a rare butContinue Reading