TUESDAY, Jan. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An average of 22 U.S. teens die each week from drug overdoses, a death toll driven by the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl, a new study reports. Researchers also have identified 19 “hotspot” counties where fatal ODs are occurring as much as double theContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan.9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Patients with the most common form of pancreatic cancer could benefit from an experimental therapeutic vaccine, a small new clinical trial shows. The vaccine, called ELI-002 for now, is targeted to what are known as KRAS-mutated solid tumors. Over 90% of pancreatic tumors haveContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — “School spirit” appears to provide long-lasting mental health benefits for Black teens, new research finds. School connectedness – the degree to which students feel like part of to their school community – is a protective factor against depression and aggressive behavior later inContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — It’s an approach that’s becoming more widespread: Receiving hospital-level care in the home. A new study finds that folks “hospitalized” at home tend to do at least as well as if they’d been checked into a hospital for medical care. Patients getting hospital-levelContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Folks quenching their thirst with bottled water can expect to chug down hundreds of thousands of minute plastic particles with their refreshing H2O, a new study reports. On average, a liter of bottled water contains some 240,000 detectible plastic fragments – 10 toContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There’s information emerging on how the common Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) might be crucial to triggering multiple sclerosis (MS). The virus, which also causes “mono” (mononucleosis) and other illnesses, has gained prominence in recent years as a potential cause of MS. Over 95% ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — With donations falling to the lowest levels in 20 years, the American Red Cross declared a national blood shortage on Sunday. “One of the most distressing situations for a doctor is to have a hospital full of patients and an empty refrigerator withoutContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Exposing babies and toddlers to TV and other digital media could be linked to a heightened risk for dysfunction in what’s known as “sensory processing,” a new study warns. Kids with “atypical sensory processing” are often hypersensitive to the touch, sound, taste orContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Applesauce fruit puree pouches under recall and investigation for toxic lead levels may also contain another toxin, chromium, according to an update released Friday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The products under recall are WanaBana, Weis and Schnucks brand cinnamon-flavoredContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — ‘Freezing’ is a common and debilitating symptom of Parkinson’s disease, with patients suddenly finding themselves unable to move their feet forward. Drugs, surgeries and behavioral therapies have all proven rather ineffective against freezing, but Parkinson’s patients might find fresh hope from a new,Continue Reading