MONDAY, June 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Regular exercise can ease mood disorders in children and teens, offering an alternative to medications like antidepressants, a new evidence review has concluded. Both anxiety and depression decrease when kids take part in structured exercise programs, researchers reported June 26 in Journal ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The health of women who experience severe bleeding after giving birth can remain in peril for up to 15 years afterward, a major new evidence review says. Women who survive postpartum hemorrhage are 76% more likely to suffer health problems like heart failure,Continue Reading
MONDAY, June 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The thought of swallowing a pill on a thread isn’t the most pleasant notion, but it could be a vastly better alternative for people at increased risk of throat cancer, a new study says. For nearly 20 years, U.K. resident Duncan Cook hasContinue Reading
SUNDAY, June 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The swamps of Georgia and South Carolina harbor something more dangerous than the alligators for which they’re best known. Researchers studying the ancient reptiles found high levels of mercury, a potent neurotoxin. Their discovery — reported in the June issue of the journalContinue Reading
SATURDAY, June 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — If you’re looking to boost your running performance, try this simple tip: Keep your eyes on the finish line. New research shows that narrowing your focus while running — especially as you get closer to the end — can help you run fasterContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — From allowing states to ban gender-transition care and sales of flavored vapes to minors to rolling back the landmark Clean Air Act, the U.S. Supreme Court had a consequential term. The Washington Post cites these as among the high court’s most consequential decisionsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The United States will stop sending money to Gavi, a global group that helps vaccinate children in low-income countries, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday. The decision was made public in a video shared at a GaviContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A U.S. vaccine advisory panel voted Thursday to stop recommending flu shots that contain thimerosal, a move that experts say may reduce access to vaccines without making them any safer. The vote came from a newly appointed group of people that now makeContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added new warnings to the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines about a rare heart condition that mostly affects young men. The update expands earlier warnings about myocarditis, a type of heart inflammation, The Associated PressContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Opening a bottle or unwrapping a piece of deli meat could be adding tiny plastic particles to your food, new research reveals. Microplastics and nanoplastics can enter food during packaging, processing and even normal use, like twisting a bottle cap or tearing offContinue Reading