FRIDAY, Aug. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Most children involved in fatal car crashes are not safely and properly restrained, needlessly placing them in harm’s way, a new study says. About 7 of 10 kids younger than 13 weren’t safely strapped in when a fatal auto accident took place, researchersContinue Reading
The implantable neurostimulation device activates the body’s innate anti-inflammatory and immune-restorative pathwaysContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Wildfires that tore through Los Angeles early this year may have caused hundreds more deaths than official reports show, new research suggests. While the fires were said to have taken 31 lives, a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American MedicalContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has canceled nearly $500 million in grants and contracts meant to support mRNA vaccine development, the agency announced Tuesday. The funding had been awarded to 22 research projects managed byContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — U.S. health officials are warning patients and physicians about safety issues associated with two Boston Scientific heart implants, which have been linked to injuries and deaths. On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two alerts about these devices: One isContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Automatically mailing a stool test kit to people’s homes might be the best way to boost colon cancer screening among younger adults, a new study says. More 45- to 49-year-olds went ahead with cancer screening when they received an unsolicited stool test kitContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — There’s a simple way older women can protect their heart health, a new study argues. Just stand up. Women who started standing up from a seated position more often during their day experienced notable improvement in blood pressure after three months, researchers reportedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Adding distance to your daily walk and picking up your pace can help reduce risk of heart problems associated with high blood pressure, a new study says. Compared to a minimum step count of 2,300 steps, every 1,000 additional steps are associated withContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have debunked long-standing concerns that Tamiflu can cause neurological and psychiatric problems when given to influenza-stricken children. For decades, doctors have debated whether the antiviral drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu) increases kids’ risk of seizures, mental problems and hallucinations. But Tamiflu actually cuts byContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Children raised in unstable, unpredictable environments are more likely to exhibit mental and physical health problems as teenagers and young adults, a new study says. Kids are more likely to develop behavior problems and mental health conditions after living in a chaotic household,Continue Reading