FRIDAY, Oct. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Nearly 100 people aboard Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas contracted norovirus during a two-week voyage from San Diego to Miami, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. The highly contagious gastrointestinal illness affected 94 of the 1,874 passengers, withContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Oregon scientists have taken an early step toward creating lab-grown eggs using human skin cells, but the process faces major challenges before it could ever be used to help people have children. In the new study, published Sept. 30 in the journal NatureContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has confirmed 10 new measles cases this week, bringing the state’s total to 18 so far in 2025. The cases were all among unvaccinated people who had recently traveled, KSTP-TV in Minneapolis reported. Seven of the newContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Universal free meal programs appear to improve kids’ heart health, a new study says. The proportion of students with high blood pressure fell by nearly 11% over five years among schools that signed up for free meal programs, researchers recently reported in JAMAContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Rotten sleep might accelerate the aging of a person’s brain, partly by increasing inflammation, a new study says. People’s brains aged faster as they scored worse on a five-point scale of sleep quality, researchers reported Sept. 30 in the journal eBioMedicine. “The gapContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A “stress coach” smart patch can help people struggling with addiction or alcoholism manage their anxiety and cravings, lowering their risk of relapse, a new study shows. The biofeedback patch provides people with real-time monitoring of their heart rate, which can become erraticContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Flavored weed vapes are now American teens’ favorite way to get high, a new study says. Vaping marijuana has become increasingly popular among weed users, and flavored cannabis vapes are their preferred product, according to research published in the Journal of Adolescent Health.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Immigrants come to the United States hale and healthy, but that doesn’t last long, a new study says. Immigrants’ heart disease risk increases the longer they live in the U.S., according to research scheduled for presentation today at an American College of CardiologyContinue Reading
40 percent of children achieved complete skin clearance at week 16 with Tremfya versus placeboContinue Reading
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