MONDAY, Oct. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Want to have successful IVF? If you’re an older woman, find some donor eggs. Most successful fertility treatments for women 43 and older rely on donor eggs, researchers report in the journal Population Studies. Success rates in that age group remain below 5%Continue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An already-available genetic test might spare some melanoma patients from a surgical procedure to see whether their cancer has spread to their lymph nodes. About 93% of people classified as low risk by the genetic test had no cancer in their lymph nodes,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The most common cholesterol drug around might help protect cancer patients from “chemo brain.” Statins appeared to protect breast and lymphoma cancer patients’ brain function for up to two years after their cancer treatment, researchers recently reported in JAMA Network Open. “Cancer treatmentContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Faulty waste clearance in the brain could be contributing to dementia, a new study says. Impaired movement of cerebrospinal fluid — the clear liquid that cushions and cleans the brain — predicted people’s risk of dementia later in life, researchers reported Oct. 23Continue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Want to be ready to respond if an adult starts choking on their food, or a child on some object they’ve swallowed? Updated guidelines are available that let people know just what to do if an infant, child or adult is choking —Continue Reading
SUNDAY, Oct. 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Nearly half of U.S. adults have driven while so tired it affected their ability to stay safe behind the wheel, a new survey finds, taking a risk that can be just as deadly as drunken driving. In an American Academy of Sleep MedicineContinue Reading
SATURDAY, Oct. 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — People with chronic pain who stay active may have one key advantage: Resilience. A new study from the University of Portsmouth in the U.K. found that one’s ability to cope with pain, also known as pain resilience, plays a bigger role in maintainingContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The mRNA technology powering some COVID vaccines may hold a surprising benefit for advanced cancer patients: a potential ability to “rev up” the immune system to better use immunotherapy medicines to attack tumors. Preliminary research published Oct. 22 in the journal Nature foundContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — University of Pennsylvania researchers are charting a revolutionary course in cancer treatment, targeting hidden “sleeper cells” that cause breast cancer to return and spread years after the original tumor is removed. The team, led by oncologist Dr. Angela DeMichele, has advanced a methodContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The cost of employer-provided health insurance has surged for a third straight year, with the annual cost of a family plan approaching $27,000, according to a new survey from the nonprofit KFF. That’s the average one-year premium cost shared by one family andContinue Reading