MONDAY, June 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it would hear a case on a Tennessee law that bans transgender minors from receiving certain medical treatments in that state. The banned treatments include puberty-blocking drugs or hormonal therapies. It’s the first time the courtContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The rate of self-reported mental distress and depression among American adults who identify as transgender or gender-diverse (TGD) has more than doubled between 2014 and 2022, an analysis of federal health data reveals. During that time, “a record number of enacted laws hasContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Just two injections a year of a new HIV drug protected young women in Africa from infection with the sexually transmitted disease, new trial results show. In announcing the findings, Gilead Sciences Inc. said its HIV medication lenacapavir demonstrated 100% efficacy as aContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s decision to authorize the first menthol-flavored e-cigarettes has drawn the the ire of health advocates who say the decision undermines efforts to end the youth vaping epidemic in America. In its approval of four flavored vaping productsContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — John Nicolas was deep into kidney transplant surgery when he decided to ask his doctors if they’d started yet. “At one point during surgery, I recall asking, ‘Should I be expecting the spinal anesthesia to kick in?’” Nicolas, 28, recalled in a newsContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Inhaled insulin could be a better option than injections or pumps for some patients with type 1 diabetes, a new clinical trial shows. Patients using inhaled insulin (Afrezza) plus long-lasting insulin degludec injections had better control over their blood sugar than those assignedContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Independent living is important for seniors, but a new study shows it might not be the best thing for their health. Older adults living in senior housing tended to have better health than those who remain in their own homes, researchers found. PeopleContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Giving people with pancreatic cancer chemotherapy both before and after a tumor-removing surgery brought better outcomes than if they got the drugs only after the surgery, new research shows. Researchers at the Yale Cancer Center (YCC) and Yale School of Medicine focused onContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Specific steps can be taken to reduce the risk of potentially fatal reactions to anti-seizure medications, researchers report in a new review. Performing blood tests, asking patients about risk factors and modifying dosages all can reduce reaction risk for drugs that millions ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — U.S. children with inoperable brain tumors appear to die sooner and find it harder to get care if they live in poorer neighborhoods, a new study finds. Children from higher-income areas had more than double the average survival time than kids from poorerContinue Reading