MONDAY, May 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Rick Slayman, the first person to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig, has died nearly two months after having the historic surgery. In a statement released Saturday, Slayman’s family said they were “deeply saddened about the sudden passing of ourContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Police seizures of illicit fentanyl pills have soared in recent years, a new study has found. The number of pills containing fentanyl seized by law enforcement was 2,300 times greater in 2023 than in 2017 – more than 115 million pills, compared toContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Early research in mice suggests a new path forward to restoring hair growth in people affected by a form of alopecia. Alopecia areata is an autommune disorder that affects an estimated 6 million Americans and has no cure, according to researchers at theContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — “Skinny” fat cells might actually make it harder to lose weight and easier to pack on extra pounds, a new study says. Researchers say it’s possible to predict if someone’s going to gain weight based solely on the size of their fat cells.Continue Reading
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — About a third of young children who are allergic to peanuts will outgrow the allergy by the age of 10, and an antibody test might predict who those kids might be. Fluctuations in two immune system antibodies in the blood, called sIgG4 andContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Yoga can help improve the long-term health of people with heart failure, a new study has found. “Patients who practiced yoga on top of taking their medications felt better, were able to do more, and had stronger hearts than those who only tookContinue Reading
SATURDAY, May 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Women account for two-thirds of all Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease, which means this Mother’s Day will be bittersweet for many families across the nation. “Mother’s Day is all about honoring the mother figures in our lives who loved, nurtured, and supported us,”Continue Reading
FRIDAY, May 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — H5N1 avian flu is now infecting U.S. dairy cows and the federal government on Friday announced a myriad of initiatives aimed at preventing the virus’ mutation and spread in humans. The illness is typically not fatal in bovines, but monitoring and prevention onContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For 14 years, David Perez fought fires in South Florida, thinking he was in peak physical shape. Then a routine physical turned up anomalies in his blood work that turned his life upside down. “The labs came back irregular. Everything was off,” Perez,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, May 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Opal Sandy was born into a world she could not hear. The British baby girl, now 18 months old, had a rare genetic condition called auditory neuropathy that interrupted nerve impulses that travel from the inner ear to the brain. She’d been fittedContinue Reading