WEDNESDAY, Jan. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A set of chameleon-like immune cells could be contributing to severe asthma in some patients. Intermediate group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) appear to be able to get around cutting-edge asthma treatments by transforming into another type of immune cell. Targeted biologic drugsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A sudden need to urinate is more common than previously known, but treatment is less common. Diagnoses for overactive bladder more than tripled between 2013 and 2017, after the American Urological Association (AUA) released guidelines for the condition in 2012, researchers found. However,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Want your kid to do well in school? Get them involved in an organized sport, a new study urges. Boys and girls are both more likely to earn a high school diploma if they take part in team sports like soccer or artisticContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Rural areas are facing an increasing shortage of eye surgeons who can treat conditions like cataracts, glaucoma and detached retinas, a new study says. More than 17% of patients who need an ophthalmic surgeon live in rural America, but fewer than 6% ofContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Most parents of a child with a food allergy opt to cut the offending food completely out of their homes. However, that strategy is tied to an emotional toll, researchers said. Parents who exclude food from their home because of their child’s allergyContinue Reading
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TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 (HealthDay New) — A landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision barring job discrimination significantly eased the minds of LGBTQ+ workers, a new study says. The court extended employment protections to nearly 3.6 million LGBTQ+ people in 12 states with its 2020 Bostock v Clayton County decision. AsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People with multiple sclerosis (MS) have been concerned that a COVID-19 infection could cause the symptoms of their nerve disease to become even worse. But a new study should offer some solace — COVID doesn’t appear to worsen MS, researchers reported Dec. 23,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is awarding the pharmaceutical company Moderna $590 million to continue developing a vaccine to protect against bird flu. This funding, announced Friday by Moderna, builds on the $176 million it received from HHS lastContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Medicare Advantage isn’t that great an advantage for seniors compared with traditional Medicare, researchers say. The privatized form of Medicare offers more supplemental benefits than traditional Medicare, including dental, vision and hearing benefits. But many seniors aren’t using those additional benefits, and theirContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For the first time, bird flu has been detected in a commercial poultry flock in Georgia. The case — confirmed in Elbert County by the Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service —Continue Reading