TUESDAY, Sept. 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — “Liquid biopsy” tests using blood samples to screen for multiple types of cancer are attracting much attention, for their potential to catch unseen tumors. But it’s too soon to tell whether they’re truly useful in the fight against cancer, a new evidence reviewContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Most Americans would be healthier if the nation dropped daylight saving time, a major new study says. Switching to permanent standard time would prevent about 300,000 cases of stroke per year and result in 2.6 million fewer people with obesity, researchers estimate inContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A child in Los Angeles County has died from a rare brain disorder caused by a measles infection in infancy, health officials reported. The child, who was too young to get the measles vaccine, had developed subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE). It’s a rareContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Health workers in southern Kasai province have started giving Ebola vaccines as officials race to contain the latest outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. So far, at least 68 suspected cases and 16 deaths have been reported since the outbreak was declaredContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — About 4,700 bottles of Bariatric Fusion iron-containing multivitamins have been recalled because packaging does not meet federal safety standards, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The bottles, sold online at Amazon.com, bariatricfusion.com and other sites between January and June 2025,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Every time you reach for a nonstick pan, you could be using chemicals that are now on the chopping block in the state of California. Lawmakers have approved a bill to phase out PFAS — also called “forever chemicals” — in cookware, cleaningContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Many folks are needlessly suffering from dry eyes, a new study says. More than half of people in the U.S. and Europe struggle with dry eyes, in which their eyes fail to produce enough tears to keep them lubricated, researchers reported today atContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Smokers have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, especially if they are genetically predisposed to the condition, a new study says. People who ever smoked at all have an elevated risk of all four subtypes of type 2 diabetes, and heavyContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Half of people who start taking the GLP-1 weight-loss drug Ozempic drop it within a year, a new study says. About 52% of people in Denmark prescribed semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) for weight loss stopped taking it after one year, researchers reported Saturday atContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Instead of searching for reading glasses, could middle-aged folks and seniors soon find themselves rummaging around for a misplaced eye dropper? Special eye drops used two to three times daily might one day replace reading glasses as a means of coping with age-relatedContinue Reading