SATURDAY, Aug. 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Most folks probably think of gene mutations as something people are born with, but genes can also change later in life, sometimes making people sick. Scientists recently discovered a new disease that starts just that way in midlife. Called VEXAS, it’s marked byContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More than 122,000 ladders sold at Home Depot are being recalled because their locking mechanism can fail, putting users at risk of a fall. The affected ladders are 20- and 24-foot Multi-Max Pro models sold between November 2021 and February 2024. The manufacturer,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — People living in neighborhoods once labeled “hazardous” on federal housing maps are still more likely to wait longer for an ambulance, new research shows. Rutgers University researchers who analyzed 236 U.S. urban areas found that 7.06% of residents in historically redlined “Grade D”Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A fast-moving cholera outbreak in Sudan’s Darfur region has killed 40 people and sickened more than 2,300 in the past week alone, according to Doctors Without Borders. The medical aid group, also known as Médecins San Frontières or MSF, says this is theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For the first time, scientists have created a brain implant that can “hear” and vocalize words a person is only imagining in their head. The device, developed at Stanford University in California, could help people with severe paralysis communicate more easily, even ifContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Some kids are helped by exposure therapy to food allergens like peanuts, with their allergies gradually diminishing as they eat small amounts of their food nemesis. For others, such treatment – also called oral immunotherapy — causes severe allergic reactions. Researchers now thinkContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Fountain of Youth may not be all it’s cracked up to be, researchers say. A genetic “fountain of youth” actually might increase seniors’ risk of developing autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, celiac disease and psoriasis, a new study says. Essentially, seniorsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Breathing problems are common among people with a spinal cord injury, frequently contributing to illness and death. But researchers think they’ve sussed out a way to potentially improve these patients’ ability to breathe, a new study says. A group of nerve cells inContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — “Forever” PFAS chemicals might hamper a teenager’s ability to drop excess weight, even if they’ve undergone weight-loss surgery, a new study says. Teens with high blood levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were more likely to regain weight lost after bariatric surgery,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Folks fighting an addiction can boost their chances of success if they also drop the smokes, a new study says. Addicts who quit smoking have up to 42% better odds of recovery, researchers reported Aug. 13 in JAMA Psychiatry. These results indicate thatContinue Reading