THURSDAY, July 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Kids coping with chronic health problems like asthma also are struggling with the emotional burden of stress, fear and sadness, a new study says. Almost 94% of comments posted online by chronically ill kids and their caregivers expressed negative feelings like disgust, sadnessContinue Reading
However, improvements seen in vaccination rates for diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis, measles, HPVContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Thousands of health workers lost their jobs this week after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for the Trump administration to move forward with major staffing cuts. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized 10,000 layoffsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — YoCrunch yogurt products are being pulled from store shelves nationwide due to a safety concern, its manufacturer announced Monday. Danone U.S., the maker of YoCrunch, said small, sharp pieces of plastic may be inside the dome toppers of some products, CNN reported. TheContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Adult children aren’t likely to fill the void left by the loss of a spouse, a new study says. Becoming widowed might cause a stronger bond between the remaining parent and their children, but these bonds don’t appear to ease the loneliness leftContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new AI-powered retina tracker can help doctors screen for a vision-destroying diabetic eye disease, researchers say. The Simple Mobile AI Retina Tracker (SMART) program achieved greater than 99% accuracy in screening for diabetic retinopathy, researchers reported Monday at the annual meeting ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Folks seeking relief from low back pain in an ER aren’t likely to leave with a prescription for opioids. The rate of ER opioid prescriptions for back pain fell by more than half between 2016 and 2022, researchers reported July 12 in theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Doctors are regularly overlooking a common hormone-driven cause of high blood pressure, a new paper warns. As many as 30% of high blood pressure patients seen by heart specialists and 14% of those seen in primary care have a condition called primary aldosteronism,Continue Reading
TUEDSAY, July 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Tuberculosis (TB) was the leading cause of death in the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. By 1900, TB — which usually attacks the lungs but can affect almost any part of the body — had killed 1 in 7 peopleContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound are so effective it might seem that a person can lose weight without doing anything at all. But that’s a false notion, experts say. Losing weight properly and keeping it off will require lifestyle changes thatContinue Reading