THURSDAY, July 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Telemedicine could be a better way to get opioid addicts to seek out and stick with treatment, a new study suggests. People referred to an addiction treatment clinic following a telemedicine evaluation were more likely to show up to their first appointment thanContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — “Magic” mushrooms achieve their psychedelic effects by temporarily scrambling a brain network involved in introspective thinking like daydreaming and remembering, a new study reports. Brain scans of people who took psilocybin — the psychedelic drug in ‘shrooms — revealed that the substance causesContinue Reading
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WEDNESDAY, July 17, 29024 (HealthDay News) — In a joint effort to curb the illegal sales of food products containing delta-8 THC, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday they have warned five companies to stop marketing such products. Because the packaging for theseContinue Reading
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TUESDAY, July 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Early exposure to antibiotics might increase a kid’s risk of asthma by altering their gut bacteria, a new mouse study finds. Antibiotics could specifically lower gut production of indole propionic acid (IPA), a biochemical that’s crucial to long-term protection against asthma, researchers reportedContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More than four years after the pandemic began, childhood vaccination rates worldwide have yet to recover, a new report shows. The latest data, issued Monday by the World Health Organization and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), underscore the need forContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An experimental drug appears to help women deal with stress incontinence, clinical trial data show. The drug, for now dubbed TAS-303, reduced the frequency of leaks related to stress incontinence by about 58%, compared with 47% reduction in a placebo group, trial resultsContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Over-the-counter nasal sprays could be a potent weapon against a major public health threat — antibiotic resistance, researchers report. Their analysis, which looked at data from nearly 14,000 adults, found that common nasal sprays could help keep upper respiratory tract infections at bay,Continue Reading
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Many tweens and teens are filling prescriptions for opioids far in advance of surgeries unlikely to be associated with severe pain afterward, a new study says. Worse, a significant minority continue to fill those opioid prescriptions three to six months after surgery, aContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Seventeen women in nine states have fallen ill after getting fake Botox shots, with 13 of them landing in the hospital and one requiring a ventilator, a new report warns. In the report, published Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control andContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Weight gain is a common side effect of antidepressants, but some types cause people to pack on pounds more than others, a new study says. Bupropion users are 15% to 20% less likely to gain a significant amount of weight than those takingContinue Reading