MONDAY, April 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Measles infections continue to spread across the country, with 125 cases now reported in 18 states, new U.S. government data shows. That is more cases than were reported in all of 2022, the most recent annual peak for measles infections, the U.S. Centers ofContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The right diet may be the best medicine for easing the painful symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), new research shows. In the study, two different eating plans beat standard medications in treating the debilitating symptoms of the gastrointestinal disease. One diet wasContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — AI could help doctors cut back on the bewildering variety of medications that seniors frequently are prescribed, a new study suggests. More than 40% of seniors are prescribed five or more meds, and this increases a person’s risk of adverse drug interactions, researchersContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A combo of an allergy drug and a blood pressure med appears to lower daily drinking in folks battling severe alcoholism, French researchers report. The two generic drugs are the antihistamine cyproheptadine and prazosin, which treats high blood pressure and urinary urgency, notedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Two-thirds of homeless people are experiencing some form of mental health disorder, a large, new review of data on the subject. The analysis found that men who are homeless are more likely to be battling mental illness than women, although rates were highContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Zepbound, one of the wildly popular weight-loss drugs that millions of Americans now take, eased sleep apnea in obese adults in two company trials, drug maker Eli Lilly announced Wednesday. First approved to treat obesity by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lastContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In the wake of a sharp rise in the number of young children accidentally eating melatonin supplements, an industry group has called for tougher safety guidelines for packaging and labeling the sleep-aid supplements. Companies have 18 to 24 months to voluntarily add child-deterrentContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Counterfeit or mishandled Botox shots have triggered harmful reactions in 19 people in nine states, U.S. health officials warned Monday. In its alert, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said nine people had been hospitalized and four were treated with anContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Genetics-based “one-and-done” vaccines for the flu and COVID could prove more effective and easier to craft than current jabs, researchers report. These new vaccines would target viruses using a different response to infection than what is prompted by current vaccines, researchers said. InsteadContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Doctors sometimes prescribe antibiotics to help treat a cough, but a new study shows the drugs won’t help reduce the severity or duration of coughing — even if a bacterial infection is the culprit. Lower respiratory tract infections that cause coughing have theContinue Reading