TUESDAY, Jan. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Pulse oximeters — those tiny devices that measure blood oxygen levels with a quick clip to your finger — may soon get a major upgrade to ensure they work just as well for people of all skin tones. The U.S. Food and DrugContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Patients have more access to their own medical test results than ever before, thanks to legislation requiring results be released as soon as they’re available. But that’s not necessarily a good thing, a new study warns. Many patients are reading test results inContinue Reading
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Very early-stage breast cancers are notoriously tough to spot via mammograms, but new technology might make detection easier. According to a new study published recently in the Journal of Biophotonics, Scottish researchers are combining AI with high-tech “laser analysis” to spot changes inContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A 53-year-old woman from Alabama has a new lease on life after receiving a gene-edited kidney obtained from a pig, living healthily with the new organ for over a month, her New York City doctors announced Tuesday. Towana Looney’s road to kidney failureContinue Reading
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MONDAY, Dec. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More young people around the world are falling prey to colon cancer, a new study shows. Colon cancer rates in young adults have risen in 27 out of 50 countries around the world, including the United States, researchers found. These rates among youngContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Canadian Rowan Ladd scratched her head when doctors said they might bank a blood donation from her at the start of her 2022 liver surgery, but she figured it couldn’t hurt. “You’re told before surgery that the liver is so full of bloodContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — After facing weeks of pushback, health insurer Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield said Thursday it will not go ahead with a policy change that would have limited reimbursements for anesthesia during medical procedures. If the proposed policy had taken effect, it would haveContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) — GLP-1 meds are all the rage for weight loss nowadays, but not everyone can safely take the drugs to shed pounds. Invasive weight-loss surgeries can often be a tough sell, too. Now, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say they’ve developedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Folks soon might have their brain activity scanned using a temporary tattoo, a new study suggests. This temporary scalp tattoo allowed researchers to track electrical brain activity much more easily than with conventional electrodes, researchers reported Dec. 2 in the journal Cell Biomaterials.Continue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For decades, surgery to remove an inflamed appendix has been a rite of childhood for many. But a new study says treating appendicitis with antibiotics, rather than surgery, is the best way to address most cases. Using antibiotics to treat uncomplicated cases ofContinue Reading