THURSDAY, May 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Some men would rather skip screening for prostate cancer due to fears that they’ll be rendered impotent or incontinent from cancer surgery. But new research says those fears are unwarranted, thanks to improvements in the way doctors approach prostate cancer. The number ofContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Knowing your risk for Alzheimer’s disease can provide peace of mind, but also might contribute to complacency regarding your overall health, a new study says. People who underwent brain scans to learn their Alzheimer’s risk experienced less anxiety, even if the results showedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The European Union is looking to capitalize on the Trump administration’s dismantling of U.S. research programs to beef up its own. A $565 million program unveiled Monday aims to make “Europe a magnet for researchers,” Ursula von der Leyen, president of the EuropeanContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Trump administration has canceled more than $800 million in research focused on LGBTQ health, cutting hundreds of studies on cancer, HIV and other diseases that affect sexual and gender minority groups. Experts say the move could harm public health and reverse progressContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 6, 2025 (HealthDay news) — It’s natural to feel a wave of anxiety following a diagnosis of breast cancer. But women shouldn’t let worries about delaying treatment deter them from seeking a second opinion on their diagnosis and treatment, researchers say. Patients who got a second opinion followingContinue Reading
The new initiative will focus on research using the beta-propiolactone vaccine platformContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Subtle facial gestures linked to the body’s fight-or-flight response could be used to help diagnose people with tinnitus, a new study says. Video recordings showed that people with tinnitus experienced facial twitches and pupil dilation in response to certain sounds, researchers reported AprilContinue Reading
Zevaskyn is the first and only autologous cell-based gene therapy for recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosaContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it will not create a new autism registry, reversing an earlier announcement from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). “We are not creating an autism registry. The real-world data platform will link existingContinue Reading
SUNDAY, April 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — One moment, Dr. Cornelius Sullivan was standing over a patient during surgery. The next, he woke up in an ambulance on the way to the emergency room. The anesthesiologist had hit his head on a monitor that had been moved behind him atContinue Reading