THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Powerful synthetic opioids are meant to serve as painkillers, but new research suggests their use during surgery might actually prompt worse pain during patients’ recovery. The use of two types of synthetic opioid during surgery is linked to patients having a poor “painContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Social media often tempts teenagers with non-surgical ways to improve their appearance, such as laser hair removal, skin and teeth whitening, chemical peels, botox, and face and lip fillers. And a new poll finds that a substantial number of parents are ready toContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Mia Jack was stealing a glance backward when she lost control of the quadbike she’d been motoring around a family gathering. Jack, then 12, flew over the handlebars and slammed headfirst into a tree. “I was wearing a helmet at the time, butContinue Reading
SATURDAY, Feb. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Cancer screenings can save lives by detecting cancer early, when treatment is most effective. With an estimated 2 million new cancer cases expected in 2025, regular screenings are more important than ever, according to the American Cancer Society. February is National Cancer PreventionContinue Reading
Society says that without access to shared federal data, cancer research is compromisedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — As closures of rural hospitals across the United States continue, more Americans are facing hour-plus drives to reach surgical centers, two new reports find. By 2020, data show, 99 million Americans already had trouble finding “timely, high-quality and affordable surgical care,” according toContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The tragic early death of “Friends” star Matthew Perry from a ketamine overdose in 2023 has swung a spotlight on the dangers of unsupervised use of the potent anesthetic. Now, America’s leading group representing anesthesiologists is issuing new guidelines on proper use ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Yikes! The way parents use their phones around their kids may influence how much inappropriate content kids consume. Researchers reported Feb. 4 in the journal BMC Pediatrics that the odds of kids watching R-rated movies or playing mature-rated video games rose with higherContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An Alabama woman has become the longest-living recipient of a pig organ transplant, passing 60 days with a gene-edited kidney and showing no signs of slowing down. “I’m superwoman,” Towana Looney, 53, told The Associated Press as she marked day 61 on Saturday.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Patients can improve their odds for a successful surgery by actively preparing for the procedure through diet and exercise, a tactic called “prehabilitation,” a new evidence review shows. Surgical patients who prehabbed had fewer complications and shorter hospital stays, also recovered better andContinue Reading