WEDNESDAY, Oct. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — IV hydration spas are popping up across the United States, offering pricey vitamin infusions that promise energy, detox or immune support, but experts warn the science doesn’t back up those claims. A study published Oct. 6 in JAMA Internal Medicine found that theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Many more folks fighting excess weight are using weight-loss drugs like Ozempic or Zepbound to cut pounds before undergoing bariatric surgery, a new study says. The use of these drugs before surgery rose 16-fold among patients preparing for weight-loss surgery, researchers reported SundayContinue Reading
SUNDAY, Oct. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Fifteen young New England cottontail rabbits born at a New York City zoo have been released into the wild in Maine as part of an effort to save the only rabbit species native to New England from disappearing. Six of the rabbits wereContinue Reading
SATURDAY, Oct. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — When someone has whooping cough, the sound can be unmistakable: A deep, gasping “whoop” as they struggle to catch their breath between fits of coughing. Now, this once-rare illness, also known as pertussis, is making a comeback across the United States. Cases haveContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Oregon scientists have taken an early step toward creating lab-grown eggs using human skin cells, but the process faces major challenges before it could ever be used to help people have children. In the new study, published Sept. 30 in the journal NatureContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Following doctor’s orders may not be as easy as it sounds, especially when patients are alone in the exam room. Middle-aged folks and seniors mostly go it alone to a doctor’s appointment, a new poll shows, even though those who bring a companionContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Federal health officials have expanded their probe into a listeria outbreak that has claimed four lives, and affected at least 20 people. The investigation, which first focused on premade chicken pasta meals sold at Walmart and Kroger, is now looking at a similarContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Taping your mouth shut before bed may seem like a quick fix for better sleep, but doctors are raising serious alarms about this viral social media trend. While devotees claim it can improve sleep and reduce snoring, health professionals say the practice isContinue Reading
SATURDAY, Sept. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Wildfires are an increasingly common feature of life in American West, and researchers are working overtime to understand how the resulting smoke affects air quality, human health and climate change. “Wildfires do not emit ozone directly,” Jan Mandel, a professor emeritus of mathematicsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Teenagers and young adults are still harming themselves as part of a social media challenge that’s now five years old. The Benadryl Challenge, which started in 2020 on TikTok, has spread to other social media platforms and is still being attempted by foolhardyContinue Reading