FRIDAY, April 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Nearly a half-million children could die from AIDS by 2030 if President Donald Trump follows through on plans to cut U.S. relief programs, a new study says. As many as 1 million additional children will become infected with HIV and nearly 500,000 willContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The world’s first baby conceived through robot-controlled fertilization has been born, researchers say. The boy was born to a 40-year-old woman in Guadalajara, Mexico, following a previous in vitro fertilization (IVF) attempt that had produced only one mature egg and no embryos, researchersContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 11. 2025 (HealthDay News) — Eviction bans implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic had an unexpected positive benefit for America’s children, a new study says. Reports of physical abuse, sexual abuse and child neglect all fell during U.S. eviction bans, researchers reported April 8 in the journal Pediatrics. ResultsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Night shift workers might be able to protect their heart health by only eating during daylight hours, a new study says. Participants in an experiment experienced fewer heart health risk factors if they only ate during the daytime while working a night shift,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Trump administration has let go of the last remaining U.S. health officials who oversaw HIV care for more than 1.1 million mothers and children in low-income countries. The move raises alarms about how these vulnerable groups will get care. The officials —Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Folks with low back pain can use their minds to effectively cope with their suffering, a new clinical trial says. Mindfulness meditation and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) both significantly reduced pain among people with chronic back pain, according to findings published Monday in JAMAContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Cough? Sore throat? UTI? Eye infection? Artificial intelligence (AI) might one day be seeing you for these sorts of conditions, a new study says. AI programs appear to outperform human doctors when it comes to urgent care, researchers reported in the Annals ofContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Death comes for everyone, be they rich or poor. But no amount of money will help Americans live longer than Europeans, a new study says. Even the richest Americans face shorter lifespans compared to well-heeled Europeans, according to results published April 2 inContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Black Americans have been dying from drug overdoses (OD) at higher rates than white Americans, a new study says. Both Black men and women are at greater risk of a fatal OD compared to white people, researchers reported April 1 in JAMA NetworkContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The number of Americans taking cutting-edge weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound has skyrocketed in recent years, a new study says. The number of people without diabetes taking a GLP-1 drug more than tripled between 2018 and 2022 in the U.S., researchersContinue Reading