FRIDAY, Aug. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — “Forever” PFAS chemicals might hamper a teenager’s ability to drop excess weight, even if they’ve undergone weight-loss surgery, a new study says. Teens with high blood levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were more likely to regain weight lost after bariatric surgery,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, as a public health problem. Kenya is now the 10th country to reach this milestone. HAT is the second neglected tropical disease itContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For the first time, people with bronchiectasis will have a treatment option. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Insmed’s daily pill brensocatib, which will be sold under the brand name Brinsupri. The drug is designed to treat non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasisContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Do you suspect you have long COVID, but aren’t sure? The answer you get will largely hinge on whom you ask, a new study says. The medical field still lacks a clear answer as to what constitutes long COVID, despite hundreds of publishedContinue Reading
New poll shows very or extremely bothersome symptoms are down compared with 10 years ago, but predicting symptoms remains elusiveContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Central Harlem has now sickened 90 people and caused three deaths, New York City health officials said Tuesday. The update comes just a few days after the city’s health department proposed new rules for the testing of buildingContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The summer surge of COVID-19 continues with new federal data showing the virus is on the rise in many parts of the country. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that wastewater activity for COVID-19 has climbed to a “moderate”Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A type of psychotherapy appears to provide long-lasting relief for people suffering from chronic low back pain, a new clinical trial says. Back pain patients who underwent cognitive functional therapy (CFT) were able to move more freely with less pain for up toContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Want to ease your sleep apnea and get a better night’s sleep? Blow through a conch shell, a new pilot clinical trial says. Regularly blowing through a conch shell (shankh) for six months, like Disney princess Moana or Anchorman legend Ron Burgundy, significantlyContinue Reading
SUNDAY, Aug. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Scientists suspect African apes’ historic fondness for noshing on fermented fruit from the forest floor triggered a genetic change that helps explain why modern-day humans digest alcohol so well. But they never had a name for it, so it didn’t get the focusContinue Reading