MONDAY, Aug. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An Ohio couple has welcomed a healthy baby boy from an embryo frozen for more than three decades, setting what doctors believe is a new world record. Lindsey and Tim Pierce’s son was born last Saturday after developing from an embryo frozen inContinue Reading
SUNDAY, August 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A scientific expedition into a region of the Pacific Ocean named for Hades, Greek god of the underworld, has uncovered an other-worldly ecosystem 30,000 feet deep. “It’s a totally new thing that has not been seen before,” said Dominic Papineau, an exobiologist atContinue Reading
SATURDAY, August 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — To fend off predators, millipedes release defensive compounds that could one day play a part in treating pain and neurological diseases. “These compounds are quite complex, so they’re going to take some time to synthesize in the lab,” said chemist Emily Meyers, whoseContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — President Donald Trump has introduced a new effort to help Americans more easily share their health records with doctors, using new technology and artificial intelligence (AI) tools. “Today the dream of easily transportable, electronic medical records finally becomes a reality,” Trump said duringContinue Reading
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THURSDAY, July 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — There’s potentially exciting news from a trial conducted in monkeys: A single shot of gene therapy given to newborn monkeys appears to shield them from HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, for at least three years. Of course, studies conducted in animals don’tContinue Reading
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MONDAY, July 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Some wise counsel in advance can reduce the amount of opioid painkillers a patient takes after orthopedic surgery, new clinic trial results show. Knee surgery patients were much less likely to take oxycodone if they were counseled to pop the pills as aContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More than 2.5 million deaths were prevented worldwide by the cutting-edge vaccines developed for COVID-19, mainly among seniors, a new analysis says. Essentially, one death was averted for every 5,400 doses administered between the introduction of the vaccines up to October 2024, researchersContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Most teens and young adults who vape tinker with their devices, often in potentially dangerous ways, a new study says. More than 4 out of 5 young e-cigarette users have modified their device in some way – swapping batteries, replacing heating coils, tweakingContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 22, 2205 (HealthDay News) — A four-day work week can lead to happier and more productive, dedicated employees, a new global study found. Workers at companies that instituted a four-day work week – essentially working 80% of their regular hours for the same pay – reported less burnoutContinue Reading