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18 Sep
U.S. Alcohol Deaths Reach 25-Year High. Young Women Hit Hardest
A new study finds alcohol-related deaths in the U.S. have nearly doubled over the past 25 years, with the sharpest increase during the COVID-19 pandemic.
17 Sep
Marijuana Use May Spike Type 2 Diabetes Risk
A new study finds pot users are nearly 4 times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes compared to the general public.
16 Sep
Could Ditching Daylight Saving Time Improve America’s Health?
Researchers compare three hotly debated time policies and find a surprising winner when it comes to improving health outcomes for millions of people.
Orange B Food Dye May Soon Be Removed From U.S. Market, FDA Says
Federal health officials want to take Orange B — an artificial food dye that hasn’t been used in more than four decades — off the books.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it plans to repeal regulations that have allowed the synthetic dye in the food supply since 1966.
Orange B was once...
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Hall-of-Famer Dan Marino Shares 20-Year Struggle With Liver Disease
Football legend Dan Marino has disclosed that he has been living with a serious liver condition for nearly 20 years.
The former Miami Dolphins quarterback said that by making major lifestyle changes, he feels optimistic about his health.
Marino, 64, told People magazine that he was diagnosed in 2007 with metabolic dysf...
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OpenAI Launches Teen-Safe ChatGPT With Parental Controls
Teenagers chatting with ChatGPT will soon see a very different version of the tool — one built with stricter ways to keep them safe online, OpenAI announced.
The new safeguards come as regulators increase scrutiny of chatbots and their impact on young people’s mental health.
Under the change, anyone identified as under 18...
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- September 18, 2025
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Boar’s Head Faces Pressure From Congress Over Plans to Reopen After Listeria Deaths
Federal officials are raising concerns about whether a Virginia Boar’s Head deli meat plant, linked to last year’s deadly listeria outbreak, is ready to safely reopen.
In a letter sent Monday, Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut and nine other Democrats asked Boar’s Head officials to appear before the Congressional Food Safe...
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- September 18, 2025
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Experimental Patch Provides Real-Time Feedback On Muscle Performance
An experimental wireless patch might help injured athletes better recover from muscle tears, sprains and strains, according to a new study.
The patch measures tissue stiffness by sending sound waves along the surface of the body and listening to the resulting vibrations, researchers said recently in the journal Science Advances.
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- September 18, 2025
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Bladder Control Problems? There May Be An App For That
Having trouble with bladder control? There might be an app for that, researchers say.
Female veterans suffering from urinary incontinence received effective relief using a smartphone app called MyHealtheBladder, researchers reported Sept. 16 in JAMA Network Open.
The app delivered daily sessions over eight weeks, teaching th...
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- September 18, 2025
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Pharma Payments Might Influence MS Drug Prescriptions, Researchers Argue
Nearly 4 out of 5 American neurologists prescribing multiple sclerosis (MS) drugs have received at least one payment from the pharmaceutical industry, a new study reports.
Those who prescribe larger amounts of MS drugs were more likely to have received payments, and those who got payments were more likely to prescribe the company’s d...
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- September 18, 2025
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Ozempic, Zepbound Offer Unexpected Benefits For Psoriasis Patients
People with psoriasis might receive unexpected benefits from cutting-edge weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound, a new study says.
Psoriasis patients taking GLP-1 drugs had a 78% lower risk of premature death and a 44% lower risk of heart attack, stroke or other heart-related health crisis, researchers reported Thursday at a meeting ...
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- September 18, 2025
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Shunts Safe And Effective For Rare Brain Condition In Elderly, Clinical Trial Concludes
A simple shunt can restore walking ability and independence in elderly people with a rare brain condition, a major new clinical trial has found.
Implanting a shunt to drain excess cerebrospinal fluid significantly improved walking and mobility among seniors with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), researchers reported Sept. 16 ...
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- September 18, 2025
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Daily Aspirin Cuts Colon Cancer Recurrence Risk By Half
Aspirin can cut by more than half the risk that colon cancer will come back following initial treatment, a new clinical trial has found.
Daily aspirin reduced by 55% the risk of cancer recurrence in patients whose colorectal cancer is driven by a genetic mutation, researchers reported Sept. 17 in the New England Journal of Medicine
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- September 18, 2025
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Hair Samples May Help Spot Mental Health Risks in Sick Kids
Children with chronic illnesses face extra challenges, and measuring stress through hair samples may help doctors predict which kids are at highest risk for mental health problems.
Researchers studied 244 Canadian children with chronic physical illnesses such as diabetes, arthritis and cystic fibrosis. Over four years, the team measured co...
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- September 17, 2025
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FDA Cracks Down on Hims, Other Telehealth Companies Over Drug Ads
Federal health officials are cracking down on telehealth companies’ promotion of unapproved versions of prescription drugs, including popular weight loss medications.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released more than 100 warning letters aimed at both drugmakers and online health companies. Among them: Hims &a...
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- September 17, 2025
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DermaRite Widens Recall to 32 Products Over Bacteria Risk
DermaRite Industries has widened its earlier recall of hand soaps to include 32 personal care products that could be contaminated with a dangerous bacteria, health officials report.
The New Jersey-based company said the recalled items include body washes, lotions, soaps, shampoos, sanitizers and wound cleansers sold nationwide and in Puert...
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- September 17, 2025
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Wegovy May Help Quiet Constant Food Cravings, Study Finds
A popular weight-loss drug may do more than help patients shed pounds. It could also help quiet the nonstop food cravings many people struggle with.
New results from a U.S. survey of 550 Wegovy users found that patients reported a major drop in “food noise,” or intrusive thoughts about food, after starting the drug.
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- September 17, 2025
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Pregnant Women With Epilepsy Not Consulting With Neurologists, Missing Out On Important Care
Roughly half of pregnant women with epilepsy see a neurologist while they’re expecting, an oversight that could put both mom and baby at risk, researchers say.
About 45% of women with epilepsy didn’t see a neurologist at all in the year leading up to delivery, researchers reported this week at a meeting of the American Neurolog...
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- September 17, 2025
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Sleep Difficult For LGBTQ+ Teens, Study Says
LGBTQ+ teenagers in the United States might be losing sleep due to violence, bullying and rejection, a recent study says.
Gender and sexual minority teens are more likely to have trouble falling asleep at night, researchers reported in June in the Journal of Adolescence.
However, those teens who experienced more warmth and s...
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- September 17, 2025
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3D Printing Offering Hope For Spinal Cord Injuries
A new process that combines 3D printing, stem cells and lab-grown tissues could prove a groundbreaking innovation for spinal cord injury recovery, a new study says.
The process uses 3D printing to form stem cells into scaffolds containing microscopic channels that guide the growth of new nerve cells along the site of the spinal cord injury...
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- September 17, 2025
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Can Mammograms Assess Women's Heart Health?
Regular mammograms might offer a “two-for-one” opportunity to protect women’s health, a new study says.
Mammograms can be used to successfully predict heart disease risk in women, on top of their ability to detect early breast cancers, researchers reported Sept. 16 in the journal Heart.
A new AI model using...
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- September 17, 2025
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Timing Of Menopause Hormone Therapy Key To Protecting Brain From Alzheimer's
Hormone replacement therapy might protect a woman’s brain against Alzheimer’s disease, but only if the timing’s right, researchers say.
Women who start hormone therapy within five years of menopause can lower their Alzheimer’s risk by as much as 32%, researchers reported this week at the annual meeting of the Americ...
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- September 17, 2025
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Circumcision Down In U.S., Partly Due To Parental Mistrust Of Doctors, Study Says
Circumcision rates have declined significantly in the United States, driven in part by parents’ distrust of medical advice, a new study says.
Circumcision of newborn boys declined from 54% to 49% between 2012 and 2022, according to records from more than 1.5 million U.S. male births.
The trend flies in the face of doctors&rsquo...
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- September 17, 2025
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