WEDNESDAY, April 3, 2024 -- A Texas plant full of egg-laying hens has been shut down temporarily after bird flu was detected in the animals.Cal-Maine Foods, the largest egg producer in the country, said in a news release issued Tuesday that it had...
WEDNESDAY, April 3, 2024 -- Three anti-smoking groups announced Tuesday that they have sued the U.S. government yet again after it missed its latest deadline for enacting a ban on menthol cigarettes.This is the second lawsuit that the plaintiffs --...
WEDNESDAY, April 3, 2024 -- It might be too soon to rely solely on machine learning for health advice, a new study finds.After pitting the latest AI against actual human physicians, the doctors easily won, reports a team led by Dr. Andrei Brateanu,...
WEDNESDAY, April 3, 2024 -- Research into germs that travel through the human digestive tract shows that some may promote obesity while others might help prevent it.Not only that, but those microbes may act differently in men versus women, the same...
WEDNESDAY, April 3, 2024 -- Massive racial disparities exist in the treatment of pregnancy-related mood disorders in the United States, a new study shows.White women suffering from depression or anxiety during or after pregnancy are nearly twice as...
WEDNESDAY, April 3, 2024 -- Microwaves could offer an alternative to surgery for some people with thyroid cancer, a new study suggests.Microwave ablation, which uses heat to destroy tumors, more effectively targeted thyroid cancers on multiple...
WEDNESDAY, April 3, 2024 -- More patients these days are taking part in cancer research, a new study finds.At least one in five people with cancer (22%) participate in some form of clinical research, when all types of cancer studies are considered,...
WEDNESDAY, April 3, 2024 -- People who gamble on sports are more likely to be binge drinkers as well, a new report finds.Both women and men who bet on sports were at least twice as likely to binge drink compared to non-gamblers, results showed....
WEDNESDAY, April 3, 2024 -- A new test might allow some women with an aggressive form of breast cancer to skip chemotherapy without harm, researchers say.Women with early-stage triple-negative breast cancer appear to have better survival rates and...
WEDNESDAY, April 3, 2024 -- Cutting back on late-night alcohol sales might help curb crime in violence-ridden neighborhoods, a new report claims.Murders dropped by half (51%) within a month after one Baltimore neighborhood limited alcohol hours of...
WEDNESDAY, April 3, 2024 -- When a soldier is rushed to medical care following a blast or other injury to the head, time is crucial in deciding just how extensive that injury is.Now, the U.S. Army has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug...
