TUESDAY, April 9, 2024 -- Are you one of the estimated 104,000 Americans who lives within six miles of factories that spew organic chemicals into the air? New rules issued Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency might make your life...
TUESDAY, April 9, 2024 -- Health care cost and access are not the only barriers women face in getting lifesaving mammograms, a new government report finds. Food insecurity, lack of transportation, less hours at work and feelings of isolation also...
TUESDAY, April 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- There’s no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy increases the risk of childhood autism, ADHD or intellectual disability, the largest study to date on the subject has...
TUESDAY, April 9, 2024 -- Changes to the federal program that helps pay for groceries for low-income moms and their young children means that soon these families will have access to more fruits, vegetables and whole grains, U.S. health officials...
TUESDAY, April 8, 2024 -- Some slow-growing cases of leukemia don’t need constant surveillance by cancer specialists, a new study claims. Low-risk patients with slow-growing chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and no symptoms fared well even...
TUESDAY, April 9, 2024 -- For people struggling with both diabetes and a common type of heart failure, the weight-loss drug Wegovy may do more for their health than help them shed pounds, new research suggests. In the study, published Saturday in...
TUESDAY, April 9, 2024 -- People who've survived a heart attack and have been given a stent may be better off quitting low-dose aspirin a month after the procedure, a new study finds. The strategy is "beneficial by reducing major and minor bleeding...
TUESDAY, April 9, 2024 -- Removal of armpit lymph nodes can leave many breast cancer patients with lingering lymphedema, a painful and unsightly swelling of the arm. Now, new Swedish research may help narrow down which patients require extensive...
TUESDAY, April 9, 2024 -- Pregnancy transforms women's bodies in many obvious ways, but new research suggests it may also accelerate aging. Women who had been pregnant appeared to be biologically older than women who had never carried a child, the...
TUESDAY, April 9, 2024 -- A custom-made anti-tumor vaccine added to standard immunotherapy was twice as likely to shrink liver cancer as when a patient received immunotherapy alone, a new study shows. The vaccine could help liver cancer patients...
TUESDAY, April 9, 2023 -- Spring is in the air, and along with it loads of tree, grass and weed pollen. Sneezing, watery and itchy eyes, runny nose and all the other miseries of seasonal allergies can prevent a person from fully enjoying the season...
