THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 -- A days-old newborn in Oregon was sickened with salmonella that may have been transmitted from parents who tended infected poultry located 150 miles away, a new report finds. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 -- Kentucky resident Chasity Harney embraced a thoroughly healthy lifestyle -- eating right, exercising and never touching tobacco.So, her 2018 diagnosis of advanced lung cancer, which came at the age of 40, was a complete...
THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 -- Lunchables, those ubiquitous plastic packets of cheese, deli meats and crackers that many parents choose for convenience, contain concerning levels of lead and sodium, Consumer Reports warns.To arrive at that conclusion,...
THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 -- Black women with cancer in one breast are less likely than white women to have the healthy breast removed as well, a new study has found.Women with cancer affecting one breast often elect to have the other breast...
THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 -- A rare fungal infection has been diagnosed in two cats and a vet tech who treated one of the animals, a new report warns.The three cases -- discovered in Kansas in late 2022 and early 2023 -- were caused by a fungus...
THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 -- Intense weather fluctuations caused by climate change could be contributing to an increase in stroke deaths, a new study claims.Freezing cold fronts and broiling heat waves are associated with more than half a million...
THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 -- Four-year-old Theo Scott was born with Down syndrome, and since the age of 1 he's also had to wear a CPAP device whenever he sleeps, to help ease his sleep apnea.He's not alone: Eight out of 10 kids with Down syndrome...
THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 -- People who survive a long and harrowing bout of COVID-19 do not emerge unscathed from their illness, a new study warns.Two-thirds of severe COVID patients still have physical, psychiatric and thinking problems one year...
THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 -- Toddlers who grow up near nature are less likely to have emotional issues, even if the green space is just a park or a big back yard, a new study shows.The more green space there is within three-fourths of a mile from a...
THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 -- Oral health might have an impact on heart health, a new study has found.Folks treated for an irregular heart rhythm were more likely to keep a healthy heartbeat if they took steps to manage their gum disease, researchers...
THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 -- The discovery of a gene variant that rids the brain of toxic plaques linked to Alzheimer's might lead to new treatments for the disease, researchers report.The variant arises naturally in people who don't seem to get...
