THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 -- As climate change threatens another long hot summer for Americans, new data shows last summer's record-breaking temperatures sent a rising number of people to emergency departments. At special risk of heatstroke and...
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 -- Fresh organic basil tainted with salmonella and sold by Trader Joe's in 29 states has sickened at least 12 people, according to an alert issued Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One person...
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 -- When prostate cancer strikes, one question is paramount: Is it aggressive and requiring immediate treatment, or slow-growing and worthy of monitoring only? Right now, an invasive biopsy is the only way to answer that...
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 -- Nearly 20% of fresh, frozen and canned fruits and vegetables that Americans eat contain concerning levels of pesticides, a new report finds.Pesticides posed significant risks in popular choices such as strawberries,...
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 -- Deep-seated racial and ethnic disparities persist in health care across the United States, even in states considered the most progressive, a new report shows.For example, California received a score of 45 for the care...
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 -- Teenagers are frequently bullied about their weight on social media, and the bullying increases with each hour they spend on these sites, a new study reveals.Nearly one in five teens (17%) said they’d experienced...
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 -- Jobs that challenge your mind could help your brain age more gracefully, a new study suggests.The harder your brain works on the job, the less likely you are to have memory and thinking problems later in life,...
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 -- A newly developed at-home urine test could potentially help doctors catch head and neck cancers earlier, a new study suggests.The test looks for tiny DNA fragments sloughed off by tumor cells, which pass from the...
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 -- AI could help doctors cut back on the bewildering variety of medications that seniors frequently are prescribed, a new study suggests.More than 40% of seniors are prescribed five or more meds, and this increases a...
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 -- Antipsychotics can substantially increase dementia patients’ risk of many serious health problems, a new study warns.Dementia patients prescribed antipsychotics have increased risk of stroke, blood clots, heart attack,...
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 -- A combo of an allergy drug and a blood pressure med appears to lower daily drinking in folks battling severe alcoholism, French researchers report.The two generic drugs are the antihistamine cyproheptadine and prazosin,...
