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01 Oct

Breast Cancer Death Rates in the U.S. Continue to Drop

The overall breast cancer mortality rate has dropped 44% since 1989, but researchers say not all women are benefitting from this progress.

30 Sep

What Do Families Fight About the Most? Interesting Answers from a New Study

From arguing about money to fighting over household chores, a new study looks at the top reasons American families are living with conflict.

27 Sep

Using Marijuana and Tobacco for Chronic Pain Relief May Backfire

A new study out of Duke University finds many patients with chronic pain are co-using pot and tobacco, and the combination may actually amplify pain in the long run.

GLP-1 Weight-Loss Meds Could Interfere With Endoscopy, Colonoscopy

GLP-1 Weight-Loss Meds Could Interfere With Endoscopy, Colonoscopy

Food left in the stomach or stool left in the bowel can impede a doctor's ability to successfully perform an endoscopy or colonoscopy.

Now, research finds this scenario is more likely if the patient is taking popular new weight-loss meds such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro or Zepbound.

For these patients, "inadequate bowel preparation ...

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  • October 1, 2024
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U.S. Breast Cancer Deaths Keep Declining, Though Disparities Remain

U.S. Breast Cancer Deaths Keep Declining, Though Disparities Remain

While women overall are less likely to die of breast cancer now, some alarming disparities remain, a new American Cancer Society (ACS) analysis warns.

Death rates for American Indian and Alaska Native women haven't changed for the past 30 years, according to the new report. And breast cancer incidence continues to grow -- rising 1% a year ...

  • Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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  • October 1, 2024
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California Bans 6 Artificial Dyes in Foods Served at Public Schools

California Bans 6 Artificial Dyes in Foods Served at Public Schools

A new law just passed in California makes it the first state to tell public schools they may no longer serve foods that contain six artificial dyes linked to health and behavior problems among children.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the California School Food Safety Act into law on Saturday. It bans Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue...

  • Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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  • October 1, 2024
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Helene's Aftermath: How to Safely Enter, Clean Flood-Damaged Homes

Helene's Aftermath: How to Safely Enter, Clean Flood-Damaged Homes

Following the historic destruction of Hurricane Helene, many Americans must now return to their mangled homes and begin the heartbreaking task of clean-up.

After making landfall in Florida near Tallahassee as a ferocious Cat 4 storm on Thursday, Helene caused record-breaking storm surges in Tampa, flash flooding in Atlanta and power outag...

  • Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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  • October 1, 2024
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Outbreak of Ebola-Like Marburg Virus in Rwanda Has Killed 8 People

Outbreak of Ebola-Like Marburg Virus in Rwanda Has Killed 8 People

A rare, highly contagious Ebola-like virus has claimed eight lives in Rwanda, and U.S. health officials are closely monitoring the outbreak.

Marburg virus causes a rare hemorrhagic fever that has no authorized vaccine or treatment. 

No cases related to the Rwanda outbreak have been reported in the United States, and the current ...

  • Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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  • October 1, 2024
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Bogus 'Conversion Therapy' Leads to Higher Risk of Mental Illness for LGBT People

Bogus 'Conversion Therapy' Leads to Higher Risk of Mental Illness for LGBT People

Besides being useless in altering a person's sexuality or gender identity, so-called "conversion therapy" or "conversion practice" can greatly raise the odds that an LGBT person experiences mental health issues, new research finds.

Questionnaires completed by over 4,400 LGBTQ+ Americans found that having undergone these bogus interventions...

  • Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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  • October 1, 2024
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COVID Shot Lowers Your Odds for COVID-linked Heart Trouble

COVID Shot Lowers Your Odds for COVID-linked Heart Trouble

While rare, heart-related side effects sometimes follow a COVID-19 vaccine shot, new research shows that's more than offset by heart-healthy benefits.

Folks who are fully vaccinated are significantly less likely to develop serious heart problems stemming from a COVID infection, the study found.

"The increases in cardiovascular risk w...

  • Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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  • October 1, 2024
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Outpatient CAR-T Cancer Therapy Can Be Safe, Effective

Outpatient CAR-T Cancer Therapy Can Be Safe, Effective

Patients with  a fast-spreading blood cancer respond well to outpatient treatment with CAR-T therapy, the largest study examining its use in a community setting has found.

CAR-T is shorthand for chimeric antigen receptor therapy. In this treatment, doctors remove the patient's own white blood cells, tweak them in a lab and then infus...

  • Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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  • October 1, 2024
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Black, White Cancer Patients Now Benefit Equally From Cord Blood Therapy

Black, White Cancer Patients Now Benefit Equally From Cord Blood Therapy

Blood cancer patients of all races who receive cord blood transplants are now living longer.

The finding, reported by a team led by oncologist Dr. Karen Ballen, of UVA (University of Virginia) Health, shows that a previously identified survival gap for transplant recipients has been eliminated.

"Outcomes for cord blood transplants ar...

  • Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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  • October 1, 2024
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Drug Industry Taking Bigger Role in Clinical Cancer Trials

Drug Industry Taking Bigger Role in Clinical Cancer Trials

Clinical trials sponsored by Big Pharma enrolled eight times as many patients as U.S.-government trials did between 2018 and 2022, new research shows.

The study -- conducted by researchers at Fred Hutch Cancer Center in Seattle -- underscores the lack of investment in federally funded studies and a growing reliance on industry research. Th...

  • Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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  • October 1, 2024
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Could a Cheek Swab Predict When You Might Die?

Could a Cheek Swab Predict When You Might Die?

A new test called CheekAge, based on a quick swab of cells in the mouth, might someday be used to predict how long a person has to live, developers report.

The test tracks what are known as epigenetics: The way in which a person's environment or lifestyle affects how their genes function throughout the life span.

A key marker of epi...

  • Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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  • October 1, 2024
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Falling Linked to Raised Risk of Dementia in Older People

Falling Linked to Raised Risk of Dementia in Older People

More than 14 million seniors a year take a tumble, and those falls can be life-changing.

 "The relationship between falls and dementia appears to be a two-way street," said Molly Jarman, senior author of a new study showing that cognitive decline may increase an older person's risk for a fall and the trauma that follows a fall may als...

  • Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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  • September 30, 2024
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Shorter Course of Breast Cancer Radiation Won't Affect Breast Reconstruction

Shorter Course of Breast Cancer Radiation Won't Affect Breast Reconstruction

A shorter course of post-mastectomy radiation doesn't jeopardize a patient's chances of successful breast reconstruction, a new study finds.

About 40 percent of people with breast cancer have mastectomies, followed by five to six weeks of radiation therapy to kill any cancer cells that may remain in the chest wall or lymph nodes. Most opt ...

  • Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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  • September 30, 2024
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Cluster of 8 Possible Human Bird Flu Cases Now Reported in Missouri

Cluster of 8 Possible Human Bird Flu Cases Now Reported in Missouri

In what could be the first cases of bird flu spreading between humans in the United States, a group of potential H5N1 infections in Missouri has now grown to eight.

Antibody tests to confirm any H5N1 infection are still pending.

After a patient with bird flu was hospitalized last month, state and federal health officials first determ...

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  • September 30, 2024
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Good Sex and Self Esteem Often Go Together, Study Finds

Good Sex and Self Esteem Often Go Together, Study Finds

There's a strong link between self-esteem and good times between the sheets, a new study suggests.

Folks ranking high in self-esteem also tended to rate their sex lives as satisfying, reported a team from the Universities of Zurich and Utrecht, in Switzerland and The Netherlands.

The effect could work in both directions, researchers ...

  • Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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  • September 30, 2024
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What Do Families Fight About Most? New Study Finds Out

What Do Families Fight About Most? New Study Finds Out

In a world where families may be more apt to interact with technology than with one another, some things never change.

Many still struggle to get along. But just what do 21st century families fight about?

A new survey of 593 parents with at least one child between the ages of 4 and 17 offers some clues — and the flashpoints ar...

  • Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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  • September 30, 2024
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Synthetic THC May Calm Agitation in Alzheimer's Patients

Synthetic THC May Calm Agitation in Alzheimer's Patients

A synthetic form of the active ingredient in cannabis helps reduce agitation in people with Alzheimer's, new research shows.

Synthetic THC (dronabinol) also gave patients' caregivers a boost, according to findings presented Thursday at a meeting of the International Psychogeriatrics Association in Buenos Aires.

The findings may prov...

  • Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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  • September 30, 2024
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Despite Progress, America's Fight Against Toxic Lead Far From Over

Despite Progress, America's Fight Against Toxic Lead Far From Over

Toxic lead continues to pose a danger to U.S. consumers despite years of progress to reduce exposure, claims a study spanning four states.

"Consumer products were consistently identified as one of the main sources of lead exposure -- and the only identified source in 15 percent to 38 percent of cases -- in investigations of children with e...

  • Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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  • September 30, 2024
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1 in 3 Teens Have Trouble Obtaining Menstrual Tampons or Pads

1 in 3 Teens Have Trouble Obtaining Menstrual Tampons or Pads

One in every three girls may not have access to menstrual products, something researchers are dubbing "period poverty."

“Our study highlights the widespread nature of period poverty and the need for broad actions -- both locally and nationally -- to increase the affordability and accessibility of these products for youth,” said...

  • Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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  • September 30, 2024
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Black Babies With Heart Abnormalities Face Higher Death Risk

Black Babies With Heart Abnormalities Face Higher Death Risk

Black American infants born with congenital heart disease are less likely to survive to the age of 1, compared to white babies with the condition, a new study finds.

The research suggests that Black infants aren't reaping the same benefit from recent advances against heart defects, the researchers said.

From 2005 to 2019, “the ...

  • Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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  • September 30, 2024
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