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PMS and Other Premenstrual Disorders Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Disease
Young women who suffer from PMS or PMDD are 10% more likely to develop heart disease later in life, a new study finds.
Nicotine Pouch Poisonings Soar in Young Children
Calls to U.S. poison control centers involving nicotine pouches and young kids soared 763% from 2020 to 2023.
Obesity-Related Cancer Deaths Tripled Over the Past Two Decades, Study Finds
Researchers discover steep increases in cancer deaths linked to obesity since 1999, especially among women, older adults and Black people.
17 Jul
Playing A Musical Instrument Might Help Aging Brains
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 17, 2025
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Want to help maintain your brain health as you age?
Then pick up a guitar, start tickling a piano’s ivories or join a band.
Playing an instrument can promote a youthful pattern of brain activity, researchers reported July 15 in the journal PLOS Biology
17 Jul
Insomniacs With Inflammation Prone To Depression
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 17, 2025
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Insomniacs have a much higher risk for depression if they have chronic inflammation, a new sleep lab experiment says.
Seniors with insomnia were three times as likely to report symptoms of depression if they’d been dosed with a substance that promotes inflammation,...
17 Jul
Some Newer Antiseizure Meds Safer During Pregnancy
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 17, 2025
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Some newer antiseizure medications appear to be safer for pregnant women to take without risk of birth defects, a new study says.
Second-generation antiseizure drugs like levetiracetam, oxcarbazepine, gabapentin and zonisamide did not show an increased risk for birth def...
17 Jul
Belly Fat Increases Stress Incontinence Risk
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 17, 2025
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Middle-aged women with more belly fat have a higher risk for stress urinary incontinence, a recent study says.
Fat around the waist and visceral organs increases by 33% a woman’s risk of leaking when she sneezes, coughs or exerts herself, researchers reported in th...
16 Jul
Thousands Laid off From NIH, FDA and CDC After Supreme Court Decision
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- July 16, 2025
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Thousands of health workers lost their jobs this week after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for the Trump administration to move forward with major staffing cuts.
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized 10,000 layoffs acros...
16 Jul
Popular YoCrunch Yogurt Recalled Over Plastic Pieces in Packaging
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- July 16, 2025
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YoCrunch yogurt products are being pulled from store shelves nationwide due to a safety concern, its manufacturer announced Monday.
Danone U.S., the maker of YoCrunch, said small, sharp pieces of plastic may be inside the dome toppers of some products, CNN repor...
16 Jul
Court Allows West Virginia to Restrict Abortion Pill Mifepristone
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- July 16, 2025
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A federal appeals court has ruled that West Virginia can limit access to mifepristone, a medication used to end early pregnancies.
The decision is the first of its kind and could affect how other states handle access to drugs that are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug A...
16 Jul
Loneliness Of Widowhood Isn't Diminished By Presence Of Adult Children, Study Says
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 16, 2025
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Adult children aren’t likely to fill the void left by the loss of a spouse, a new study says.
Becoming widowed might cause a stronger bond between the remaining parent and their children, but these bonds don’t appear to ease the loneliness left by loss, resea...
16 Jul
AI Can Help Screen For Vision-Destroying Diabetic Eye Disease
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 16, 2025
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A new AI-powered retina tracker can help doctors screen for a vision-destroying diabetic eye disease, researchers say.
The Simple Mobile AI Retina Tracker (SMART) program achieved greater than 99% accuracy in screening for diabetic retinopathy, researchers reported Monda...
16 Jul
ER Opioid Prescriptions For Low Back Pain Cut In Half
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 16, 2025
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Folks seeking relief from low back pain in an ER aren’t likely to leave with a prescription for opioids.
The rate of ER opioid prescriptions for back pain fell by more than half between 2016 and 2022, researchers reported July 12 in the Annals of Emergency Medi...
16 Jul
Doctors Overlooking Common Cause Of High Blood Pressure, New Guidelines Say
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 16, 2025
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Doctors are regularly overlooking a common hormone-driven cause of high blood pressure, a new paper warns.
As many as 30% of high blood pressure patients seen by heart specialists and 14% of those seen in primary care have a condition called primary aldosteronism, resear...
16 Jul
Tuberculosis Is Back on the Rise: What To Know About Symptoms and Treatment
- Albert Rizzo, MD, FACP, Chief Medical Officer for the American Lung Association HealthDay Reporter
- July 16, 2025
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Tuberculosis (TB) was the leading cause of death in the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. By 1900, TB — which usually attacks the lungs but can affect almost any part of the body — had killed 1 in 7 people who had ever lived, more than any other illness...
16 Jul
Experts Recommend Healthy Lifestyle Changes Alongside GLP-1 Drug Use
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 16, 2025
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GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound are so effective it might seem that a person can lose weight without doing anything at all.
But that’s a false notion, experts say. Losing weight properly and keeping it off will require lifestyle changes that exten...
15 Jul
Most Major Ice Cream Brands Will Remove Synthetic Dyes by 2028
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- July 15, 2025
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About 90% of the ice cream sold in the U.S. will no longer contain artificial dyes by 2028, federal health officials announced.
Roughly 40 ice cream and frozen dessert companies have pledged to remove seven artificial food dyes from their products in less than three year...
15 Jul
FDA Approves Gardenia-Based Blue Dye for Use in Foods and Drinks
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- July 15, 2025
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A natural blue food coloring made from gardenia fruit has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The additive — dubbed gardenia blue — can now be used in foods like sports drinks, flavored waters, fruit drinks, teas, and both hard and s...
15 Jul
Study Finds No Link Between Vaccine Aluminum and Health Problems
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- July 15, 2025
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A new study of more than 1.2 million people found no link between aluminum in childhood vaccines and long-term health problems, including autism, asthma or autoimmune diseases.
The research, published July 14 in the Annals of Internal Medicine, looked at 50 chro...
15 Jul
Vaping Better At Helping Smokers Quit, Clinical Trial Indicates
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 15, 2025
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Vaping might be more effective than traditional nicotine replacement therapies in helping people quit smoking, a new Australian study says.
Six-month smoking abstinence rates were three times higher among people using flavored nicotine-laced vape devices, compared to tho...
15 Jul
Nicotine Pouch Ingestions Surge Among Young Children
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 15, 2025
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The number of young children who come across nicotine pouches and swallow them has surged in recent years, a new study says.
Ingestions of nicotine pouches by children younger than 6 increased an alarming 763% between 2020 and 2023, researchers reported July 14 in the jo...
15 Jul
GLP-1 Drugs Increase Risk Of Acid Reflux, GERD
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 15, 2025
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Folks using GLP-1 weight loss drugs like Ozempic are more likely to suffer from severe acid reflux, a new study says.
People with type 2 diabetes were more likely to suffer from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) if they were prescribed a GLP-1 drug compared to those...
15 Jul
New Stem Cell Approach Helps Transplant Patients Drop Immune-Suppressing Drugs
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 15, 2025
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Minnesota native Mark Welter needed a kidney transplant, but wasn’t happy that he’d be on immune-suppressing drugs for the rest of his life.
The drugs are critical to keep a patient’s body from rejecting a donated organ, but they come with many downside...
