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15 Oct
A new study finds the COVID-19 pandemic hit students with anxiety, depression and ADHD especially hard -- and for many, the challenges to engage in learning continue.
14 Oct
A new study finds mothers who deliver by cesarean section are more likely to experience severe pain that disrupts sleep and daily life.
13 Oct
A new study finds mothers who deliver by cesarean section are more likely to experience severe pain that disrupts sleep and daily life.
I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter October 15, 2025
Starting in 2026, restaurant chains in California will be required to list major food allergens on their menus in a first-of-its-kind law.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill Monday, making California the first state to require allergen labeling for restaurants with 20 or more locations.
Under the new law, menus must identify items con... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter October 15, 2025
Emergency responders to the World Trade Center collapse on 9/11 have a nearly tripled risk of lung cancer, a new study says.
The toxic dust and fumes that lingered over Ground Zero likely boosted lung cancer rates among rescue workers, researchers reported this month in JAMA Network Open.
“We discovered that responders... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter October 15, 2025
School is back in session and with it, the beginning of the cold and flu season.
Unfortunately, air purifiers aren’t likely to reduce the risk of children’s exposure to respiratory viruses in the classroom, researchers reported Oct. 10 in JAMA Network Open.
Even high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters didn... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter October 15, 2025
A newly trained AI might be able to help identify children who are at risk of sepsis within the next 48 hours, researchers say.
The AI pointed out kids at risk for an infection leading to life-threatening organ dysfunction, after being trained on more than 1.6 million medical records, researchers reported Oct. 13 in JAMA PediatricsFull Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter October 15, 2025
ADHD appears to enhance creativity, a benefit that comes if a wandering mind is nudged in the right direction, a pair of new studies have concluded.
Folks with more symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder score higher on creative tests, researchers reported Saturday at a meeting of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacolo... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter October 15, 2025
Fetuses are eavesdropping on their mothers' conversations late in pregnancy, with her voice providing an important boost to brain pathways essential for language, a new study says.
Researchers observed this connection among a group of hospitalized premature babies who listened to recordings of their mothers reading to them, according to a ... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter October 15, 2025
Loneliness or social isolation might lower a cancer patient’s odds of survival, according to a new evidence review.
Cancer patients who feel lonely appear to have a higher risk of death, both from their malignancy and from other health problems, researchers reported Oct. 14 in the journal BMJ Oncology.
Loneliness is as... Full Page
Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter October 14, 2025
Layoff notices to some 740 workers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been rescinded.
While personnel leading the CDC’s response to U.S. measles outbreaks, suicide prevention and an overseas Ebola were spared, The Washington Post reports that fired officials included dozens responsible for safe... Full Page
I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter October 14, 2025
A high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic "keto" diet may help protect young animals from the lasting effects of stress experienced before birth, new research suggests.
The findings, presented Sunday at the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) conference in Amsterdam, add to growing evidence that diet could play a powerful role ... Full Page
I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter October 14, 2025
Health officials in several states are battling new measles outbreaks that have forced hundreds of unvaccinated students into quarantine.
In northwestern South Carolina, 153 unvaccinated children are under a 21-day quarantine after exposure to the virus in Greenville and Spartanburg counties, according to state health officials.
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Former President Joe Biden is now receiving radiation and hormone therapy to treat an aggressive form of prostate cancer, his office confirmed Saturday.
“As part of a treatment plan for prostate cancer, President Biden is currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment,” Kelly Scully, a spokesperson for Biden, told... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter October 14, 2025
About 2 out of 3 people in chronic pain regularly turn to chocolate, ice cream, salty snacks or other comfort foods to cope, a new study says.
This raises their odds of gaining weight, which in turn can worsen pain and increase risk of future health problems, researchers said.
“People who live with pain every day need to find w... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter October 14, 2025
Cancer patients aren’t just battling a deadly disease — part of their time and energy can also be spent fighting the system intended to cure them, a new study says.
Half of cancer patients who needed prior insurance authorization for their care had to directly involve themselves in the process, researchers reported at the Ameri... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter October 14, 2025
Social media could be costing your tween some of their brain power, a new study says.
Children between 9 and 13 years of age who spent more time on social media performed worse on tests of reading, memory and language two years later, researchers reported today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
“This ... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter October 14, 2025
An expecting mother’s ZIP code can influence the future health of their newborn child, new research has found.
Women with rural ZIP codes are less likely to get proper prenatal care, and their newborns more likely to have troubling health at birth, researchers reported Sunday at the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ annual... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter October 14, 2025
Fentanyl overdose deaths are surging among seniors, particularly in cases where the powerful opioid is mixed with stimulants like cocaine or methamphetamine, a new study says.
Fentanyl-stimulant overdose (OD) deaths skyrocketed by an astonishing 9,000% during the past eight years, approaching rates found in younger adults, researchers repo... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter October 14, 2025
Most kids go without clear liquids at least three times longer than guidelines recommend prior to surgery, a new study says.
About 4 out of 5 children and infants (79%) are on liquid fasts far longer than necessary, risking dehydration and anxiety, researchers reported Sunday at the American Society of Anesthesiologists&rs... Full Page
I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter October 12, 2025
A new study from Case Western Reserve University suggests a major shift in schizophrenia treatment: One that focuses on helping patients better interpret social cues.
“We’ve been treating schizophrenia with a one-size-fits-all approach for decades,” Jessica Wojtalik, an assistant professor at the Cleveland university&rsqu... Full Page
I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter October 11, 2025
As millions of birds migrate south for the winter, many face dangerous obstacles on their journey, and experts say people can help them have a safe trip.
This week saw the biggest migration event ever recorded by the BirdCast, a bird study project at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York — 1.25 billion. Farther south, trackers at Vi... Full Page
I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter October 10, 2025
A new at-home version of a common heart failure drug could make treatment easier for millions of Americans.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Lasix ONYU (furosemide injection), a new drug-device combination developed by SQ Innovation, Inc., for treating edema caused by chronic heart failure.
The approval ... Full Page