News

Medical Marijuana Safe and Effective for Cancer Pain Relief, Study Finds

How Fibroids, Endometriosis Affect a Woman’s Odds for Ovarian Cancer

THURSDAY, May 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Having uterine fibroids or endometriosis can increase a woman’s risk of developing ovarian cancer, but a new study finds that a hysterectomy can lower that risk for both Black and white women with fibroids.“Co…

Medical Marijuana Can Safely Control Cancer Patients’ Pain: Study

WEDNESDAY, May 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Medical marijuana can safely reduce cancer pain, and is apparently so effective that patients wind up taking lower amounts of opioids and other pain meds, a new study reports.Weed produced clinically signific…

Breast Cancer Survivors Can Safely Interrupt Therapy During Pregnancy: Study

WEDNESDAY, May 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For young women who survive breast cancer, a new study offers some reassurance about pregnancy: Pausing hormonal therapy to have a baby does not raise the risk of a cancer recurrence, at least in the shorter …

Health Highlights: May 4, 2023​

Breast cancer survivors can interrupt therapy during pregnancy. Taking a break from hormonal treatments to become pregnant did not raise chances of the cancer returning, a new study found. Read moreMedical marijuana can safely control some cancer pain…

In Poorer Households, Quitting Smoking May Help Boost Food Supply

THURSDAY, May 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Quitting smoking may leave you with more money for food.Having a tobacco smoker quit is not just a boon to lung health. In poorer families, it can also help prevent hunger, according to new research from the U…

Dangerous Infections in ‘Preemie’ Babies May Begin in the Gut

THURSDAY, May 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — About half of extremely preterm babies have at least one life-threatening bacterial infection in their bloodstream after 72 hours of life. Now, new research points to the babies’ own gut microbiomes as the sou…

Clocks Forward, Clocks Back: How Does Your Sleep Suffer?

THURSDAY, May 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Changing the clocks every spring and fall might seem challenging, but a new study reveals that only one of those changes had a tendency to increase sleep disorders.The transition from daylight saving time to s…

Proportion of Pediatric Mental Health-Related ED Visits Increasing

WEDNESDAY, May 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The proportion of pediatric emergency department visits for mental health increased from 2011 to 2020 among children, adolescents, and young adults, according to a study published in the May 2 issue of the Jo…

Changes in Cancer Risk Factors, Screening Reported During Pandemic

WEDNESDAY, May 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Favorable and unfavorable trends were reported in major cancer risk factors, preventive behaviors and services, and screenings during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online May 2 in Canc…