Health Highlights: July 15, 2022
Are you a victim of ‘medical gaslighting?’ When doctors fail to take their (often female) patients’ complaints seriously, delayed or often wrong diagnoses can be the dangerous result, experts say. Read nowAmerica’s 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline laun…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: July 14, 2022
No rise in methadone ODs in pandemic, supporting use as at-home treatment. COVID crisis forced many opioid treatment centers to close, but addicts safely took the treatment at home, a new study finds. Read moreFDA approves Novavax as 4th COVID-19 vacc…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: July 13, 2022
What do abortion bans mean for people using IVF? The decision to overturn Roe v. Wade opens up a host of knotty moral and ethical questions regarding the storage and disposal of unused embryos, experts warn. Read moreSocial media has big impact on peo…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: July 12, 2022
Abortion bans could put lives of cancer patients in jeopardy. Many treatments that cure cancer can cause either miscarriage or birth defects, particularly early in pregnancy. Now, pregnant women who are also battling cancer face stark choices under ne…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: July 11, 2022
For men at high risk, healthy living lowers risk of lethal prostate cancer. In a new study, men at increased genetic risk of prostate cancer who maintained a healthy lifestyle were much less likely to die of the disease over nearly three decades. Read…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: July 7, 2022
Adult characters with autism move into the TV spotlight. After decades of portrayals of autism being focused on kids, new TV series are including the lives of adults on the spectrum in their storylines. Read moreCould ADHD meds help fight Alzheimer’s?…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: July 6, 2022
Teens 3 times more prone to marijuana abuse than adults. Teenagers’ developing brains may make them more susceptible, British researchers say. Read moreAbout 1 in 7 U.S. kindergarteners are now obese. New findings suggest that efforts aimed at getting…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: July 5, 2022
Poll finds many diabetes caregivers exhausted, lacking support. A new Harris/HealthDay survey finds 1 in 3 Americans now live and/or care for someone with the blood sugar disease, and 60% said their loved one’s disease impacts all facets of their lif…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: June 30, 2022
Brain changes link menopause with higher Alzheimer’s risk. Women who’ve gone through menopause have more white matter hyperintensities — tiny dementia-linked lesions seen on scans — in their brains than premenopausal women or men of the same age, re…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: June 29, 2022
Kids happier, healthier away from screens. In a new study, those who played sports, took music lessons or socialized with friends after school were better off than kids glued to TVs and laptops. Read moreCould getting your flu shot help prevent Alzhe…
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