TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it has taken action to restrict imports of the veterinary tranquilizer xylazine to prevent illicit use of the drug. While veterinarians use products containing...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay Now) -- A long-established Alzheimer’s drug can help people with a disorder that causes them to compulsively pull at their hair or pick at their skin, a new clinical trial has concluded. Memantine...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 -- Twenty percent of folks who are at high risk for heart disease refuse statins that could help prevent it, researchers report. They found that women were about 20% more likely than men to decline statin drugs when they were...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 -- Actor Tom Sizemore, who suffered a brain aneurysm last week, remains in critical condition and doctors have told the family there is “no further hope.” Quoting Sizemore's manager, CBS News reported that doctors...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 -- Most Americans with type 2 diabetes are candidates for newer, pricey medications, but few are getting them, a new government study shows. Researchers found that of U.S. adults with the blood sugar disease, over 80% could...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 -- Sen. John Fetterman will continue to be away from the U.S. Senate for several weeks but he is on the "path to recovery," his spokesman said Monday. The senator is being treated for clinical depression at Walter Reed...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 -- If it’s good for your heart, it’s good for your brain, too. This is the main message from a new study showing that seven heart-healthy habits can lower your chances of developing dementia down the road. This list...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 – Whether women will continue to be able to get a medication abortion using the drug mifepristone in the United States hinges on the impending ruling of a federal judge in Texas. The case will soon be decided by U.S....
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 -- When Black patients struggle with dementia, they are less likely to receive helpful medications than their white peers, a new study warns. Researchers looked at how often patients received one or more of five classes of...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 -- Though BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations are associated with breast and ovarian cancer in younger women, those over 50 continue to have a high risk of breast cancer. That’s true even if they didn’t have breast cancer...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 -- Pedestrian deaths have surged on U.S. roads in recent years, and they are climbing again. Pedestrian deaths hit a 40-year high in 2021, and numbers for the first half of 2022 were up about 5% over the same period in 2021,...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 -- Common pregnancy complications like gestational diabetes and preeclampsia may slow infant development in the womb, according to a new study. This leads to newborns being biologically younger than their gestational age,...
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 -- If you’re struggling to find ways to get a good night’s sleep, you may not want to use YouTube videos as a resource. Researchers found what they described as an alarming amount of medical misinformation in YouTube...
MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 -- A new at-home test will help people struggling with upper respiratory symptoms figure out whether they have COVID-19 or the flu. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Lucira under an emergency use authorization...
MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 -- Work isn’t always easy, but sometimes it becomes almost unbearable. You might experience a constellation of symptoms, including emotional exhaustion, a reduced sense of personal accomplishment and cynicism, which...