TUESDAY, March 14, 2023 -- Newer scanning technology may spot more breast cancers and lower the rate of dreaded false positives, a large, new study shows. Now available in a growing number of health care facilities, tomosynthesis uses low-dose...
TUESDAY, March 14, 2023 -- Practicing yoga might help older adults become a little surer on their feet, a new research review suggests. The review, of 33 small clinical trials, found that older adults who participated in yoga programs typically...
TUESDAY, March 14, 2023 -- Novo Nordisk Inc. on Tuesday became the third drug company to say it will slash prices on some of its insulin products. Starting in January 2024, there will be a 75% price cut for NovoLog and NovoLog Mix 70/30, while...
TUESDAY, March 14, 2023 -- Since it began in 2004, a global effort led by the United States to combat HIV has dramatically increased the number of people it helps, a new government report shows. In its report, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...
TUESDAY, March 14, 2023 -- U.S. water utilities will be required to remove certain “forever chemicals” from drinking water as the Biden administration sets first-ever limits on perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl compounds, better known...
TUESDAY, March 14, 2023 -- Genital herpes. It's an embarrassing sexually transmitted disease that no one ever wants to be diagnosed with, but millions are. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sexually transmitted...
TUESDAY, March 14, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- LeeAnn Walton rushed from work to a fitness club in New York City to lead a yoga class. Her classes had become so popular that she was booked daily at locations in and around...
TUESDAY, March 14, 2023 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Daybue (trofinetide) for the treatment of Rett syndrome in adult and pediatric patients aged 2 years and older. Approval was based on results from the phase 3...
TUESDAY, March 14, 2023 -- When Americans have medical debt, it’s typically to a hospital, according to new research. The Urban Institute found that more than 15% of non-elderly adults in the United States have past-due medical debt. Nearly 73%...
TUESDAY, March 14, 2023 -- U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was released from the hospital on Monday and sent to a rehabilitation facility, after suffering a concussion last Wednesday night following a fall at a dinner. “Leader...
TUESDAY, March 14, 2023 -- On the third anniversary of the pandemic, a new poll shows fewer older adults are experiencing loneliness and isolation though the numbers are still high. About one-third of adults aged 50 to 80 still sometimes or often...
TUESDAY, March 14, 2023 -- It may be possible to nudge your vaccine to work a little better. The trick is a good night’s sleep. Sleep helps the immune system respond to vaccination, according to a new meta-analysis of past research, published...
TUESDAY, March 14, 2023 -- The children of women who took a common anti-nausea drug for pregnancy in the 1960s and 1970s may be at higher risk of colon cancer, according to a new study. The drug, dicyclomine, is used to treat spasms caused by...
TUESDAY, March 14, 2023 -- It might seem like a move to rural living could bring calm and even happiness, but new research suggests that isn’t always so. A study from the University of Houston found that those living in the country were not more...
TUESDAY, March 14, 2023 -- The children of women who took a common anti-nausea drug for pregnancy in the 1960s and 1970s may be at higher risk of colon cancer, according to a new study. The drug, dicyclomine, is used to treat spasms caused by...
MONDAY, March 13, 2023 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Pfizer's zavegepant (Zavzpret), a calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antagonist nasal spray meant to treat severe headache pain, the company announced Friday. "The...