MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a new pill, called Zurzuvae (zuranolone), that may quickly ease severe postpartum depression and help millions of women regain their emotional equilibrium following...
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Rekha Desai planned to play Legos and blocks with her 2-year-old grandson, Kaveh, as she watched him in his Atlanta home. But Rekha never arrived. Instead, the 73-year-old lay in a gurney...
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 -- The U.S. opioid abuse epidemic wages on, and overdose deaths continue to rise, yet just 1 in 5 people receives potentially lifesaving medication such as methadone, buprenorphine or naltrexone to treat their addiction, a new...
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 -- A new brain-zapping technology may help ease the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children without some of the side effects stimulant medications can cause, a small, preliminary study...
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 -- Black women have significantly more preterm births than white women do, and though almost a third of these extra cases can be explained by heart issues and social factors, the rest remain a mystery. However, targeting those...
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 -- In the midst of a childhood obesity epidemic, a new study is pointing to a way to help school kids maintain a healthier weight: clean, accessible drinking water. The decidedly low-tech solution emerged in a study of 18...
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 -- Colon cancer survivors are living longer than ever, but the vast majority of women treated for the disease have lingering gastrointestinal symptoms, such as bloating and gas, new research reveals. Roughly eight years after...
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 -- Diagnosis of congenital heart defects while a baby is still in the womb offers opportunities for earlier corrective surgery. And that can mean better outcomes for an infant’s neurodevelopmental and physical health, new...
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 -- Black Americans diagnosed with a second primary cancer after their first one are more likely to die than their white peers. That's the takeaway from a new study by the American Cancer Society (ACS). Specifically, it found...
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 -- Early and gradual exposure to peanuts under medical supervision curbed infants' allergies, according to a new study. While researchers had seen that peanut oral immunotherapy was well tolerated by toddlers, this research...