TUESDAY, Dec. 5, 2023 (Healthday News) -- Hunting season has begun in many parts of the United States, with millions of Americans heading into the woods in hopes of bagging a big buck. But with the season comes tragic accidents. “Every year,...
TUESDAY, Dec. 5, 2023 -- Doctors report they are seeing what they think is a new syndrome in babies who are exposed to fentanyl while in the womb.All of the infants have cleft palates and unusually small heads, and all were born to mothers who said...
TUESDAY, Dec. 5, 2023 -- Wasabi, that green condiment that spices up your sushi, may possess memory-boosting powers, a new Japanese study suggests. Lead researcher Rui Nouchi, an associate professor at Tohoku University's Institute of Development,...
TUESDAY, Dec. 5, 2023 -- New research challenges a long-held notion that human newborns enter the world with brains that are significantly less developed than those of other primates.Babies are born extremely helpless and with poor muscle...
TUESDAY, Dec 5, 2023 -- Suicide rates for Americans under the age of 18 are rising at unprecedented rates, and a new report points to a likely culprit: The ongoing epidemic of opioid abuse.It's not that more kids and teens became abusers of...
TUESDAY, Dec. 5, 2023 -- Hispanic women who experience spikes in blood pressure while pregnant may also face higher heart risks years later, new research shows. These "hypertensive disorders of pregnancy" (HDP) -- conditions such as preeclampsia,...
TUESDAY, Dec. 5, 2023 -- People with epilepsy suffer quicker declines in thinking than people without the brain disorder, particularly if they also have risk factors like high blood pressure or diabetes, a new study finds.The difference was...
TUESDAY, Dec. 5, 2023 -- Methamphetamine abuse has long plagued the gay community, but a new study finds that any form of substance abuse treatment can help users quit. In a news release, University of California, Los Angeles researchers explained...
TUESDAY, Dec. 5, 2023 -- Black, Hispanic and low-income kids are less likely to receive surgery that can treat their drug-resistant epilepsy, a new study finds.Researchers discovered that children on anti-seizure drugs who received vagus nerve...
TUESDAY, Dec. 5, 2023 -- Unhealthy air from wildfires is causing hundreds of additional deaths in the western United States every year, a new study claims.Wildfires have undercut progress made in cleaning America’s air, and between 2000 and 2020...